Our Top 50 Christmas Picture Books

We’re half way through November already, which means there’s not much time left to get your Christmas picture books in order if you want to have them ready for the 1st December. I don’t know about you, but I like to pack our Christmas books away for the rest of the year, it makes them all the more special when it’s time to get them out, and I love how excited the boys get when they discover them all over again. I also like to add a couple of new ones each year, though considering we probably own more Christmas picture books now than our local library we should maybe stop, haha. Anyway, if you are looking for some new Christmas picture book recommendations, whether to buy or to borrow, look no further – I present to you our Top 50 Christmas Picture Books!

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List of books:

1. The Jolly Christmas Postman, by Janet & Allan Ahlberg
2. A Letter for Bear, by David Lucas
3. Sssh! by Julie Sykes (author) & Jim Warnes (illustrator)
4. Alien’s Crazy Christmas, by Amy Sparkes (author) & Jamie Smith (illustrator)
5. Aliens Love Panta Claus, by Claire Freedman (author) & Ben Cort (illustrator)
6. What’s a Christmas? by Make Believe Ideas
7. Russell’s Christmas Magic, by Rob Scotton
8. Sammy Claws the Christmas Cat, by Lucy Rowland (author) & Paula Bowles (illustrator)
9. How the Grinch Stole Christmas, by Dr Seuss
10. The Day Santa Stopped Believing in Harold, by Maureen Fergus (author) & Cale Atkinson (illustrator)
11. Harvey Slumfenberger’s Christmas Present, by John Burningham
12. Father Christmas/ Father Christmas Goes on Holiday, by Raymond Briggs
13. The Littlest Elf, by Brandi Dougherty (author) & Kirsten Richards (illustrator)
14. Mog’s Christmas, by Judith Kerr
15. Maisie’s Merry Christmas, by Aileen Paterson
16. Olivia Helps With Christmas, by Ian Falconer
17. Elmer’s Christmas, by David McKee
18. Pick a Pine Tree, by Patricia Toht (author) & Jarvis (illustrator)
19. How Many Sleeps Till Christmas? by Mark Sperring (author) & Sebastien Braun (illustrator)
20. Bear Stays Up for Christmas, by Karma Wilson (author) & Jane Chapman (illustrator)
21. Merry Christmas, Little Witch, by Lieve Baeten
22. Oliver Elephant, by Lou Peacock (author) & Helen Stephens (illustrator)
23. Christmas Eve at the Mellops’, by Tomu Ungerer
24. Mr Willowby’s Christmas Tree, by Robert Barry
25. Christmas in Exeter Street, by Diana Hendry (author) & John Lawrence (illustrator)
26. The Empty Stocking, by Richard Curtis & Rebecca Cobb
27. The Best Christmas Present Ever, by Ben Mantle
28. Findus at Christmas, by Sven Nordquist
29. Christmas for Greta and Gracie, by Yasmeen Ismail
30. A Christmas for Bear, by Bonny Becker (author) & Kady MadDonald Denton (illustrator)
31. A Homemade Together Christmas, by Maryann Cocca-Leffler
32. The Church Mice at Christmas, by Graham Oakley
33. Christmas in Noisy Village, by Astrid Lindgren
34. Tales from Christmas Wood, by Suzy Senior (author) & James Newman Gray
35. Christmas Farm, by Mary Lyn Ray (author) & Barry Root
36. Grandpa Christmas, by Michael Morpurgo (author) & Jim Field (illustrator)
37. The Christmas Eve Tree, by Delia Huddy (author) & Emily Sutton (illustrator)
38. Tom’s Christmas Fish, by Rita Tornqvist-Verschuur (author) & Marit Tornqvist
39. The Best Christmas Present in the World, by Michael Morpurgo (author) & Michael Foreman (illustrator)
40. Oskar and the Eight Blessings, by Tanya Simon and Richard Simon (authors) & Mark Siegel (illustrator)
41. Red & Lulu, by Matt Tavares
42. The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey, by Susan Wojciechowski (author) & P. J. Lynch (illustrator)
43. The Polar Express, by Chris Van Allsburg
44. Ollie’s Christmas Reindeer, by Nicola Killen
45. Last Stop on the Reindeer Express, by Maudie Powell-Tuck (author) & Karl James Mountford (illustrator)
46. One Christmas Wish, by Katherine Rundell (author) & Emily Sutton (illustrator)
47. The Twelve Days of Christmas, by Jane Ray
48. Babushka, by Dawn Casey (author) & Amanda Hall (illustrator) [Note: This is a different Babushka book from the one shown in the video!]
49. The Nativity – The Story of Baby Jesus, by May Eliot (author) & Richard Johnson (illustrator)
50. The Night Before Christmas, by Clement C. Moore (author) & Eric Puybaret (illustrator)

What are your favourite Christmas picture books? Please feel free to share in the comments below!

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