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Five Faves: New Christmas Picture Books

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Christmas stories are an important part of many people's holiday traditions. There are some tried and true classics that will remain favorites forever, but it's always fun to find new favorites and to start new traditions. Whether you're looking to add books into an existing tradition or maybe even starting a new one, check out our list of new Christmas picture books below! 


An Anishinaabe Christmas
Written by Wab Kinew
Illustrated by Erin Hill
Toronto: Tundra Books, 2024. Picture Book.

An Anishinaabe family heads to visit grandparents on the reservation at Christmas. Baby is nervous to be away from home for Christmas--how will Santa find them?  But as Baby's parents start explaining, Baby soon learns more about the special nature of Anishinaabe traditions and spends Christmas with family combining Western and Indigenous celebrations. 

By Sibylle Delacroix
Edinburgh: Floris Books, 2024. Picture Book.

Noah and Lucy desperately want a white Christmas, but it's Christmas Eve, and still no snow. When they receive a beautiful snow globe as a gift on Christmas Eve, snow suddenly begins falling inside their house! Lucy and Noah build a snowman in their room, sled down the stairs, and have a snowball fight in the living room. Through imagination and Christmas excitement, Noah and Lucy get the white Christmas they were dreaming of.

Merry Christmas, Zoo
Written by Lisa Eickholdt
Illustrated by Laura Watkins
San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books, 2024. Picture Book.

Inspired by actual animals in real zoos, zookeepers work hard to create a magical holiday experience for the animals in their care. 

One Foggy Christmas Eve
By Kerilynn Wilson
New York: Greenwillow Books, 2024. Picture Book.

On a foggy Christmas Eve, a little girl is told it's not safe to travel to her grandparent's house to give them the perfect present she's picked out. The girl is determined to walk to her grandparent's house and with courage, magic, and imagination, she just might make it! But what happens if she loses the perfect present along the way?

Written by Mac Barnett
Illustrated by Sydney Smith
New York: Viking, 2024. Picture Book.

Year after year, Santa serves the boys and girls of the world by delivering gifts and helping them get in the holiday spirit. But once Christmas morning hits, Santa gets right back to work without ever celebrating the holiday himself.  But not this year! This year, Santa's elves are determined he will experience the same Christmas cheer he gives to others for the very first time. 
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