December Holiday Picture Books By Lynnfield Public Library

Press release from the Lynnfield Public Library:

December 4, 2020

What better way to celebrate a holiday than with a picture book? Check out this selection of picture books and children’s nonfiction books about holidays celebrated in December. All of these books can be found in our catalog and can be put on hold to check out. Email Lauren at lfox@noblenet.org for more recommendations or for a surprise bag of holiday books.

Hanukkah: December 10 through December 18 (dates change yearly)

• The Story of Hanukkah by David Adler
• Latke, the Lucky Dog by Ellen Fischer
• Latkes, Latkes, Good to Eat by Naomi Howland
• Light the Menorah! by Jacqueline Jules
• The Chanukkah Guest by Eric A. Kimmel
• Hanukkah by L. L. Owens
• The Eighth Menorah by Lauren L. Wohl
• I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed A Dreidel by Caryn Yacowitz

Winter Solstice: Monday, December 21

• The Shortest Day by Susan Cooper
• The Winter Solstice by Ellen Jackson
• The Shortest Day: Celebrating the Winter Solstice by Wendy Pfeffer

Christmas: December 25

• Who Built the Stable? by Ashley Bryan
• The Twelve Days of Christmas in New England by Toni Buzzeo
• Little Robin’s Christmas by Jan Fearnley
• Tough Cookie: A Christmas Story by Edward Hemingway
• The Last Christmas Tree by Stephen Krensky
• Stowaway in a Sleigh by C. Roger Mader
• Mistletoe: A Christmas Story by Tad Hills
• Santa Calls by William Joyce
• Dasher by Matt Tavares

Kwanzaa: December 26 through January 1

• Kwanzaa by Sheila Anderson
• Seven Days of Kwanzaa by Ella Grier
• The Sound of Kwanzaa by Dimitrea Tokunbo

New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day: December 31 and January 1

• Squirrel’s New Year’s Resolution by Pat Miller
• New Year’s Day by Lynn Peppas
• Shante Keys and the New Year’s Peas by Gail Piernas-Davenport
• It’s New Year’s Day! by Richard Sebra
• The Night Before New Year’s by Natasha Wing

This press release was produced by the Lynnfield Public Library. The views expressed are the author's own.