I’m so excited to share my favorite 10 Christmas books for kids with you today! We have a tradition each year where we wrap a selection of different Christmas books and put them under the class Christmas tree.
Then, each day we unwrap a book and read it together. It’s a great way to get our students excited to read.. And to get into the Christmas spirit.
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1. The Stinky Sprouts
This book is so much fun and my students love it. Almost everyone I know relates sprouts to Christmas.. And this one is just a bit of fun. It’s all about the vegetables, who always have fun, playing games in the kitchen.. But the sprouts are always left out! One day, they try to hide their smell and fit in to play with the cool vegetables.
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2. What’s a Christmas?
This book is adorable and another one of our Christmas favorites. My students love penguins, so I knew this book would go down well. It’s set on Christmas Eve and the penguins find an elf in the snow who had fallen out of Santa’s sleigh. The penguins have NEVER heard about Christmas.. or Santa.. or even elves! So the elf teaches the penguins all about Christmas. It’s an adorable book and one I recommend everyone gets for their Christmas bookshelf!
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3. The Best Christmas Present Ever
We love this book – it’s super adorable! And it’s based all around ‘giving.’ The book is about a bear who wants to get his friend – a squirrel – the best present. So he puts lots of different things together to try and make the best present ever.
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4. The Dinosaur That Pooped Christmas
A lot of my students love dinosaurs. In fact, I think all of them do.. Every year! There’s just something about dinosaurs. So I knew that this book was going to be a perfect hit with them. And it has quickly become one of the favorites. The dinosaur eats EVERYTHING in this book.. But soon, it has to poop out.. Christmas!!! It’s a great one to add to your library.
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5. That’s Not My Elf!
We LOVE this book because there are so many great patches for you and your students to feel. Every page provides a fun, sensory experience for your students.
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6. Kipper’s Christmas Eve
The Kipper series of books are perfect to use in the classroom.. And this Christmas one is no exception. This book follows the story of how Kipper is going to give Arnold the best Christmas Eve ever!
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7. How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Every year we do a Grinch day in the classroom. It’s a day that we all look forward to because it always turns out to be so much fun! And that leads us to one of my favorite books to use at Christmas time.. How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
I think it’s probably safe to say that everyone knows the story of the Grinch.. And who doesn’t love it? The Grinch is the perfect way to get into the spirit of Christmas.. And I love using this story as a way to teach about kindness and accepting others.
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8. How Many Sleeps ‘Til Christmas?
I think it’s safe to say that we can all find it hard to be patient waiting for something to come around when we’re so excited.. And Christmas is definitely one of those moments. Especially for some of our students. In this story, you’ll follow the little bear who wakes up every day thinking it’s Christmas.. But his dad is going to have to help him wait!
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9. Mog’s Christmas
In this book, Mog explores all of the new noises and smells in the house.. And even a big new tree! Mog tries to escape onto the roof.. But there’s even a surprise there too! This book is great for helping us to discuss the changes around Christmas time and how to navigate those.
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10. The Polar Express
With this one, I’ve saved the best for last! The Polar Express is one of my favorite books at Christmas time, and one that I often gift to children around this time as well. If you haven’t read this book – you just have to! This is the book that always gets me into the Christmas spirit. The story is magical and is a great way to work on kindness and friendships.. As well as getting into the Christmas spirit.
If you want to find out more about our Polar Express Day in the classroom, you can click here.
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