Our Guest: Nancy Kelly of Sage Parnassus- we are so grateful that she was able to have the energy to visit with us while she recovered from a round of the Rona!
Nancy has so generously compiled a list of her family’s favorite Christmas books- over 150 titles, in a free pdf that can be found here: Kelly Family Christmas Book List.
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Featured books in this episode:
* The Gospel of John read alongside the Scale How Meditations by Charlotte Mason
* Charlotte Mason Home Education Series (Nancy’s favorite volume is no. 4 Ourselves)
* Sir Gibbie by George MacDonald
* The George MacDonald Christmas Collection selected by David Jack
* Hannah Coulter by Wendell Berry
* Zao’s Tales by J. A. Sommer
* The Gift of the Magi a short story by O. Henry
* The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson
* The Nutcracker and the Mouse King by E. T. A. Hoffmann
* The Story of Us by Mitali Perkins
* Mousekins's Christmas Eve by Edna Miller
* Forever Christmas by Harry Davis
* The Tall Book of Christmas by Dorothy Hall Smith
* A Certain Small Shepherd by Rebecca Caudill
* Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree by Robert Barry
* The Year of the Perfect Christmas Tree by Gloria Houston
* The Tailor of Gloucester by Beatrix Potter
* Take Joy! The Tasha Tudor Christmas Book by Tasha Tudor
* On That Night by Elizabeth Yates
* A Grandma for Christmas by Alta Halverson Seymour
* A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
* Papa Panov's Special Christmas translated into English by Leo Tolstoy
* The Other Wise Man by Henry van Dyke
* The Chimes by Charles Dickens
* The Cricket on the Hearth by Charles Dickens
* The Art of Advent: A Painting a Day from Advent to Epiphany by Jane Williams
* The Glorious Impossible by Madeleine L'Engle
* Wounded in Spirit: Advent Art and Meditations by David Bannon
* The Christmas Story from The Metropolitan Museum of Art
* Christmas Is Coming!: Celebrate the Holiday with Art, Stories, Poems, Songs, and Recipes by The Metropolitan Museum of Art
* The Man Who Invented Christmas: How Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol Rescued His Career and Revived Our Holiday Spirits by Les Standiford
* The Dean’s Watch by Elizabeth Goudge
* Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
* Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder
* The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
* Corrie’s Christmas Memories by Corrie ten Boom
* A Christmas Book by Elizabeth Goudge
* Maple & Willow’s Christmas Tree by Lori Nichols
* Maple & Willow Apart by Lori Nichols
* Christmas Around the World series by Alta Halverson Seymour
* Turkey for Christmas by Marguerite de Angeli
* The Lion in the Box by Marguerite de Angeli
* The Box of Delights by John Masefield
Christmas audio programs:
* Three Wise Men and a Baby by Jungle Jam and Friends the Radio Show
* The King Has Arrived by Michael J. Tinker
Resources mentioned in this episode:
Belvedere Mansion and Gardens in Galena, Illinois. Houses a beautiful collection of Christian art.
Kelly Family Christmas Book List- free pdf of over 150 Christmas titles
Join the conversation! We would love to hear what your favorite Christmas books and family holiday traditions are!
