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10 best books like The Birds' Christmas Carol (Kate Douglas Wiggin): Miracle on 34th Street, Norman Rockwell's Christmas Book, The Christmas Day Kitten, The Secret Language, The Story of Holly and Ivy, Christmas in Noisy Village, The Little Drummer Boy, Night Tree, The Year of the Perfect Christmas Tree: An Appalachian Story, A Pussycat's Christmas

Miracle on 34th Street
AuthorValentine Davies
ISBN0152163778
Generations of believers in hope and goodwill have made Valentine Davies’ Miracle on 34th Street a treasured part of their holiday traditions. Millions of copies of this award-winning story have sold since its first publication in 1947, delighting readers of all ages. A facsimile edition of the...
Norman Rockwell's Christmas Book
AuthorNorman Rockwell
ISBN0810981211
The Boy Who Laughed at Santa Claus (aka Dont F*** with Santa Claus--He Don't Mess Around)

by Ogden Nash

In Baltimore there lived a boy.
He wasn't anybody's joy.
Although his name was Jabez Dawes,
His character was full of flaws.
In school he never led his classes,
He...
The Christmas Day Kitten
AuthorJames Herriot
ISBN0312097670
"Christmas can never go by without my remembering a certain little cat."

So begins The Christmas Day Kitten, another true story from James Herriot's rich experience as a country vet. As always, the tale includes a vivid group of characters on two legs and four: Mrs. Pickering and her three stately...
The Secret Language
AuthorUrsula Nordstrom
ISBN0064400220
At first, Victoria North is miserable at the Coburn Home School. Her housemother is very strict, she's terribly homesick and the other girls don't seem to have any time for a shy new girl.Then Vicky meets Martha Sherman, and everything changes. Martha introduces Vicky to pie-beds, midnight feasts...
The Story of Holly and Ivy
AuthorRumer Godden
ISBN0670062197
Ivy, Holly, and Mr. and Mrs. Jones all have one Christmas wish. Ivy, an orphan, wishes for a real home and sets out in search of the grandmother she's sure she can find. Holly, a doll, wishes for a child to bring her to life. And the Joneses wish more than anything for a son or daughter to share their holiday....
Christmas in Noisy Village
AuthorAstrid Lindgren
ISBN0140503447
Let the beloved author of Pippi Longstocking take you on an adventure to Noisy Village!

The noisy children of three neighboring families are celebrating the season by baking cookies, cutting and decorating trees, eating fruitcake and tarts, and opening Christmas gifts. With illustrations...
The Little Drummer Boy
AuthorEzra Jack Keats
ISBN0140567437
A procession travels to Bethlehem, bringing gifts for the newborn baby Jesus. The little drummer boy comes along, although he is too poor to bring a present fit for a king. Instead, he plays a song on his drum for the Christ Child. Within the little drummer boy's seemingly simple gift lies the true spirit...
Night Tree
AuthorEve Bunting
ISBN0152001212
I got this on the title. I didn't know it was a Christmas book. So Christmas in August. I'm as bad as the Retail stores. You can't skip Halloween. Anyway.

This book was such a surprise. I didn't know anything about it and that's how you want to be. Don't read any more reviews where they might give away...
The Year of the Perfect Christmas Tree: An Appalachian Story
AuthorGloria Houston
ISBN0140558772
This is a sweet story that children will love at Christmas time, and the illustrations are really great.

A little girl named Ruthie is picked to be the angel at the Christmas play, but she has no angel costume to wear. Her father is away from home in a war that is across the sea, which has created a...
A Pussycat's Christmas
AuthorMargaret Wise Brown
ISBN0064434664
Experience all the mystery and beauty of Christmas through the eyes of a cat in this simple, rhythmic story by Margaret Wise Brown, beloved author of Goodnight Moon. With stunning illustrations by Anne Mortimer, this is a perfect gift for cat lovers and Christmas revelers of all ages.

“She...
The House Without a Christmas Tree
AuthorGail Rock
ISBN0394928334
The genesis of this slender but excellent novel is somewhat unusual, and more complex in the relationship of novelization to movie than most. In the summer of 1972, Gail Rock (b. 1940), who was then working with the CBS TV network, was chatting with some Jewish co-workers about the December holidays....
Pelle's New Suit
AuthorElsa Beskow
ISBN0863150926
I decided to read Elsa Beskow's delightful Pelle's New Suit in French, as Paul et son habit neuf because our public library system happens to have only the French version (and I am actively trying not to purchase so many picture books, mostly due to an ever-increasing lack of shelf space), and I absolutely...
Old Christmas: From the Sketch Book
AuthorWashington Irving
A charming volume of old English Christmas traditions written by famed American author Washington Irving and illustrated by renowned British illustrator Randolph Caldecott. This book has been restored and reprinted from the 1886 edition. It is a high quality reproduction that retains the typesetting...
Apple Tree Christmas
AuthorTrinka Hakes Noble
ISBN1585362700
A frontier family loves their sweet apple tree. They live in the barn with their animals. That’s living close to nature. There is a huge blizzard before Christmas that takes down their wonderful apple tree and the girls are very sad. They spend much time playing in the tree. The girls end up having a good...
Anastasia's Chosen Career
AuthorLois Lowry
ISBN0440401003
Anastasia Krupnik has exactly one week to work on her school assignment called "My Chosen Career." Determined to be a bookstore owner, she must first develop poise and self-confidence. So Anastasia takes the plunge and spends her life savings on a modeling course at Studio Charmante. She has one week...
Take Joy
AuthorTasha Tudor
Every year I try to find one book and one CD of music to add to our Christmas collection. I try to find something we will want to read over and over again, or listen to every year. Unlike "The Christmas Memory" by Truman Capote (bleah!), which I found recommended in a children's catalog (see my review http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/......
The True Gift: A Christmas Story
AuthorPatricia MacLachlan
Patricia MacLachlan is a wonderful author. I actually didn't like the story, but I finished reading it through to the end because of her great story-telling; she has an incredible knack for sucking you in.

The story: A title like "The True Gift" shouldn't be bestowed on a story that is devoted...
Louisa May Alcott's Christmas Treasury
AuthorLouisa May Alcott
ISBN1589199502
A publishing first - the first and only complete collection of all Louisa May Alcott's Christmas short stories and novellas. Louisa May Alcott has been loved by generations of readers for her timeless stories like Little Women, Little Men, and Jo's Boys. Few authors have equaled her ability to bring...
The Twelve Days of Christmas
AuthorLaurel Long
ISBN0803733577
The astounding talent of Laurel Long brings this beloved song to life with breathtaking style. Set against a lush countryside, each day brings a new gift elegantly rendered. And like in the verses of the song, the previous gifts are repeated in every illustration, giving this striking artwork a hidden...
The Light of Christmas
AuthorRichard Paul Evans
ISBN0689834683
High in the mountains lies the town of Noel, surrounded by beautiful white walls and a great silver gate. Every year Alexander and his mother walk the long distance to Noel to watch the lighting of the village Christmas tree. This year Alexander learns that the Keeper of the Flame will choose the person...
I Saw Three Ships
AuthorElizabeth Goudge
Little orphan Polly Flowerdew lives with her two elderly maiden aunts, Dorcas and Constantia. Christmas is coming and she is bursting with excitement. She is absolutely sure that something special is going to happen this year. What will she find in her stocking? Will the Three Wise Men visit as she has...
Song of the Stars: A Christmas Story
AuthorSally Lloyd-Jones
ISBN0310722918
The skies shouted it to the seas that thundered it to the waves that roared it to the great white whales that sang it to the starfish in the deep. And tiny sandpipers danced it on shining sands… “It’s time! It’s time!” On one quiet night, creation whispered a secret. Grass and bees, robins and...
Village Christmas
AuthorMiss Read
ISBN9997529332
Such a charming and heartwarming little story, and one that will be going into my annual Christmas TBR.

The Emerys are a new family who have moved to Fairacre, and to the elderly unmarried sisters who live next door, their ways are viewed as a bit slovenly and haphazard. Mrs. Emery is forever sending...
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