HOLIDAY BOOK RESOURCES FOR CHILDREN
With the winter holidays upon us, parents, grandparents, teachers, aunts, uncles, and cousins may be looking for books to read to children. Please find lists of ideas below to get your reading started. And if you have more ideas for this page, please let us know at [email protected].
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• The New York Public Library offers a brief selection of holiday stories for children in various languages, including bilingual books to celebrate the end of the year holidays: Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa. Find that here!
• Love to Know, an information site on a variety of topics for internet users, has curated a list of 31 multi-cultural holiday books. So many ideas here!
• Here Wee Read offers a list of 20 multicultural books about Thanksgiving, found here. The website also provides what it calls "the ultimate list of diverse Christmas children's books" to read during the holiday season. If you would like to see it, click here!
• From historical details to the spirit of gratitude and togetherness, these 10 titles curated by Scholastic cover all aspects of the Thanksgiving holiday.
• The Everymom has developed a list of 19 culturally sensitive Thanksgiving books that are fun for kids. Also on that site, a wide-ranging list of holiday books. Look no further than here!
• The Children's Book Review has put together a list of the best new Hanukkah books for 2020, adding to its previous best-of list. Also on the site, a list of the best new Christmas books for 2020.
• Multicultural Children's Book Day has curated a list of diverse children's books to celebrate the Jewish holidays.
• Mama Knows It All has a list of 10 Christmas books geared for all readers but especially focused on African American children.
• Feminist Books for Kids has curated a list of 11 books about the holidays. The books include a range of themes, from a family with two dads to Santa's after-Christmas plans to celebrate Kwanzaa! The site also features a list of 8 picture books with a Black Santa Claus.
• The Huffington Post has curated a list of 11 holiday books for children that go beyond Christmas. Find that list here.
• Share family books about Hanukkah with this list, "the ultimate list of books about Hanukkah," curated by PJ Library.
• Read more about the magic of Kwanzaa in this list of 10 books put together by Colours of Us. Colours also features a list of the top 10 books about Diwali, the five-day "Festival of Lights" celebrated by Hindu, Sikh and Jain communities around the world.
• Brightly offers a list of diverse holiday books for toddlers, Pre-K, and growing readers. See that list here.
• Forty-five best books about Christmas are featured in an article in Country Living magazine. Read away!
• A blog called Some the Wiser has curated a list of 25 favorite children's Christmas picture books. That's here!
• The Kid Book Nook has also curated a list of children's Christmas picture books; it's here! A similar list can be found on a blog called Everyday Reading. Find those children's Christmas picture books here.
• Teach kids about Latino holiday traditions in this list of 10 Latino-themed Christmas books, curated by Hispanic Mama.
• There's a book for almost every holiday tradition in this list of eight great multicultural picture books by the Age of Montessori. Find that here!
• When it's time to celebrate the incoming new year, look here for a list of 10 children's books sure to add to the festivities! This one is curated by The Butterfly Teacher, a site focusing on building the online teaching community.
• Dab of Glue Will Do, a resource for teachers and little learners, has book ideas for the new year, too. Find that list of 12 new year's picks here!
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