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Season’s Readings from Bookshare

PUBLISHED DECEMBER 8, 2021 by Laura Deck, Bookshare Communications

Cozy up with your favorite books during the holidays – or discover new ones – to make your days merry and bright

Welcome to the best time of year for snuggling up with a book! During the holiday season, it’s fun to revisit treasured classics and discover new favorites. We made a list (of books) and checked it twice to give you a sleigh full of ideas on what to read. So grab a blanket and a warm drink and settle in with heartwarming books from the lists below.

Timeless Classics

These stories are like old friends that bring joy and hook new readers every year. Read them alone or with a family member.

• Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer by Robert May
• How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr. Seuss
• Frosty the Snowman by Mary Man-Kong
• The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg
• The Elves and the Shoemaker by Jim LaMarche
• Letters from Father Christmas by JRR Tolkien
• The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry
• A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

Holiday Stories for Kids

Enjoy this special collection of 29 stories about multicultural holiday traditions including:

• Eight Winter Nights by Laura Krauss Melmed
• The Legend of Holly Claus by Brittney Ryan
• The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street by Karina Yan Glaser
• Baboushka and the Three Kingsby Ruth Robbins

Escape into these young adult books set in a winter wonderland – or maybe danger lurks under the snow?

• The Winter Horses by Philip Kerr
• Snowed In by Rachel Hawthorne
• Trapped by Michael Northrop
• Unravel Meby Tahereh Mafi