Recommended gift books for Christmas (for children

[adcooper]

Just in case anyone is looking for lovely books to give your kids for Christmas, here are some I like to recommend.

Father and Son: A Nativity Story, by Geraldine Mccaughrean
I just love this picture book that considers Joseph's astonishment at the prospect of raising this child.

Bear's First Christmas, by Robert Kinerk
The illustrator, Jim LaMarche is one of my favorites. You will love this gentle bear.

The Christmas We Moved to the Barn, by Cooper Edens
Admit it. You secretly want to live in the barn with your horses and dogs and cats. This book is for you.

Letters From Father Christmas, by J.R.R. Tolkien
There are many editions of the Father Christmas letters that Tolkien wrote and illustrated for his children. I don't even like Tolkien, and I like this book. Nice for older children and teens, too.

[Dawn]

LOL and I bought my nieces "Arthur the Farting Dog" that series is like THE favorite for all our reading kids in the therapy dog program. And gotta admit they are funny too.

[adcooper]

Dawn, Dawn, Dawn....Here I am trying to instill a love of fine language, sensitive illustrations, meaningful literature........and you are buying the farting dog books! This is why they LOVE you best of all!

[HokieThea]

Have you every seen the Robert Sabuda pop-up books? They are amazing!! The mas is truly an artist. My kids still love the 12 Days of Christmas pop-up.

[adcooper]

Yep, we have Sabuda books in the library, and we even let them circulate. You can imagine how well that works, but we do it anyway. I used to keep the pop-ups in the office, only bringing them out for storytimes, but they really work better with one or two readers, instead of in front of 15 preschoolers! I wanna do it! Me! No! It's MY turn! R-r-r-r-i-i-i-i-i-p!