It’s the final installment of the 5 Days of Advent Traditions for Catholic Families. I’m sharing 25 magical books you’ll want to savor – a great way to disconnect from the hustle and bustle of the secular holiday season.
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My dad loved books – holding them, sharing them, reading them. One Christmas, in homage to his East Texas roots, he picked up a copy of The Cajun Night Before Christmas. Not once did his accurate Cajun twang stumble over the dialect as we were transported to the bayous of southern Louisiana.
It’s because of my father that books have a special place in our home, too.
Listening to him read aloud was magical, especially during Advent. The stories he chose always directed our hearts toward the birth of Christ, and many of the favorites I share with you today are books my father introduced.
Here are 25 magical titles, one for each day of the month in December.
25 Magical Books to Savor this Advent
Classic works by Tomie dePaola
The Story of the Three Wise Kings
The Friendly Beasts: An Old English Christmas Carol
Joy to the World: Tomie’s Christmas Stories
The Story of the Three Wise Kings
Country Angel ChristmasMerry Christmas, Strega NonaJingle, the Christmas ClownFour Friends at ChristmasThe Friendly Beasts: an Old English Christmas CarolThe Birds of BethlehemJoy to the World: Tomie’s Christmas StoriesThe Legend of the PoinsettiaThe Legend of Old BefanaThe Night of Las PosadasStrega Nona’s GiftAn Early American Christmas
Timeless Tales
Christmas in the Big Woods (Little House on the Prairie) by Laura Ingalls Wilder
The Little Drummer Boy by Ezra Jack Keats
The Twenty-four Days Before Christmas by Madeleine L’Engle
Christmas in the Big WoodsThe Little Drummer BoyThe Twenty-Four Days Before Christmas
Christmas Legends
The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey by Susan Wojciech
Santa’s Favorite Story: Santa Tells the Story of the First Christmas by Hisako Aoki
The Year of the Perfect Christmas Tree: An Appalachian Christmas Story by Gloria Houston
Christmas Tapestry by Patricia Polacco
The Christmas Miracle of Jonathon ToomeySanta’s Favorite StoryThe Year of the Perfect Christmas TreeChristmas Tapestry
Animal and Nature Stories
Night Tree by Eve Bunting
The Mitten by Jan Brett
Room for A Little One: A Christmas Tale by Martin Waddell
Who is Coming To Our House by Joseph Slate
A Wish to be a Christmas Tree by Colleen Monroe
Night TreeThe MittenRoom for a Little One: A Christmas TaleA Wish to be a Christmas Tree
Take time from the hustle and bustle of the secular holiday season. Snuggle up with your little ones, crack open a book, and prepare your hearts for the birth of Christ.
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