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Mary Engelbreit's The Littlest Night Before Christmas

MARY ENGELBREIT - Quill Tree Books
Format: Hardcover

Renowned artist Mary Engelbreit reimagines her New York Times bestselling Christmas classic with a brand-new picture book that features woodland animals in a magical wintery world.'Twas the night before Christmas,and all through the house...not a creature was stirring,not even a mouse....That...
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Joy to the World: Celebrate 25 Days of Christmas with Elmo and Friends in this Holiday Book for Kids! (Sesame Street Scribbles)

Sesame Workshop - Sourcebooks Wonderland
Format: Hardcover

Joy is love, peace, and Christmas. Celebrate with your favorite Sesame Street friends in this heartwarming Christmas picture book for kids!It's the most wonderful time of the year to share love and joy in the world! This all-new, holiday story from the world-renowned brand Sesame Street...
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Season of Light: A Christmas Picture Book

Jess Redman - Macmillan Audio
Format: Audiobook

A luminous picture book about Christmas traditions that make the season a time of joy, love, faith, and light.Under star-filled winter skies, with homes and trees aglow, with candles lit and hearts so full, our love will shine and grow.From paper snowflakes to silver bells, reindeer to wise...
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Snow Horses: A First Night Story

Patricia MacLachlan - Margaret K. McElderry Books
Format: Hardcover

From Newbery Medal-winning author Patricia MacLachlan comes a cozy picture book of love, light, and community during New Year's and taking the past with us as we step into the future, brought to life with tender and intricate cut paper illustrations.On the very last evening before the new year,...
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Christmas With Auntie

Helen Foster James - Sleeping Bear Pr
Format: Hardcover

There is nothing like an auntie's love. This sweet story celebrates the special bond between auntie and her little bunny at Christmas time. With a bedtime-friendly singsong rhythm and adorable holiday illustrations, this book is sure to charm children and aunties alike!
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A Very Mercy Christmas (Mercy Watson)

KATE DICAMILLO - Candlewick
Format: Hardcover

For fans of Mercy Watson, old and new, comes a joyful crescendo of favorite characters in a picture-book celebration of the quiet miracles the holidays bring. Mercy ornament included!Stella Endicott felt joyful. She felt like something miraculous might happen. She wanted to sing.When Stella...
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Twas the Night Before Christmas: Or Account of a Visit from St. Nicholas

Clement C. Moore - Candlewick
Format: Hardcover

Exquisitely detailed drawings by Matt Tavares embody the spirit of a magical night now in a lavish, full-size gift edition marking the two-hundredth anniversary of the classic poem.The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,in hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there.Once upon...
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Pinkalicious and the Holiday Sweater (I Can Read Level 1)

VICTORIA KANN - HarperCollins
Format: Book

Pinkalicious makes a pinktastic holiday sweater in this Level One I Can Read story, brought to you by #1 New York Times bestselling author Victoria Kann. Pinkalicious can't wait to make Molly a holiday sweater for her Secret Snowman gift. But knitting a sweater is harder than it looks....

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The Christmas Book Flood

Emily Kilgore - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover

This lovely and lyrical picture book, based on a real Icelandic tradition, brings all the sparkle and anticipation of Christmas -- and of the joys of reading -- to the page.The northern lights dance, snow blankets the ground, it's the Christmas season -- so the Book Flood begins!People...
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The Very Merry Poop Christmas

SAMANTHA BERGER - Henry Holt and Co.
Format: Hardcover

A hilarious holiday picture book that follows Santa Claus as he reluctantly accepts that Christmas could use a little poop.It's December, and you know what that means: Christmas is coming! But this year, the North Pole is in for a surprise. Never in the history of this most joyous of holidays...
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Goats for Christmas: Calpurnia Tate, Girl Vet

Jacqueline Kelly
Format: Hardcover

Callie and Travis need sheep for the town Christmas pageant. Travis is playing the shepherd in the Nativity scene, and what's a shepherd without his flock? Unfortunately, Fentress is low on sheep -- but not on goats.When Callie and Travis decide to borrow two goats from their neighbor,...
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Joy to the World!: Christmas Around the Globe

Kate Depalma - Barefoot Books
Format: Book

Explore Christmas traditions from 13 different countries! Rhyming text and detailed illustrations make the book accessible to younger readers, while educational endnotes about the 13 celebrations add interest for older children. Gold ink and festive illustrations capture the joy of the season...

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Merry Christmas, Poky!

Andrea Posner-Sanchez - Golden Books
Format: Board book

Celebrate Christmas with the Poky Little Puppy! Preschool-age boys and girls will love touching the soft red Santa hat, stocking, and Christmas ornaments featured on the cover and interior pages of this sturdy board book. Makes a great gift or stocking stuffer!Also look for The Poky Little...
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Christmas Is Coming: Traditions from Around the World

Monika Utnik-Strugala - NorthSouth Books
Format: Hardcover

Why do we decorate Christmas trees Do all children receive gifts on the same day Come find out as Monika Utnik-Strugala captures the smells, tastes, and unforgettable traditions about the most popular, exciting, contemplative, and unqiue Christmas customs and legends from around the world....
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Anna, Elsa, and the Enchanting Holiday

Meredith Rusu - Disney Press
Format: Hardcover

The holidays are just around the corner and Anna, Queen of Arendelle, can't imagine celebrating without her sister, Elsa the Snow Queen. With the help of Kristoff, his best friend Sven the reindeer, and everyone's favorite snowman, Olaf, they head to the Enchanted Forest to decorate...
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Unicorn Christmas

Diana Murray - Sourcebooks Jabberwocky
Format: Hardcover

Jingle-jingle! Neigh, neigh, neigh! Clap your hooves for Christmas Day!There's so much for unicorns to do to get ready for Christmas! They send out cards by shooting stars, they trim their trees with rainbow flowers, and they sing the Unicorn Christmas Song. But when Santa and his weary...
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Kwanzaa

Lori Dittmer - Creative Co
Format: Library Binding

A kindergarten-level introduction to Kwanzaa, covering the holiday's history, popular traditions, and such defining symbols as the kinara and the unity cup.

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The Three Latkes

Eric A. Kimmel - Kar-Ben Publishing
Format: Hardcover

When three Hanukkah latkes fight over which of them tastes the best, the winner is decided by the family cat. Which will he choose? The excited latkes can't wait to find out, but perhaps they should be careful what they wish for!
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Red and Green and Blue and White

Lee Wind - Levine Querido
Format: Hardcover

On a block dressed up in Red and Greenone house shone Blue and White.It's a holiday season that both Isaac, whose family is Jewish, and Teresa, whose family is Christian, have looked forward to for months! They've been counting the days, playing in the snow, making cookies, drawing...
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