Who's That Knocking on Christmas Eve?

10 best books like Who's That Knocking on Christmas Eve? (Jan Brett): The Legend of the Poinsettia, Auntie Claus, Bear Stays Up for Christmas, The Nutcracker, Santa Calls, Christmas Day in the Morning, Night Tree, The Year of the Perfect Christmas Tree: An Appalachian Story, Great Joy, Why Christmas Trees Aren't Perfect

The Legend of the Poinsettia

Author	Tomie dePaola
ISBN	0698115678

In Mexico, the poinsettia is called flor de la Nochebuenao flower of the Holy Night. At Christmastime, the flower blooms and flourishes, the quite exquisite red stars lighting up the countryside.This Mexican legend tells how the poinsettia came to be, through a little girl's unselfish gift to the...

Auntie Claus

Author

Elise Primavera

Auntie Claus is just another eccentric New Yorker--or is she? Young Sophie has often wondered about her unusual great-aunt, Auntie Claus. She lives in penthouse 25C at the Bing Cherry Hotel and is so curioso! After all, Auntie Claus serves Christmas cookies all year long and her tree is always the best-decorated...

Bear Stays Up for Christmas

Author	Karma Wilson
ISBN	0689852789

"The day before Christmas,
snuggled on his floor,
Bear sleeps soundly
with a great big snore...."
Bear's friends are determined to keep Bear awake for Christmas! So they wake Bear up and have him help them find a Christmas tree, bake cakes, hang up stockings, and sing Christmas songs....

The Nutcracker

Author	Susan Jeffers
ISBN	0060743867

New York Times bestselling artist Susan Jeffers has created a Nutcracker unlike any that has gone before, with a lovely spare text based on the ballet.

This is the perfect gift to share with children before they see The Nutcracker. Everyone who has seen the ballet will cherish it--as will anyone...

Santa Calls

Author	William Joyce
ISBN	0060211334

Art Atchinson Aimesworth -- inventor, crime fighter, and allaround whiz kid-journeys north with his sister, Esther, and his pal, Spaulding, by special invitation from Santa himself. But why did Santa call? Now available in a new hardcover edition, this truly Joyce-ian crusade features villains...

Christmas Day in the Morning

Author	Pearl S. Buck
ISBN	0688162673

From Pulitzer and Nobel Prize-winning author Pearl S. Buck and acclaimed artist Mark Buehner comes a heartwarming story that illustrates the true meaning of Christmas.

Rob wants to get his father something special for Christmas this year—something that shows how much he really loves...

Night Tree

Author	Eve Bunting
ISBN	0152001212

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

Author	Gloria Houston
ISBN	0140558772

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...

Great Joy

Author	Kate DiCamillo
ISBN	0763629200

In her first picture book, America’s beloved storyteller Kate DiCamillo reunites with Bagram Ibatoulline to offer readers an unforgettable holiday gift.
It is just before Christmas when an organ grinder and monkey appear on the street corner outside Frances’s apartment. Frances can see...

Why Christmas Trees Aren't Perfect

Author	Richard H. Schneider
ISBN	0687453631

I thought this was going to be an inspirational, heart-warming tale to show readers that perfection doesn’t exist and flaws are okay, something like that. It wasn’t what I thought it was going to be, and it’s always deflating when books don’t meet your expectations.

There was way too...

Mortimer's Christmas Manger

Author	Karma Wilson
ISBN	0689855117

Mortimer's a little mouse,
He longs so much for his own house.
He now resides inside a hole
That's dark and damp
Without a soul.

Each day he looks for crumbs and bits
And spots a little house that fits.
The house is high
He starts to climb
He reaches it in record...