Favorite Books for Advent & Christmas

Advent & Christmas Book List for Catholic Kids

Here's an updated list of books for Catholic kids to read and pray with during the seasons of Advent & Christmas!

This list contains Amazon Affiliate links, which means if you click through and make a purchase, I earn a small commission at no cost to you. I'd also love to encourage you to shop directly with the publisher or with your local bookshop, or try to request these at your local library! I'm sure I've missed some books that would be great for this topic, so feel free to add your own recommendations in the comments! You can find my giant list of Catholic Kid Books by topic here.

The Season of Advent

All about Advent & Christmas: Sharing the Seasons of Hope & Wonder with Children- Katherine Bogner 

The Jesse Tree

The Tree of Jesse- Kortnee Senn

The Jesse Tree for Families- Colleen Pressprich
The Jesse Tree Advent Journal, Lumen Ecclesiae Press
O Come, Emmanuel, Kendra Tierney

Mosaic Jesse Tree- Sara Estabrooks
The Family of Jesus: A Jesse Tree Scripture Study, Michele Chronister

Advent Devotionals

Create. Destroy. Redeem. Advent Journal- LifeTeen
Joy to the World- Stefanick, Chris
Advent and Christmas One Day at a Time for Catholic Teens, Katie Prejean McGrady & Tommy McGrady

O Antiphons: December 17th-24th

Tomorrow I Will Come, A Little Guide to the O Antiphons, Michele Chronister

The Christmas Season 

The First Christmas

A Little Camel for Baby Jesus- Gianola, Maria
Guess Who's in the Manger: A Christmas Story- Howie, Vickie
Where is the Baby King?- Henning & Atkins

A Child is Born- Winthrop, Elizabeth

Voices of Christmas- Grimes, Nikki

The Poorest Shepherd- Maura Roan McKeegan

Ishmael: The Shepherd Boy of Bethlehem- Odile Haumonte 

The Shepherd at the Crib and at the Cross- Patrick O'Hearn

’Twas the Day Before Christmas in Bethlehem Town- Leslie Bond Diggins

The Little Star, by Anthony DeStefanoJacob's Gift- Lucado, Max

The Crippled Lamb- Lucado, Max

Aaron's Secret Message, Pfister, Marcus

Christmas Traditions/Celebrations/Legends
The Cure for the Christmas Crazies- Hartmann, April
A Child's Christmas ABC Book- Thigpen, Paul
A Child's Christmas Counting Book- Thigpen, Paul

The Birds of Bethlehem- dePaola, Tomie

The Night of Las Posadas, dePaola Tomie

The Legend of the Poinsettia, dePaola, Tomie
The Legend of Old Befana, dePaola, Tomie

The Mass and the Manger: My Interactive Christmas Story- Jennifer Sharpe 

Bambinelli Sunday: A Christmas Blessing, Welborn, Amy

The Fourth Wise Man- Summers, Susan

Christmas Fiction

Angela and the Baby Jesus- McCort, Frank

Santa's Priority, Tom Peterson

The Night the Saints Saved Christmas- Jagla, Gracie

Sisters of the Last Straw #5: The Case of the Christmas Tree Capers, Karen Kelly Boyce

The Curious Christmas Trail- Haley Stewart

Little Convent in the Big City: The Light in You- Mother Clare Matthiass

My Family and Other Skaters- Fiorella De Maria 

24 Christmas Stories for Little Ones

Celebrate the Season; Twelve Short Stories for Advent and Christmas- Lynch, Diane M.Christmas Around the Fire, Ryan N. S. Topping

New Liturgical Year

Through the Year with Jesus- Bogner, Katherine

An Introduction to the Liturgical Year, Biffi, Inos

The Catholic All Year Prayer Companion: The Liturgical Year in Practice- Tierney, Kendra

Liturgical Year Board Game- Paolo della Peruta

You may also like this book list that includes December Saints and feast days: