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Five Faves: For Celebrating Christmas... in July

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 Looking to celebrate Christmas in July? Here are five books to get you in the holiday spirit: 

The Christmas Owl 
Written by Ellen Kalish and Gideo Sterer 
Illustrated by Ramona Kaulitzki 
New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2021. Picture Book.

Little Owl ends up on an adventure when her home, a tree in the country, is cut down to be the Christmas Tree at Rockefeller Center. She learns what Christmas is all about on her journey to find her home!  

Poem by Clement Clark Moore 
Illustrated by Mr. Boddington’s Studio 
New York : Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2021. Picture Book. 

After everyone is asleep on Christmas Eve, St. Nicholas travels from home-to-home delivering toys and filling stockings. Mr. Boddington’s Studio does a wonderful job pairing bright illustrations with the well-known poem by Clement Clarke Moore.   

Dasher 
By Matt Tavares 
Somerville, Massachusetts: Candlewick Press, 2019. Picture Book. 

Dasher and her family are part of a traveling circus. Her mother shares stories of being free in the snow under the North Star and Dasher finds herself longing for that life.  Seizing an opportunity to escape, she uses the North Star as a guide and finds Santa and his sleigh along the way. 
 
By Chris Van Allsburg 
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1985. Picture Book. 

The Polar Express shows up outside of the boy’s house on Christmas Eve and takes him to the North Pole. He’s chosen to receive the first gift for Christmas. Once back on the train, he realizes it’s fallen out of his pocket. He returns home, saddened to have lost such a special gift. But, not all hope is lost. Christmas morning, he wakes up and finds an extra present left underneath the tree.  

Written by Barbara Joosse  
Illustrated by Renee Graef 
Ann Arbor, MI: Sleeping Bear Press, 2021. Picture Book.

A man’s family grows alongside a beautiful spruce tree he planted as a little boy. Near the end of its life, it's taken to the city to be its Christmas Tree. After being strung with lights and ornaments, all of the people gather around for the lighting of the tree.  
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Anonymous said…
Yes I love christmas;)
August 3, 2023 at 9:37 AM
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