He is Born!

Twas the Night Before Christmas illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith

Read the whole story with her original illus. at gutenberg.org

More Favorite Christmas Children's Books

Silent Night: It's Story and Song by Margaret Hodges, illus. by Tim Ladwig

Christmas Day in the Morning by Pearl S. Buck

The Light at Tern Rock  (Newbery Honor) by Julia L. Saurer. Although this is not a picture book, this is one of our favorite Christmas stories.

The Crippled Lamb by Max Lucado, illus. by Liz Bonham

Jacob's Gift by Max Lucado, illus. by Robert Hunt

 

The Three Gifts of Christmas by Jennie and Randy Bishop, illus. by Preston McDaniels

The Quiet Little Woman by Louisa May Alcott, illus. by C. Michael Dudash (This is the edition with the pictures).

Christmas in the Trenches by John McCutcheon, illus. by Henri Sorensen

All-I'll-Ever-Want Christmas Doll by Patricial C. McKissack, illus. by Jerry Pinkney

 The Cobweb Curtain, A Christmas Story by Jenny Koralek, illus. by Pauline Baynes

 The Third Gift by Linda Sue Park, illus. by Bagram Ibatoulline

A Gift for the Christ Child by Tina Jahnert, illus. by Alessandra Roberti

Our Very Own Christmas by Annette Langen and Marije Tolman

The Nativity from the Gospels of Matthew and Luke by Ruth Sanderson

 The Little Fir Tree by Margaret Wise Brown, illus. by Jim LaMarche

 The Little Fir Tree by Margaret Wise Brown, illus. by Barbara Cooney

Mercer Mayer's The Little Drummer Mouse


 

 The Carpenter's Gift, A Christmas Tale About the Rockerfeller Center Tree

 

Angel Mae, A Tale of Trotter Street by Shirley Hughes
 

Daniel's Gift by M. C. Helldorfer, illus. by Julie Downing

The Log Cabin Christmas by Ellen Howard, illus. by Ronald Himler

Favorite Christmas Children's Books

The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry, illus. by P. J. Lynch

 

The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey by Susan Wojciechowski, illus. by P. J. Lynch

An Orange for Frankie by Patricia Polacco

Christmas Tapestry by Patrica Polacco. She has also written: Welcome Comfort, The Trees of the Dancing Goats, and Uncle Vova's Tree. 

 
The Last Straw by Fredrick H. Thury, illus. by Vlasta van Kampen

The Baker's Dozen: A Saint Nicholas Tale by Aaron Shepard, illus. by Wendy Edelson

The Miracle of Saint Nicholas by Gloria Whelan, illus. by Judith Brown

A Christmas Dress for Ellen by Thomas S. Monson. He has also written A Christmas Train: A True Story

Christmas Oranges by Linda Bethers and Ben Sowards

Good King Wenceslas by John M. Neale and Tim Ladwig

The Year of the Perfect Christmas Tree by Gloria Houston, illus. by Barbara Cooney

Room for a Little One, A Christmas Tale by Martin Waddell, illus. by Barbara Firth

The Legend of the Poinsettia by Tomie dePaola. Other Christmas stories by Tomie dePaola include The Night of Las Posadas, The Legend of Old Befana, Joy to the World: Tomie's Christmas Stories, The Story of the Three Wise Kings, The Friendly Beasts, Merry Christmas Strega Nona, The Clown of God, Christmas Remembered, Jingle the Christmas Clown, An Early American Christmas, Country Angel Christmas, The Family Christmas Tree Book, Four Friends at Christmas, and more.

The Story of Holly and Ivy by Rumer Godden, illus. by Barbara Cooney. Another edition is illustrated by Christian Birmingham

Christmas in Noisy Village by Astrid Lindgren, illus. by Ilon Wikland

Too May Tamales by Gary Soto, illus. by Ed Martinez

Letters from Father Christmas by J. R. R. Tolkien

Shoemaker Martin by Leo Tolstoy, illus. by Bernadette Watts. There is also a DVD titled Martin the Cobbler.

The Legend of the Christmas Rose by Selma Lagerlof, retold by Ellen Greene, illus. by Charles Mikolaycak

The Legend of the Christmas Rose by William H. Hooks, illus. by Richard A. Williams

Christ is Born!

"At the thought of God my heart leapt for joy, and I could not help my music's doing the same."

Franz Joseph Haydn

How Great Our Joy!

How great our joy! Great our joy! Joy, joy, joy!