One of my favorite parts of Christmas in New York is walking up Fifth Avenue and seeing all the beautiful store windows while shopping for Christmas gifts. This year I’m planning on gifting lots of books to my family and friends. I enjoy sharing books with the people I love because it leads to great conversations. Below are some of our favorite Christmas-themed reads that will be perfect to gift to your young reader during this holiday season!
Eight Jolly Reindeer
By Llant Oliver, Illustrated by Jacqueline Rogers (Ages 2-4)
A shaped board book with tabs and glitter featuring Santa’s eight adorable reindeer! Young readers will love counting down from eight to one in this adorable story book featuring Santa’s famous reindeer! The familiar, catchy rhymes combined with Jacqueline Rogers's soft, sweet illustrations make this a perfect story for Christmas promotions!
Roc and Roe’s Twelve Days of 
Christmas
By Nick Cannon, Illustrated by AG Ford (Ages 3-5)
Roc and Roe’s Twelve Days of Christmas by Nick Cannonand New York Times bestselling illustrator AG Ford is a delightful and festive picture book featuring Cannon’s adorable twins Roc (Moroccan) and Roe (Monroe).
The book follows Roc and Roe as they put their own unique spin on the Christmas carol “The Twelve Days of Christmas.” Join Roc and Roe as they decorate a Christmas tree with six festive fairies, five golden bells, four skiing snowmen, and more. Children and parents alike will love singing along with this new version of the Christmas classic!
Dinosaur Christmas
By Jerry Pallotta, Illustrated by Howard McWilliam (Ages 5-7)
What did Santa use to pull his sleigh before he had reindeer? Dinosaurs!
Santa Claus reminisces about “the good old days” when dinosaurs pulled his sleigh. The Tyrannosaurus rex wouldn’t stop licking Santa, the Pterosaurs flew too high, and the Maiasauras ate presents when no one was looking! Santa thinks the reindeer are a treasure. But when he and his old dinosaur pals look in on a little girl who’s sleeping, he admits that sometimes he misses “the good old days.”
Children will love meeting Santa’s prehistoric friends in Jerry Pallotta’s silly and sweet new classic. Beautifully illustrated by Howard McWilliam, Dinosaur Christmas is a Christmas like no other!
The Angel Tree
By Daphne Benedis-Grab (Ages 8-12)
The Angel Tree will fill the winter with friendship, discovery, and loads of holiday cheer!
Every Christmas in the small town of Pine River, a tree appears in the town square—the Angel Tree. Some people tie wishes to the tree, while others make those wishes come true. Nobody’s ever known where the tree comes from, but the mystery has always been part of the tradition’s charm.
This year, however, four kids who have been helped—Lucy, Joe, Max, and Cami—are determined to solve the mystery and find out the true identity of the town's guardian angel, so that Pine River can finally thank the person who brought the Angel Tree to their town.
Goosebumps Most Wanted Special Edition #2: The 12 Screams of Christmas
By R.L. Stine (Ages 8-12)
The infamous, Most Wanted Goosebumps characters are out on the loose and after you. For the first time ever, it's a Goosebumps Christmas!
Kate and Rachel are rivals in everything. Since they both dream of being actors, the girls compete enthusiastically to get the lead role in a new holiday pageant.
Written by their drama teacher, Mr. Piccolo, the musical show is called The 12 Screams of Christmas. It's about a family that spends Christmas Eve in a haunted house.
After rehearsals in the school auditorium don't go well, Mr. Piccolo decides to take the whole cast to a deserted old house in the woods where they can soak up the atmosphere and get better at their parts. Kate and Rachel are both excited to have major roles. But after they hear screams adn voices in the night, and see strange things moving through the darkness, they realize the old house is actually haunted.
Will you be gifting any books this holiday season?
