Holiday Books

Mollie Hall Beanstack Reading Recommendations

Many holidays are celebrated during the winter. Read a book featuring one of these holidays or any holiday you’d like.

If you’d like a little help choosing your book, here are some suggestions:

Children’s Books –

  • The Shortest Day by Susan Cooper – EASY COO
  • The Legend of the Poinsettia by Tomie DePaola – EASY DEP
  • Winter Holidays by Julie Murry – EASY MUR
  • The Sound of Kwanzaa by Dimitera Tokunbo – EASY TOK
  • Santa’s First Christmas by Mac Barnett – HOLIDAY BAR/J WONDERBOOK BAR
  • Santa’s Gotta Go by Derrick Barnes – HOLIDAY BAR
  • Tamales for Christmas by Stephen Briseno – HOLIDAY BRI
  • Hanukkah Pajamakkas by Dara Henry – HOLIDAY HEN
  • All-of-a-Kind Family Hanukkah by Emily Jenkins – HOLIDAY JEN
  • If you Ever Want to Bring a Pirate to Meet Santa, Don’t! by Elise Parsley – HOLIDAY PAR
  • Don’t Invite a Bear inside for Hanukkah by Karen Rostoker-Gruber – HOLIDAY ROS
  • Ty’s Travels: Winter Wonderland by Kelly Starling Lyons – READER1 E L
  • Is it Hanukkah Yet? by Nancy E. Krulik – READER2 E K
  • Pinkalicious and the Holiday Sweater by Victoria Kann – READER2 E K
  • The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street by Karina Yan Glaser – J GLA/JBOCD GLA
  • Rachel Friedman and Eight Not-so-Perfect Nights of Hanukkah by Sarah Kapit – J KAP
  • The Golden Dreidel by Ellen Kushner – J KUS
  • Let it Glow by Marissa Meyer and Joanne Levy – J MEY
  • Greenglass House by Kate Milford – J MIL/JBOCD MIL
  • The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson – J ROB/JBOCD ROB
  • A Donut in Time: a Hanukkah Story by Elana Rubinstein – J RUB
  • Come and Join Us! 18 Holidays Celebrated all Year Long by Liz Kleinrock – J 394.26 KLE
  • Beam of Light: The Story of the First White House Menoarah by Eliza Boxer – J 296.4 BOX
  • We Celebrate the Light by Jane Yolen – J 394.261 YOL
  • The Giving Flower: The Story of the Poinsetta by Alda P Dobbs – J 635.933 DOB
  • The LEGO Holiday Games Book by Tori Kosara – J 688.725 LEG
  • Winter Crafts Across Cultures by Megan Borgert-Spaniol – J 745.594 BOR
  • Celebrate with Me! Recipes, Crafts, and Holiday Fun from Around the World edited by Laura Gladwin – J 745.594 CEL
  • Ho-ho-ho-larious Christmas Jokes by Chris Cate – J 818.602 CAT

 

Teen Books –

  • Eight Dates and Nights by Betsy Aldredge – YA BROWSING A
  • How to Excavate a Heart by Jake Maia Arlow – YA ARL
  • Love in Winter Wonderland  by Abiola Bello – YA BEL
  • Together at Midnight by Jennifer Castle – YA CAS
  • Dash and Lily’s Book of Dares by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan – YA BROWSING C
  • A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens – YA DIC
  • 10 Blind Dates by Ashley Elston – YA ELS/YA BOCD ELS
  • For the Rest of Us: 13 Festive Holiday Stories to Celebrate All Seasons, ed. by Dahlia Adler – YA FOR
  • The Afterlife of Holly Chase by Cynthia Hand – YA HAN
  • Flopping in a Winter Wonderland by Jason June – YA JUN
  • The Holiday Switch by Tif Marcelo – YA BROWSING M
  • The Christmas Clash by Suzanne Park – YA BROWSING P
  • Eight Nights of Flirting by Hannah Reynolds – YA REY
  • Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas by Megan Shepherd – YA SHE
  • Finding My Elf by David Valdes – YA VAL
  • Lunar New Year Love Story by Gene Luen Yang and LeUyen Pham – YA GRAPHIC LUN