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The joy that Christmas brings is in the air! Here are 21 exciting picture books to help spread the holiday happiness, fun, and tradition. Share stories about baby Jesus, magical unicorns, grandma’s Christmas cornbread, Santa, and The Truth About Mrs. Claus. Explore them all!
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Jarrett Pumphrey | Jerome Pumphrey | Norton Young Readers | November 4, 2025
2. It’s Almost Time for . . . Christmas!
Maisha Oso | Tom Knight | Margaret K. McElderry Books | September 9, 2025
3. The Night Before Christmas: A New Christmas Tradition
Candice Bradley | Simon & Schuster BYR | September 9, 2025
4. Christmas with My Caribbean Grandma
Sandra Campbell-Notice | Anura Srinath | Blue Mountain Rhythms | November 17, 2024
5. The Disney Christmas Cookbook: 50 Delicious Recipes!
Joy Howard | Disney Press | October 1, 2024
Joseph Coelho | Fiona Lumbers | Andersen Press | September 7, 2023
7. The Most Magical Time of the Year! (Afro Unicorn)
April Showers | Anthony Conley | Random House BYR | October 10, 2023
Nikki Grimes | Michelle Carlos | Beaming Books | October 10, 2023
Derrick Barnes | Courtney Lovett | Nancy Paulsen Books | October 10, 2023
Lavaille Lavette | David Wilkerson | Golden Books | September 12, 2023
11. Christmas Elves Being Themselves
Yolanda T Marshall | Daria Lavrova | Chalkboard Publishing | October 28, 2022
Tameka Fryer Brown | Ebony Glenn | Kokila | October 18, 2022
13. The Truth About Mrs. Claus
Meena Harris | Keisha Morris | Little, Brown BYR | October 18, 2022
14. Brown Baby Jesus
Dorena Williamson | Ronique Ellis | WaterBrook | September 20, 2022
15. Charlotte and the Nutcracker: The True Story of a Girl Who Made Ballet History
Charlotte Nebres | Alea Marley | Random House BYR | December 21, 2021
Tiffany D. Jackson | Reggie Brown | Dial Books | November 2, 2021
17. Carla and the Christmas Cornbread
Carla Hall | Chelsea Harris | Denene Millner /S & S BYR | November 2, 2021
18. The Real Santa
Nancy Redd | Charnelle Pinkney Barlow | Random House BYR | October 26, 2021
19. I Got the Christmas Spirit
Connie Schofield-Morrison | Frank Morrison | Bloomsbury | September 4, 2018
20. Grandma’s Gift
Eric Velasquez | Bloomsbury Children’s Books | October 8, 2013
21. Who Built the Stable?: A Nativity Poem
Ashley Bryan | Atheneum BYR | October 2, 2012
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