Forget those advent calendars with chocolate or cheap trinkets. Give your child the gift of books and special time with you each night by creating a Christmas book advent calendar instead. Below is a list to get you started; wrap up a book for each evening leading up to December 25th and have your children unwrap one a night to read together. You can use any Christmas books you may already have or use those borrowed from the library or purchased for cheap at the thrift store. A new Christmas tradition, perhaps?
- How The Grinch Stole Christmas
- Mr Willowby's Christmas
- Merry Christmas, Curious George
- Charlie Brown Christmas
- Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer
- The Mitten
- The Very Fairy Princess: A Very Merry Christmas
- The Biggest Christmas Tree Ever
- Froggy's Best Christmas
- The Little Christmas Elf
- A Wish to be a Christmas Tree
- The Sweet Smell of Christmas
- Turkey Claus
- The Berenstein Bears Meet Santa Claus
- Mater Saves Christmas
- Thomas's Christmas Delivery
- Olivia Helps with Christmas
- Mickey Saves Christmas
- A Very Krusty Christmas (Spongebob)
- Curious George Christmas Countdown
- A Very Crabby Christmas (Dr. Seuss/Cat in the Hat)
- The Berenstein Bears and the Joy of Giving
- The Polar Express
- The Night Before Christmas
- Christmas Remembered
- Santa Claus
- Olive the other Reindeer
- The Christmas Miracle
- The Teddy Bear
- Corduroy's Christmas
and many, many more. Comment below with your favorite titles missing from the list above...
