Christmas
Ho Ho Ho! We think these Simon & Schuster Christmas books will definitely be on Santa's Nice List!
1.
Santa Claus Is Green!
How to Have an Eco-Friendly Christmas (Part of Little Green Books)
By: Alison Inches
Illustrated by: Wednesday Kirwan
This edition: Trade Paperback, 24 pages
Publication date: October 6, 2009
Ages: 4 - 6
Santa Claus is having a green Christmas! In the spirit of Christmas giving, Santa shows boys and girls that they can give to others while giving back to the Earth -- and have fun while they're doing it! Simple things like...
2.
The Christmas Baby
By: Marion Dane Bauer
Illustrated by: Richard Cowdrey
This edition: Hardcover, 32 pages
Publication date: October 6, 2009
Ages: 2 - 5
When a baby was born in the manger, Mary and Joseph rejoiced. The angels sang, and kings journeyed to bring gifts. When you came into the world, there was a celebration too - because every new baby is a small miracle.
Other Formats: eBook
3.
I Love Christmas
By: Anna Walker
Illustrated by: Anna Walker
This edition: Paper Over Board, 32 pages
Publication date: October 6, 2009
Ages: 2 - 6
In this sweet, engaging picture book, Ollie and his pet dog Fred celebrates all the things they love about Christmas.
4.
Dora's Christmas Carol
(Part of Dora the Explorer)
Adapted by: Christine Ricci / Illustrated by: Robert Roper
This edition: Paper Over Board, 24 pages
Publication date: October 6, 2009
Ages: 3 - 7
It's Christmas Eve, and Swiper is on Santa's naughty list for trying to swipe the Christmas tree star! Dora wants to help, so she takes Swiper on a time-travel adventure to Christmas in the past and to Christmas in the...
5.
A Very Ninja Christmas
(Part of Amelia Rules!)
By: Jimmy Gownley
Illustrated by: Jimmy Gownley
This edition: Trade Paperback, 80 pages
Publication date: October 6, 2009
Ages: 7 - 12
In A Very Ninja Christmas, join Amelia and the gang for holiday-themed fun. With Amelia, of course, even Christmas is anything but typical!
6.
The True Gift
A Christmas Story
By: Patricia MacLachlan
Illustrated by: Brian Floca
This edition: Hardcover, 96 pages
Publication date: October 6, 2009
Ages: above 7
All year long Lily and Liam look forward to Christmas on their grandparents' farm. It's always the perfect trip -- walking to the lilac library, trimming the tree, giving gifts. But this year, thanks to a white cow alone in...
7.
Christmas in Gabba Land
(Part of Yo Gabba Gabba!)
By: Louise Jameson
Illustrated by: Style Guide
This edition: Board Book, 12 pages
Publication date: October 6, 2009
Ages: 2 - 5
What happens in Gabba Land at Christmas time? The Gabba gang decorates the tree and makes presents... and takes pictures of the festivities! This padded board book with photo sleeves lets kids see themselves in Gabba land!
Other Formats: eBook
8.
The Dog Who Thought He Was Santa
By: Bill Wallace
This edition: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
Publication date: October 7, 2008
Ages: 8 - 12
The Nose Knows
Don Franklin's dog, Frank, is a bloodhound, so he can smell when something's wrong. And a lot seems to be wrong in Don's family. Mom and Dad are worried about money, especially with Christmas right around...
9.
Reindeer Christmas
By: Mark Kimball Moulton
Illustrated by: Karen Hillard Good
This edition: Hardcover, 40 pages
Publication date: October 7, 2008
Ages: 4 - 8
A December snow is falling, lightly dusting all the trees,blanketing the forest in a crystal filigree.
Late one snowy winter evening, two young children and their grandmother happen upon a weak and weary deer while feeding...
10.
What Santa Can't Do
By: Douglas Wood
Illustrated by: Doug Cushman
This edition: Trade Paperback, 32 pages
Publication date: October 7, 2008
Ages: 3 - 8
What can't Santa do? Lots of things!
He can never buy enough reindeer biscuits.
He can't wait to try out the new toys.
He can't stop smiling.
And, just like you and me,
Santa can't wait for...well, you'll...
11.
Stuck on Christmas!
A Mega Sticker Book
By: Siobhan Ciminera
Illustrated by: Collection/Jupiterimages Unlimited
This edition: Trade Paperback, 48 pages
Publication date: October 7, 2008
Ages: 3 - 7
It's a Christmas package almost as big as Santa himself! Deck the hall with more than 700 stickers! Design your own Christmas cards, make snowmen and gingerbread houses, trim the tree, and so much more with the festive...
12.
A Perfect Snowman
By: Preston McDaniels
Illustrated by: Preston McDaniels
This edition: Hardcover, 40 pages
Publication date: October 23, 2007
Ages: 4 - 8
Dressed in his best hat and scarf, with the finest carrot nose, and the roundest coal eyes, the perfect snowman believed that having the best of everything was all there was to life, and all that really mattered. But after...
13.
Bear's First Christmas
By: Robert Kinerk
Illustrated by: Jim LaMarche
This edition: Hardcover, 32 pages
Publication date: October 2, 2007
Ages: 4 - 8
In the dark of winter, deep in the woods, a lone bear is awakened from his winter sleep by a soft and mysterious sound. Under the stars the bear finds his way step by step through the snowy forest, making friends along his...
14.
Olivia Helps with Christmas
By: Ian Falconer
Illustrated by: Ian Falconer
This edition: Hardcover, 58 pages
Publication date: October 2, 2007
Ages: 3 - 7
Everyone's favorite Caldecott honor-winning porcine and #1 Kris Cringle enthusiast is helping to make the season brighter than ever. Christmas is coming, and Olivia is incredibly busy. She has to wait for Santa, make sure dad...
15.
Eloise Decorates for Christmas
(Part of Ready-to-Reads)
By: Lisa McClatchy
This edition: Trade Paperback, 32 pages
Publication date: October 2, 2007
Ages: 4 - 6
It is holiday time. Eloise hopes she will be the one to place the star atop the Christmas tree!
16.
The Secret Fairy Christmas
By: Penny Dann
Illustrated by: Penny Dann
This edition: Novelty, 20 pages
Publication date: October 2, 2007
Ages: 4 - 8
Join in the festive fun with all of your Secret Fairy friends!
17.
Chita's Christmas Tree
By: Elizabeth Fitzgerald Howard
This edition: Trade Paperback, 32 pages
Publication date: August 27, 2007
Christmas is coming! And all Chita can dream about is choosing her very own Christmas tree.
"Mama!" Chita calls. "Mama! Is today the day?"
"Yes," says Mama. "Papa is almost ready."
And so Chita and her father set out into the...
18.
Christmas Lights
By: Marion Dane Bauer
Illustrated by: Susan Mitchell
This edition: Paper Over Board, 12 pages
Publication date: October 10, 2006
Ages: 3 - 7
Christmas is twinkling through the town from candles on tables to lights on the trees. Let the real blinking lights on each page of this merry little book shine holiday cheer in your heart that you can share with the...
19.
Santa Claus
By: Rod Green
This edition: Paper Over Board, 32 pages
Publication date: October 3, 2006
Ages: 4 - 10
Have you ever wondered how Santa's sleigh really works? Or what reindeer eat? Or just how big the North Pole's mailroom must be? Well, this Christmas all of your questions will be answered with this ultimate book of SANTA...
20.
Where Did They Hide My Presents?
Silly Dilly Christmas Songs
By: Alan Katz
Illustrated by: David Catrow
This edition: Hardcover, 32 pages
Publication date: October 4, 2005
Ages: 2 - 8
It's Christmastime! While everyone else is singing "Frosty the Snowman" and "Winter Wonderland," ring in your holidays with "Our Friendly Mailman" and "Something in My Brother's Underpants"!
Songwriter and comedy writer par...
Other Formats: Trade Paperback
21.
Henry and Mudge and a Very Merry Christmas
(Part of Henry & Mudge)
By: Cynthia Rylant
Illustrated by: Suçie Stevenson
This edition: Hardcover, 40 pages
Publication date: October 5, 2004
Ages: 5 - 7
Christmas at Henry and Mudge's house means cookies and carols and presents, and the whole family gathering for a delicious breakfast (with lots of food falling on the floor for Mudge). It may just be the best Christmas ever...
Other Formats: Trade Paperback
22.
How Santa Lost His Job
By: Stephen Krensky
Illustrated by: S.D. Schindler
This edition: Trade Paperback, 32 pages
Publication date: October 5, 2004
Ages: 4 - 8
Santa has the best job he can think of -- brining presents each Christmas to children all around the world. Every year he prepares for his trip: He trims his beard, takes a bath, gets dressed, and packs up his sleigh fort he...
23.
The Legend of Saint Nicholas
By: Demi
Illustrated by: Demi
This edition: Hardcover, 40 pages
Publication date: October 1, 2003
Ages: 5 - 10
From his very first day of life, when he rises from his bath to pray to God, it is clear that Nicholas is a miraculous child with a spiritual destiny. As he grows he is deeply saddened by the sickness, suffering, and death...
24.
Counting Christmas
By: Karen Katz
Illustrated by: Karen Katz
This edition: Hardcover, 32 pages
Publication date: October 1, 2003
Ages: 3 - 6
Join in the fun and count down to a magical Christmas! Count all of the Christmas joy with this bedtime book, now in a sturdy format perfect for the youngest readers.
25.
Where is Christmas, Jesse Bear?
(Part of Jesse Bear)
By: Bruce Degen and Nancy White Carlstrom
This edition: Trade Paperback, 32 pages
Publication date: October 1, 2003
Ages: 2 - 5
Where Is Christmas, Jesse Bear? Jesse Bear is looking for Christmas. And he finds it everywhere -- when trimming the tree, baking cookies, and going ice-skating in the park. But Jesse Bear feels Christmas most of all when...
26.
Mouse's First Christmas
By: Lauren Thompson
Illustrated by: Buket Erdogan
This edition: Trade Paperback, 32 pages
Publication date: October 1, 2003
Ages: 2 - 6
Late one winter night, Mouse discovers new sights, smells, and tastes: sweet and sparkly cookies, jingly and glinty bells, and lots of boxy and ribbony presents. Mouse doesn't know what any of it means, until a whiskery and...
27.
How Santa Got His Job
By: Stephen Krensky
Illustrated by: S.D. Schindler
This edition: Trade Paperback, 32 pages
Publication date: October 1, 2002
Ages: 4 - 8
Have you ever wondered what Santa did before he was Santa?
When Santa was young and needed a job, no one was looking for a man in a red suit to deliver gifts on Christmas. So Santa tried just about everything -- from a...
28.
The Cheerios Christmas Play Book
By: Lee Wade
Illustrated by: Lee Wade
This edition: Board Book, 14 pages
Publication date: October 1, 2000
Ages: 1 - 4
HO, HO, HO
Celebrate Christmas with Cheerios! Children can place their own Cheerios or Frosted Cheerios in the recessed spaces to decorate a tree, put noses in Santa's reindeer, and complete other merry scenes.
Tasty,...
29.
The 12 Bugs of Christmas
A Pop-up Christmas Counting Book by David A. Carter
By: David A. Carter
Illustrated by: David A. Carter
This edition: Novelty, 12 pages
Publication date: October 1, 1999
Ages: 3 - 6
Available for the first time in the bestselling BUGS mini trim size, David A. Carter's bestselling BUGS are here to help count down to Christmas in this festive pop-up title. What could be better than one Bug of Christmas?...
Other Formats: Novelty
30.
The Christmas Candle
By: Richard Paul Evans
Illustrated by: Jacob Collins
This edition: Hardcover, 32 pages
Publication date: October 1, 1998
Ages: 5 - 8
On his way home for Christmas, Thomas needs a light for his lantern. He stops in an old candlemaker's shop and is dismissive of all of the old man's intricate and beautiful candles, buying an inexpensive one. However, as he...
