{"id":92769,"date":"2009-12-18T14:32:31","date_gmt":"2009-12-18T19:32:31","guid":{"rendered":"119726:1070760:6091865"},"modified":"2009-12-18T14:32:31","modified_gmt":"2009-12-18T19:32:31","slug":"the-top-10-childrens-christmas-books-of-all-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/92769","title":{"rendered":"The Top 10 Children&#8217;s Christmas Books Of All Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"full-image-float-left ssNonEditable\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.basilandspice.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.basilandspice.com\/storage\/BasilSpiceBannerLogo.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1246294936506\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kids Pick Review By Sue Jackson<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In honor of the holiday season, today&#8217;s Top Ten list is devoted to our favorite Christmas picture books. We have a stack of holiday books that we store with all the other Christmas stuff in the basement and<span class=\"full-image-float-right ssNonEditable\"><span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.basilandspice.com\/storage\/grinchstolechristmas.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1261165519045\" alt=\"\" \/><\/span><\/span> just brought up this weekend. Even though my kids are now 11 and 15, they still love our tradition of reading these family favorites out loud in the days leading up to Christmas. Some of these are classics; some are pretty obscure! They&#8217;re our favorites because the kids have grown up with them:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Polar-Express-Chris-Van-Allsburg\/dp\/0395389496\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1261164912&amp;sr=1-1\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">The Polar Express<\/span> <\/a>by Chris Van Allsburg<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Darbys-Christmas-Adventure-Ray-Bentley\/dp\/0962348120\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1261164945&amp;sr=1-1\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Darby&#8217;s Christmas Adventure<\/span> <\/a>by Ray Bentley, illustrated by Mike Hamby &#8211; two former Buffalo Bills who came up with this series about a kid dinosaur named Darby<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Dear-Santa-Letters-James-Dobbins\/dp\/0066237785\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1261164983&amp;sr=1-1\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Dear Santa: The Letters of James B. Dobbins<\/span><\/a> by Bill Harley &#8211; a more recent entry by one of our favorite entertainers; if you don&#8217;t know who Bill Harley is, you&#8217;re missing out. He&#8217;s hilarious and this book is great! Also check out his recent CD\/DVD, <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Yes to Running!<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Carls-Christmas-Alexandra-Day\/dp\/0374311145\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1261165016&amp;sr=1-1\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Carl&#8217;s Christmas<\/span> <\/a>by<span style=\"font-style: italic;\"> <\/span>Alexandra Day<span style=\"font-style: italic;\"> &#8211; <\/span>our boys loved this series of wordless books about the sweet dog, Carl.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/How-Grinch-Stole-Christmas-Seuss\/dp\/0394800796\/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1261165076&amp;sr=1-2\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">How the Grinch Stole Christmas<\/span> <\/a>by Dr. Seuss (of course)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Cowboy-Christmas-Miracle-Lone-Ridge\/dp\/0689874081\/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1261165043&amp;sr=1-2\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">A Cowboy Christmas: The Miracle at Lone Pine Ridge<\/span> <\/a>by Audrey Wood, paintings by Robert Florczak<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Merry-Christmas-Golden-Look-Look-Book\/dp\/030711886X\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1261165127&amp;sr=1-1\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Merry Christmas, Mom and Dad<\/span><\/a> by Mercer Mayer &#8211; my sons LOVED the Little Critter series when they were little.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"full-image-float-left ssNonEditable\"><span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.basilandspice.com\/storage\/nightbeforechristmas.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1261165584294\" alt=\"\" \/><\/span><\/span>And on Christmas Eve, we always read the same 3 books:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Santa-Mouse-Michael-Brown\/dp\/B001N1JZ6K\/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1261165160&amp;sr=1-2\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">*Santa Mouse<\/span> <\/a>by Michael Brown &#8211; a favorite from my own childhood<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Christmas-Star-Marcus-Pfister\/dp\/B0000VYDUM\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1261165198&amp;sr=1-1\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">*The Christmas Star<\/span><\/a> by Marcus Pfister<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/s\/qid=1261165294\/ref=sr_pg_1?ie=UTF8&amp;rs=&amp;keywords=the%20night%20before%20christmas%20by%20clement%20c.%20moore&amp;rh=n%3A!1000%2Ci%3Astripbooks%2Ck%3Athe%20night%20before%20christmas%20by%20clement%20c.%20moore&amp;page=1\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">*The Night Before Christmas<\/span><\/a> by Clement C. Moore, illustrated by Cheryl Harnes<\/p>\n<ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I suppose we could use some holiday books for older kids, now that the boys have grown so much.  Any suggestions?<\/p>\n<p>What are your favorite Christmas books for kids?\ufeff<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"title\"><strong><a><strong><\/strong><\/a><strong><a style=\"font-size: 70%;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.basilandspice.com\/journal\/the-nutcracker-and-the-mouse-no-wrapping-paper-needed.html\">The Nutcracker And The Mouse&#8211;No Wrapping Paper&nbsp;Needed<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2 class=\"title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.basilandspice.com\/mind-and-body\/kids-pick-review-the-christmas-magic-by-lauren-thompson.html\"><strong><strong style=\"font-size: 60%;\">Kids Pick Review: The Christmas Magic By Lauren&nbsp;Thompson<\/strong><\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/bookbybook.blogspot.com\/\">Sue Jackson&#8217;s Blog<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/8581641352477638736-1780354351797723595?l=greenworkslinks.blogspot.com\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/>Copyright &copy; 2006-2010, Basil &amp; Spice. 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