Pinata in a Pine Tree

Pinata in a Pine Tree
by Pat Mora
illustrated by Magaly Morales

A Pinata in a Pine Tree is a Latino Twelve Days of Christmas book. I think the kid's favorite part of the book was my attempt at singing the song with all of the Spanish words! My favorite part was when the kids chimed in and we all belted out "On the ___ day of Christmas me amiga game to me...a pinata in a pine tree."

N is for Navidad

N is for Navidad
by Susan Middleton Elya & Merry Banks
illustrated by Joe Cepeda

Celebrate Christmas Latino style with this festive Spanish alphabet book! With each letter of the alphabet you are introduced to another Christmas tradition as well as another Spanish word! My kids and I loved all of the colorful pages and it was fun for them to learn some new Spanish words!

The Night Before Christmas

The Night Before Christmas
by Rachel Isadora

This is a wonderfully unique version of the beloved holiday story, The Night Before Christmas. It takes place in an African village where everyone is excited about the arrival of Santa and his reindeer. This is a captivating book, full of bright, vibrant colors. My kids were enthralled with each turn of the page! They loved seeing a Santa that looked like them!

Messy Bessy's Holidays

Messy Bessy's Holidays
by Patricia & Fredrick McKissack
illustrated by Dana Regan

This is a rookie reader book about a girl named Bessy and how she bakes holiday cookies to celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa. After cleaning up her mess, she gives the cookies to her neighbors who celebrate the different holidays! There is even a sugar cookie recipe at the end of the book so that you and your little one can make holiday cookies as well!

An Angel Just Like Me

An Angel Just Like Me 

by Mary Hoffman
illustrated by Cornelius Van Wright & Ying-Hwa Hu

My kids really enjoyed this book! It is about a boy and his quest to replace the broken angel for his Christmas tree with an angel that looks more like him. He questions why all the angels that he has seen look like girls. He wonders why they all have gold hair and pink skin. After an unsuccessful search, he decides to replace the broken angel with a star since "they are the same for everyone." On Christmas morning, much to his surprise, he receives the most beautiful wood-carved boy angel...that looked just like him! Once his friends (boys and girls of various different races) see his angel, they all want angels...angels just like them!

Christmas for 10

Christmas for 10

by Cathryn Falwell

Count from one to ten twice with this family as they celebrate many of the traditions associated with Christmas! This is a very cute counting book to read around the Christmas holiday!

Snowflake Kisses and Gingerbread Smiles

Snowflake Kisses and Gingerbread Smiles

by Toni Parker Trent
illustrated by Earl Anderson

This is a cute little Christmas book about some of the joys of Christmas Eve and Christmas morning as seen through the eyes of a child. What we loved about this book was that it featured actual photos of the children.

Waiting for Christmas

Waiting for Christmas
by Monica Greenfield
illustrated by Jan Spivey Gilchrist

This is a cute book about two children who enjoy the little things about the holiday season as they await Christmas morning. It reminds me of my kids because each day as we enjoy many of the very same little things, they remind me of how many more days there are until "the big day!"