For Descriptions and Thoughts on each book see the post: Books & Boots for Saint Nicholas Day: A List of our Family’s Favorite Christmas Picture and Read Aloud Books
Littlest Kids: Toddlers and Preschoolers
- Mortimer’s Christmas Manger by Karma Wilson and illustrated by Jane Chapman
- The Christmas Fox by Anik McGrory
- Who’s Coming to Our House by Joseph Slate and illustrated by Ashley Wolff
- This is the Stable by Cynthia Cotten and illustrated by Delana Bettoli
- B is for Bethlehem : a Christmas Alphabet by Isabel Wilner and illustrated by Elisa Kleven
- Born on Christmas Morn ( Arch Books) by Melinda Busch & Melanie Hall
- Christmas in the Big Woods * by Laura Ingalls Wilder and illustrated by Renee Graef
- Christmas in the Country * by Cynthia Rylant and illustrated by Diane Goode
Illustrated Carols
- Silent Night illustrated by Lara Hawthorne.
- On Christmas Day in the Morning illustrated by Melissa Sweet.
- The Friendly Beasts illustrated by Tomie dePaola
- The Little Drummer Boy illustrated by Ezra Jack Keats.
- Twelve Days of Christmas illustrated by Alison Jay
- The Christmas Song: Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire illustrated by Doris Barrette.
- We Three Kings illustrated by Gennady Spirin
- Tomie de Paola’s Book of Christmas Carols by Tomie de Paola.
- We Wish You a Merry Christmas: Songs of the Season for Young People by Dan Fox.
Preschool & Kindergarten
- Alfie’s Christmas (Also, Lucy & Tom at Christmas, Dogger’s Christmas, Snow In The Garden First Book Christmas) by Shirley Hughes.
- Christmas in Noisy Village by Astrid Lindgren, translated by Florence Lamborn and illustrated by Ilon Wikland
- How the Grinch Stole Christmas! by Dr. Seuss
- Humphrey’s First Christmas by Carol Heyer
- Jolly Postman’s Christmas by Allan Ahlberg and illustrated by Janet Ahlberg
- The Family Read Aloud Christmas Treasury by Alice Low and illustrated by Marc Tolon Brown
- Peter Spier’s Christmas! illustrated by Peter Spier
- The Snowman by Raymond Briggs
Elementary
- The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg the library lottery.
- An Orange for Frankie by Patricia Polacco. (Also Christmas Tapestry by Patricia Polacco.)
- Apple Tree Christmas by Trinka Hakes Noble
- Great Joy by Kate DiCamillo and illustrated by Bagram Ibatoullin
- The Year of the Perfect Christmas Tree: An Appalachian Story by Gloria Houston and illustrated by Barbara Cooney
- The Crippled Lamb by Max Lucado
- The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey by Susan Wojciechowski and P.J. Lynch
- The All-I’ll-Ever-Want Christmas Doll by Patricia C. McKissack and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney
- Prairie Christmas by Elizabeth Van Steenwyk and illustrated by Ronald Himler
- Silver Packages: An Appalachian Christmas Story by Cynthia Rylant and illustrated by Chris K. Soentpiet
- The Third Gift by Linda Sue Park and illustrated by Bagram Ibatoulline
- Christmas Carol illustrated by Brett Helquist.
- Christmas Day in the Morning by Pearl S. Buck and illustrated by Mark Buehner.
- Letters from Father Christmas by JRR Tolkien
Christmas Novel Read-Alouds
- Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson
- A Tree for Peter by Kate Seredy
- The Family Under the Bridge by Natalie Savage Carlson and illustrated by Garth Williams
- Christmas with Anne of Green Gables and Other Stories by L. M. Montgomery.
- The Story of Holly and Ivy by Rumer Godden and illustrated by Barbara Cooney
- A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens and illustrated by P.J. Lynch
- The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry and illustrated by P.J. Lynch
- The Lion The Witch and the Wardrobe by CS Lewis.
- The Christmas Story Book edited by Ineke Verschuren
- A Newbery Christmas edited by Martin H. Greenberg and Charles G. Waugh
- Box of Delights by John Masefield
- Thirteen Days Of Christmas by Jenny Overton and illustrated by Shirley Hughes.
- Twenty-Four Days Before Christmas by Madeleine L’Engle (also Miracle on 10th Street)