Collection Highlight: Christmas Reads

  

Collection Highlights: Christmas Reads

Contributed by Jordan Farinelli, Collection Development Librarian

This list of Christmas-themed books includes classics, romances, historical fiction, and newly published stories.

Children

BR 23192 ; DB 47536 ; DB 72998 (Spanish language) – How the Grinch Stole Christmas, by Dr. Seuss

The Grinch, whose heart is two sizes too small, tries to stop Christmas from coming

by stealing all the gifts from the people who live in Whoville.

BR 12001 ; DB 23625 – The Polar Express, by Chris Van Allsburg

On a dark Christmas Eve, a boy who believes in Santa Claus boards a

mysterious train, the Polar Express. He and the other children,

still in their nightclothes, drink hot chocolate and sing carols as the

train races through snowy landscapes carrying them to a huge city atthe North Pole to visit Santa Claus.

DB 92566 – Snowmen at Christmas, by Caralyn Buehner

On Christmas Eve, snowmen hold a party in the center of town

and celebrate with food, music and dancing, and presents.

BR 12029 ; DB 97854 – The Night Before Christmas, by Clement Clarke Moore

Classic Christmas poem about a visit from St. Nicholas originally published in 1823.

DB 101665 – Comet, The Unstoppable Reindeer, by Jim Benton

An injured Comet the reindeer expects to sit out Christmas Eve,

but ends up delivering the presents that Santa has accidentally left behind.

DB 101052 – The lost fairy tales : Pages and Co., Book 2, by Anna James

When Tilly joins Oskar and his family on a Christmas trip to Paris,

she and her friend bookwander into the land of fairy tales, where

someone--or something--is causing chaos.

Young Adult

DB 101670 – All I Want for Christmas, by Wendy Loggia

Bailey happily counts down the days to Christmas with

holiday music, baking cookies, snowy sleigh rides, and wearing her

light-up reindeer ears to work at Winslow's bookstore. But this year, she's wishing

for a special someone to kiss under the mistletoe. Some descriptions of sex. 

BR 20593 ; DB 80242 – My True Love Gave to Me: Twelve Holiday Stories, by Stephanie Perkins

Twelve romantic holiday stories featuring authors such as Holly Black,

Ally Carter, Gayle Forman, Rainbow Rowell, and more. In "Midnights,"

Mags expresses how she feels about the past New Year's Eves and

finally levels with her best friend Noel. Some strong language.

DB 101669 – New Year's Kiss, by Lee Matthews

Shy, straight-laced Tess meets Christopher while spending Christmas break at her

grandmother's Vermont lodge, and he agrees to help her complete her

bucket list before New Year's Eve. Strong language.

DB 73532 – The Kid Table, by Andrea Seigel

Ingrid exposes the quirky dynamics of her extended family full of close-knit yet strange

cousins, who both help and hinder each other as they celebrate holidays and

momentous occasions together. Strong language and some descriptions of sex.

BR 22998 ; DB 98168 – 10 Blind Dates, by Ashley Elston

After an unexpected breakup, seventeen-year-old Sophie lets members

of her large, eccentric extended family set her up on ten blind dates during Christmas vacation. 

Adult

DB 30913 – A Christmas Memory, by Truman Capote

A late November morning and the exclamation "Oh my, it's fruitcake weather,"

conjure up for Truman Capote the memory of a beloved cousin, Miss Sook Faulk,

and Queenie, a little rat terrier "who has survived distemper and two rattlesnake bites.

" They make fruitcake on this, their last Christmas together.

DB 87973 – Mr. Dickens and His Carol, by Samantha Silva

Depressed about the failure of his most recent book, feeling pressured by his

publisher to write a Christmas book, and worried over his family's financial stability,

Charles Dickens seeks refuge in nightly walks. On one, he meets Eleanor Lovejoy,

who takes him on a Scrooge-like journey.

BR 22879 ; DB 96768 – Royal Holiday : Wedding Date, Book 4, by Jasmine Guillory

When her daughter gets a job styling a member of the British royal family for the holidays,

Vivian Forest jumps at the chance to travel with her. She is intrigued by Malcolm Hudson,

a private secretary to the Queen, but Vivian is supposed to return home after Christmas.

Some strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex.

DB 92672 – One Day in December, by Josie Silver

Laurie shares an electric look with a man at a bus stop, only to have her bus drive away.

She looks for the man everywhere and discovers he's dating one of her best friends.

Through the next ten years, both wonder if their timing will ever be right.

Strong language and descriptions of sex. 

DB 101994 – The Twelve Dates of Christmas, by Jenny Bayliss

The sleepy town of Blexford, England, isn't exactly brimming with dating prospects,

but thirty-four-year-old Kate Turner's best friend signs her up for a dating agency that

promises to help singles find love before the holidays. With twelve dates with twelve

different men, she hopes for love by Christmas.

DB 104896 – The Wish Book Christmas, by Lynn N. Austin

Connecticut, 1951. Five-year-old boys Bobby Barrett and Harry Dawson are obsessed

with the Sears Wish Book, convinced Santa will bring everything they want, even fathers.

Audrey Barrett and Eve Dawson set out to teach their children the true meaning of Christmas.