Advent Book List

Last year we began a new tradition of reading one Advent book a night until Christmas. To make this tradition extra exciting I even wrapped each of the books in purple and pink paper, like I've seen other cool mamas do. It was such a hit (both the books and the unwrapping) that we decided to do it again this year. Here are the books we are using this Advent!

(Purple paper)

Dec 1 - Waiting for Noel: An Advent Story by Ann Dixon 

Dec 2 - Lucy’s Christmas by Donald Hall

Dec 3 - Night Tree by Eve Bunting

Dec 4 - The Birds of Bethlehem by Tomie dePaola

Dec 5 - Silent Night by Will Moses

Dec 6 (Feast of St. Nicholas) - The Baker’s Dozen by Aaron Shepard

Dec 7 - The Little Fir Tree by Margaret Wise Brown

Dec 8 - The Gift of the Christmas Cookie by Dandi Daley Mackall

Dec 9 - (Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception) - Mary, Mother of Jesus by Tomie dePaola

Dec 10 - Father and Son: A Nativity Story Geraldine McCaughrean

Dec 11 - An Orange for Frankie by Patricia Polacco

Dec 12 (Our Lady of Guadalupe) - The Lady of Guadalupe by Tomie dePaola

Dec 13 (Feast of St. Lucy) - Hanna’s Christmas by Melissa Peterson

Dec 14 - An Early American Christmas by Tomie dePaola

(Pink paper)

Dec 15 - The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey by Susan Wojciechowski

Dec 16 (Las Posadas Begins) - The Night of Las Posadas by Tomie dePaola

Dec 17 - Pablo’s Christmas by Hugo C. Martin

Dec 18 - The Year of the Perfect Christmas Tree by Gloria Houston

Dec 19 - The Legend of the Poinsettia by Tomie dePaola

Dec 20 - Marta and the Manger Straw by Virginia Kroll

Dec 21 - Mortimer’s Christmas Manger by Karma Wilson

(Purple paper)

Dec 22 - The Silver Whistle by Ann Tompert

Dec 23 - The Donkey's Dream by Barbara Helen Berger

Dec 24 (Christmas Eve) - The Crippled Lamb by Max Lucado 

Dec 25 (Christmas) - Bethlehem by Fiona French

Be saints, it's worth it!
Lisa