December Catholic Kids Book List

December Catholic Kids Book List

Below are a few favorite titles that fit well with devotions and feast days this month! This list contains Amazon Affiliate links, which means if you click through and make a purchase, I earn a small commission at no cost to you. I'd also love to encourage you to shop directly with the publisher or with your local bookshop, or try to request these at your local library! I'm sure I've missed some books that would be great for this month, so feel free to add your own recommendations in the comments! You can find my giant list of Catholic Kid Books by topic here.

All Month- The Season of Advent

The Tree of Jesse- Kortnee Senn
The Jesse Tree Advent Journal, Lumen Ecclesiae Press
O Come, Emmanuel, Kendra Tierney

Mosaic Jesse Tree- Sara Estabrooks
The Family of Jesus: A Jesse Tree Scripture Study, Michele Chronister
Create. Destroy. Redeem. Advent Journal- LifeTeen
Joy to the World- Stefanick, Chris
Advent and Christmas One Day at a Time for Catholic Teens, Katie Prejean McGrady & Tommy McGrady

New Liturgical Year

Through the Year with Jesus- Bogner, Katherine

An Introduction to the Liturgical Year, Biffi, Inos

The Catholic All Year Prayer Companion: The Liturgical Year in Practice- Tierney, Kendra

Liturgical Year Board Game- Paolo della Peruta

December Saints & Feast Days

12/3- Great Missionaries throughout the Ages- Gaelle Tertrais (St. Frances Xavier)

12/6- Saint Nicholas: The Real Story of the Christmas Legend- Stiegemeyer, Julie
12/6- Saint Nicholas: God's Gift Giver

12/6- Saint Nicholas The Wonderworker- Andrew Votipka

12/8- Through the Year with Mary- Bogner, Katherine

12/8- Mary, the Mother of Jesus, Tomie de Paola

12/8- Marian Consecration for Families with Young Children- Pressprich, Colleen

12/9- Fulton Sheen and the Very Bad Week- Engstrom, Bonnie

12/9- Jesus, Son of Mary- Sheen, Fulton
12/9 & 12/12- The Lady of Guadalupe- de Paola, Tomie
12/9 & 12/12- Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Story Book- Windeatt, Mary Fabyan (and series)
12/9 & 12/12- Our Lady of Guadalupe: The Graphic Novel- Muglia, Natalie
12/9 & 12/12- Miraculous! Catholic Mysteries for Kids- Swegart, Kathryn Griffin

12/9 & 12/12- Our Lady of Guadalupe and Her Dear Juanito- Sr. Marlyn Evangelina Monge

12/13- Lucia, Saint of Light- Katherine Bolger Hyde

12/13- Lucy, A Light for Jesus- Barbara Yoffie

O Antiphons: December 17th-24th

Tomorrow I Will Come, A Little Guide to the O Antiphons, Michele Chronister

The Christmas Season 

A Little Camel for Baby Jesus- Gianola, Maria
Guess Who's in the Manger: A Christmas Story- Howie, Vickie
Where is the Baby King?- Henning & Atkins
The Cure for the Christmas Crazies- Hartmann, April
A Child's Christmas ABC Book- Thigpen, Paul
A Child's Christmas Counting Book- Thigpen, Paul

The Poorest Shepherd- Maura Roan McKeegan

Ishmael: The Shepherd Boy of Bethlehem- Odile Haumonte 

The Birds of Bethlehem- dePaola, Tomie

The Night of Las Posadas, dePaola Tomie
The Legend of the Poinsettia, dePaola, Tomie
The Legend of Old Befana, dePaola, Tomie

The Shepherd at the Crib and at the Cross- Patrick O'Hearn
Bambinelli Sunday: A Christmas Blessing, Welborn, Amy
Angela and the Baby Jesus- McCort, Frank
24 Christmas Stories for Little Ones
Santa's Priority, Tom Peterson
The Little Star, by Anthony DeStefano
A Child is Born- Winthrop, Elizabeth

Jacob's Gift- Lucado, Max
The Crippled Lamb- Lucado, Max
Voices of Christmas- Grimes, Nikki
Aaron's Secret Message, Pfister, Marcus
The Fourth Wise Man- Summers, Susan
The Night the Saints Saved Christmas- Jagla, Gracie
Celebrate the Season; Twelve Short Stories for Advent and Christmas- Lynch, Diane M.
Sisters of the Last Straw #5: The Case of the Christmas Tree Capers, Karen Kelly Boyce

The Curious Christmas Trail- Haley Stewart

Christmas Around the Fire, Ryan N. S. Topping

The Holy Family: December 30th

Joseph: Guardian of the Holy Family- Monge, Marlyn Evangelina

St. Joseph, Watch over My Family- DuMesnil, Sabine

Go To Joseph for Children: Consecration to St. Joseph for Children and Families- Ortega, Renzo & Monica

St. Joseph's Story- Guadagno, Geraldine

Mary's Story- Boss, Sarah Jane

Mary, the Mother of Jesus, Tomie de Paola

Mary Stories from the Bible

Jesus, Son of Mary- Sheen, Fulton