Books for Grown-ups
1. Come, Lord Jesus: The Weight of Waiting–Twenty-Five Daily Readings for Advent- Kris Camealy
2. The Art of Advent–A Painting and Reflection a Day,–Ed. Jane Williams
3. Touching Wonder: Recapturing the Awe of Christmas —John Blase
4. Watch for the Light: Readings for Advent & Christmas–Various authors, Plough Publishing
5. Mr. Dickens & His Carol–Samantha Silva, World Premiere of the play December 2022 at Seattle Rep
6. The Circle of Seasons-Meeting God in the Church Year—Kimberlee Conway Ireton
7. Emmanuel-When God was One of Us-Readings for Advent—April Baumgardner
8. Waiting on the Word A Poem a Day for Advent, Christmas & Epiphany—Malcolm Guite
9. Home by Another Way Sermons for the Church Year—Barbara Brown Taylor
10. God with Us-Rediscovering the Meaning of Christmas–Ed. Gregory Wolfe, Greg Pennoyer
Books for Children
- All Creation Waits: The Advent Mystery of New Beginnings—Gayle Boss
- Home for Christmas: Stories for Young and Old—Henry Van Dyke
- Manger (a poetry collection for children)—Lee Bennett Hopkins et al
- One Wintry Night—Ruth Graham Bell
- Santa’s Favorite Story–-Hisako Aoki, Ivan Gantschev
- Song of the Stars—Sally Lloyd Jones
- The Fourth Wise Man-–Henry Van Dyke (1895) Also a film, with Martin Sheen
- The Gift of the Magi—O. Henry, Illus. by Lisbeth Zwerger
- The Man Who Invented Christmas –Les Standiford, Also a film with Christopher Plummer as Scrooge
- The Twenty-four Days Before Christmas—Madeleine L’Engle
Here’s a short video with glimpses of my very favorite Christmas picture books in addition to those listed below. Sound on.
Happy reading!