Juvenile books maintain their edge as attention spans diminish in the digital age. We appreciate their intensity of flavor that's been reduced like a demi-glace to its essentials--not to mention the illustrations that convey the message visually as we're now accustomed.
Here are the favorites I just moved from the garage to our living room. Since my toddlers are now teenagers, I notice most of these are available used, dirt cheap, on Amazon, except for the few that are out of print. Gives you motivation to visit your local library or thrift store!
10. Wombat Divine by Mem Fox. There's a place for everyone in the Nativity.
9. The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson. The original #brokenChristmas that breaks through religious spirits to experience Jesus.
8. Jotham's Journey: A Storybook for Advent by Arnold Ytreeide. A daily dose of cliff-hanging historical fiction set in the time of Jesus' birth.
7. Tabitha's Travels: A Storybook for Advent by Arnold Ytreeide. Similar to above with a girl heroine.
6. The Christmas Miracle of Jonathon Toomey by Susan Wojciechowski. Taps my healed father wound.
5. The Legend of the Poinsettia by Tomie dePaolo. Nothing but the blood of Jesus foreshadowed!
4. B is for Bethlehem by Isabel Wilner. Illustrated by Elisa Kleven. It's all about the pictures.
3. Santa's Favorite Story by Hisako Aoki. How I reconciled the Santa myth multi-culturally.
2. A Dozen Silk Diapers by Melissa Kajpust. I love practicality and inclusion of all the animals.
1. Luke from The Message by Eugene Peterson. Doesn't get any better than the true story.
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