This Christmas Around the World book list for K-2 learners is a GREAT resource list to have. These books can go hand-in-hand with our Christmas Around the World Unit Study!
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Christmas Around the World Book List
Disclaimer: I did not read all of these books to my learners. You will want to do your own research on each book to see if it fits your needs. Click on the image or the any link under each image to read more about it or grab a copy for your own library.
Christmas Around the World General
–Christmas Around the World by Mary D. Lanford
–Christmas Around the Word by Emily Kelley {Learners can read the simple text.}
–Christmas Is… by Gail Gibbons
–Jingle Bells by Iza Trapani
–The Gingerbread Boy by Paul Galdone {Germany}
–Cobweb Christmas by Shirley Climo {Germany}
–Waiting for Christmas by Kathleen Long Bostrom{Germany}
–The Legend of Old Befana by Tomie DePaola {Italy}
–The Story of Holly and Ivy by Rumer Godden – Love, love, love this story!! {England}
–The Friendly Beasts – and Old English Christmas Carol by Tomie DePaola{England}
–The 12 Days of Christmas by Laurel Long {England}
–A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens {England}
–Wombat Divine by Mem Fox {Australia}
–Humphrey’s First Christmas by Carol Heyer {Mexico, Brazil}
–Lucia Morning in Sweden by Ewa Rydaker {Sweden}
–The Tomten by Astrid Lindgren {Sweden}
–The Night of Las Posadas by Tomie DePaola
–Legend of the Poinsettia by Tomie DePaola
–Too Many Tamales by Gary Soto {Mexico}
–N is for Navidad by Susan Middleton Elya {Mexico}
–The Night Before Christmas by Charles Santore {USA/Canada}
–The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg – a classic!! {USA/Canada}
–How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr. Seuss {USA/Canada}
–Christmas in America by Callista Gingrich
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Enjoy!
~Becky