37 Christmas Books for Kids to Get Them Excited About the Holidays

Reading Christmas books during the holiday season is a tradition in our home, and not just because I’m a librarian.  My son is 10, but he still loves a good bedtime story.  Truth be told, I love that he still loves this.  My students always enjoy a break from the norm as well and eat up those Christmas books for kids that feature their favorite characters such a Pete the Cat and Little Critter.

One great tradition to start with your children is opening up and reading a book for each day leading up to Christmas day. We did this one year and it was a big hit!  Just wrap up each book individually and let your kids open one each day.  My son had a blast discovering his new book for the day and it is a memory I will always treasure.

If this sounds like a plan, I have 37 wonderful Christmas books for kids that are perfect to share during the holiday season!  Check out the list below and be on your way to making some precious Christmas memories with your kids!

Christmas Books for Kids

1. Legend of the Christmas Stocking

2. LEGO City: Save This Christmas!

3. Pete the Cat Saves Christmas

4. How to Catch Santa

5. Me and My Dragon: Christmas Spirit

6. The Pups Save Christmas! (Paw Patrol)

7. I Spy Christmas: A Book of Picture Riddles

8. The Berenstain Bears’ Night Before Christmas

9. Christmas in America (Ellis the Elephant)

10. The Berenstain Bears and the Joy of Giving

11. Santa’s Favorite Story: Santa Tells the Story of the First Christmas

12. How Santa Got His Job

13. Little Critter Merry Christmas Mom and Dad

14. The Carpenter’s Gift: A Christmas Tale about the Rockefeller Center Tree

15. Polar Express

16. The Wild Christmas Reindeer

17. Olive, the Other Reindeer

18. Humphrey’s First Christmas

19. The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey

20. Mr. Willowby’s Christmas Tree

21. Christmas Farm

22. The Year of the Perfect Christmas Tree: An Appalachian Story

23. The Biggest Christmas Tree Ever

24. Snowmen at Christmas

25. Santa’s Stuck

26. Memoirs of an Elf

27. Auntie Claus

28. A Pirate’s Night Before Christmas

29. An Otis Christmas

30. Splendiferous Christmas (Fancy Nancy)

31. The Christmas Wish

32. The Pajama Elves

33. Turkey Claus

34. How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

35. The Littlest Christmas Tree

36. Bear Stays up for Christmas

37. Frozen Olaf’s Night Before Christmas Book & CD