The best christmas childrens books please!

[Memo7]

I saw a thread once with a tonne of great suggestions, can’t for the life of me find it now. So please throw some good recommendations my way! 😊 🎅 🌲 ⛄️

[hernameis]

Not sure what age range you are looking for but favourites in our house are: Raymond Briggs Father Christmas, Barbara Reid's The Night Before Christmas (we love the illustrations in both of these books)
A christmas for Bear by Bonnie Becker and Janet and allan ahlberg's The Jolly Christmas postman.

[CloudyVanilla]

It's surely the Jolly Christmas Postman!

[LifeInAHamsterWheel]

The Empty Stocking (by Richard Curtis) makes me choke up every time I read it!

[maldivemoment]

The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey.

[honkytonkheroe]

The Christmasauras.

[Raindropsonrosesand]

Christmas on Exeter Street is lovely

[IggyAce]

The jolly Christmas postman
The dinosaur that pooped Christmas
Father Christmas needs a wee
A boy called Christmas

[mogtheexcellent]

Christmas in exeter street is by far the best. Dd loves it.

I also love the christmas stocking.

Dds other favourite is the story orchestra version of the nutcraker.

[TheDuchessofDukeStreet]

The Father Christmas Letters by JRR Tolkien
The Thirteen Days of Christmas by Jenny Overton
The Children of Green Knowe by Lucy M Boston

[Lis4Laughter]

What age? Infant / junior / teen?

[Memo7]

Dd is 3 and Ds 8 so ideally stories that they will both like. I like the ones that bring a tear to my eye 😂 we have got the jolly postman at Christmas, will have a look at the ones been suggested so far, thank you everyone 😊

[katienana]

Lucy and Tom's Christmas by Shirley Hughes.
Dear Santa is lovely for little ones.
I collected a few over the years and I keep them with the decorations so we only read them in December.

[Iamonlyme]

The Works have a 24 pack of children's Christmas stories this year we are doing these books as an advent calendar and can save for Christmases to come.

[lexloofah]

Father Christmas Needs a Wee, not a tear jerker obvs but funny

Walter Wick has several search and find Christmas books including some early readers. We love this night before Christmas one

[Canklesforankles]

Jesus’ Christmas Party is lovely. Funny and gentle.

[PartTimeDomesticGoddess]

Kipper's Christmas Eve is lovely

[jocktamsonsbairn]

The girl who stole the stars is a lovely newly released book for this age range.

[Stroan]

We read How Winston Delivered Christmas last year. It's like an advent book, so one chapter per night up until Christmas. Really lovely.

And Christmas on Exeter Street is a Christmas Eve favourite here.

[Mokusspokus]

Papa nova special day.

The nutcracker...

[daisypond]

The Story Of Holly And Ivy -Rumer Godden - is lovely. About an orphan and a doll. I read it every year. Very short book.

[shesgonebatshitagain]

The Polar Express
Coming Home by Michael Morpurgo is one of the three children’s favourite books of all time. It’s about a robin making the treacherous journey home for Christmas to be with his little Robin wife.
Every time I read it to them my eyes fill with tears

[GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER]

Room For A Little One is lovely - it’s the Nativity, but from the POV of all the animals keeping warm in the stable on a cold night. Truly beautiful full page colour illustrations.

[Cinderellashoes]

The Christmas Bear by Anne Mangan is very old but such a lovely gorgeous book.

This year I’ve ordered the Grinch!

[YessicaHaircut]

Lucy and Tom’s Christmas is so lovely and always brings a tear to my eye. Perhaps aimed at younger kids, definitely good for your 3 yr old!
The Church Mice at Christmas by Graham Oakley is also great, it has wonderful illustrations and would be suitable for an 8 year old.

[YessicaHaircut]

Oh and the Brambly Hedge Winter Story, I loved that one as a child.