Below are ๐books we have been enjoying reading during the ๐Christmas ๐ ๐ป Holidays.
Books by Lori Evert (left column):
Rudolph series by Robert May (middle column):
- Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer ๐ book (Part I) (buy here); see a๐ link to a blog post ๐below or here,
- Rudolph Shines Again (Part II) (buy here).
Books by Jan Brett (right column):
- Home for Christmas (buy here),
- The Hat book (buy here); see a๐ link to a blog post ๐below or here,
- The Mitten Book – absolute Winter favorite! (buy here); see a๐ link to a blog post ๐below or here.
More ๐Holidays Inspired ๐Books (left to right, top to bottom):
- Little ๐Blue Truck's ๐Christmas (buy here); see a๐ link to a blog post ๐below or here,
- Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Lift-the-Tab (buy here); see a๐ link to a blog post ๐below or here,
- Reindolphins: A Christmas Tale (buy here),
- How to Catch an Elf (buy here),
- PAW Patrol: The Night Before Christmas (buy here) – Adrian loves all the flaps and Paw Patrol are his currently favorite characters!
- Polar Express 30th Anniversary Edition (buy here).
Do you ๐celebrate The โ๏ธWinter solstice โ also known as Yule, Midwinter, the Shortest ๐
Day of the Year and the Longest ๐Night! This holiday, (which lands usually on December 21st) is a great opportunity to bring out a ๐globe and a ๐ฆflashlight and discuss the sun, the seasons, the tilt of the ๐ Earth and so much more!
๐ฌWinter ๐ Solstice Books:
- The Shortest Day: Celebrating the Winter Solstice book (buy here) has lots of fun activities you can do with your kiddo such as determining the positioning of the โ๏ธ on the ๐ horizon by measuring a shadow, ๐sketching the positioning of the sun โ๏ธ by using a compass and more;
- The Return of the Light: Twelve Tales from Around the World for the Winter Solstice (buy here) is a wonderful collection of stories honoring the winter solstice, but for an older child – 8 yo and up.
These are ๐ some of our favoriteโ๏ธWinter books:
- Ice Is Nice!: All About the North and South Poles, Cat in the Hat's Learning Library (buy here),
- Winter, First Step Nonfiction (buy here),
- Winter Wonderland, Picture the Seasons (buy here) is an amazing book written by Winter with humorous text and gorgeous photography,
- The Secret Life of a Snowflake book (buy here); read a post about it here,
- Merry Christmas, Squirrels! (buy here).
- Red and Lulu (buy here) is a great story about two red cardinal birds and a Rockefeller Center Tree in Manhattan;
- The Nutcracker Ballet (buy here),
- Our American Holidays: Their Meaning and Spirit (buy here).
Julia has been playing a part in a Nutcracker ballet for the past two years, and these Glass Ballet Slipper ornament (buy here) now decorate our tree.
Below are ๐ links to posts when we brought ๐books to life with small world invitations to read.
See here "Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer ๐โข๐
๐ป Holiday ๐ Reading โจCollection."
See here Rudolph's Lift -The-Flap book inspired "Skip Counting by 2๏ธโฃ" Math Activity.
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Lift-the-Tab (buy here).
See here "The Mitten Book โ๏ธ Winter Favorite ๐Reading ๐Collection."
See here "The Hat Book โ๏ธ Winter ๐ Reading Collection."
See here "Little ๐Blue Truck's ๐Christmas โข A Holiday ๐Gem ๐Book."
The Legend of St. Nicholas: A Story of Christmas Giving (buy here) which we read on St. Nicholas Day. Read a post about this holiday here "St. ๐
๐ป Nicholas Day ๐Custom of ๐Shoes."
What Holiday ๐books are your favorite?
See here the roundup of activities we have done in the month of December "๐Christmas Inspired Unit Study."
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