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My Favorite Christmas and Holiday Books for a One-Year-Old | Advent Calendar Book Countdown

Young kids reading a Christmas story together

I love a good Advent Calendar, especially when it involves holiday books. Last year we began a tradition where we wrapped 31 books and opened one each night and read it together. This advent calendar and book countdown is a great way to encourage your family to read!

What About the Cost?

A hefty portion of our holiday budget goes towards this, and I am 10000% okay with that! Books last forever, are used day after day and year after year, and they’re one of the best ways to introduce children to new topics and expand their vocabulary. Other than play, it’s the most important way children learn. And making reading fun is of utmost importance to me! A good holiday advent calendar book countdown cannot be overlooked! This season I spent about $200 just on books. To start this tradition, you definitely don’t need to purchase new books! You can just as easily wrap up some of your favorite books. The *magic* is in the unwrapping of a new book every night and reading it together. (This post contains affiliate links. These links help pay for my blog and do not affect you, or your prices, at all!)

Free holiday gift tags and book advent calendar sample

I like to plan out my books ahead of time and number them purposefully. We have quite a few reasons to celebrate in December; Hope’s birthday (December 5th), Lachlan’s birthday (December 19th), my parent’s wedding anniversary (December 21st), and our wedding anniversary (December 31st). So I try to take those into account and choose books accordingly.

I spend all year vetting books for this Holiday Book Countdown list, and I don’t take it lightly! If I’m introducing new books into our house, I want them to be worth the expense (time and financial).

Without further ado… here are the 31 books we will be wrapping up and enjoying nightly this holiday season.

Holiday Advent Calendar Book Countdown

Elf on the shelf Christmas and Holiday Book Countdown
Red and Lulu Christmas and Holiday Book  Countdown
Little Penguin Christmas and Holiday Book Countdown
That's My Angel Christmas and Holiday Book Countdown
Ecclesiastes Christmas and Holiday Book Countdown
First Snow Christmas and Holiday Book Countdown
The Wish Tree Christmas and Holiday Book Countdown
Llama  Llama Holiday Drama Christmas and Holiday Book Countdown
Pick a Pine Tree Christmas and Holiday Book Countdown
Quiet Christmas and Holiday Book Countdown
Baby's Very First Words Christmas and Holiday Book Countdown
Snowballs Christmas and Holiday Book Countdown
That's Not My Reindeer Christmas and Holiday Book Countdown
Dream Snow Christmas and Holiday Book Countdown
S is for Santa Christmas and Holiday Book Countdown
Merry Christmas Baby Christmas and Holiday Book Countdown
Nativity Flap Book Christmas and Holiday Book Countdown
Bear Stays up for Christmas - Christmas and Holiday Book Countdown
On the Night You Were Born Christmas and Holiday Book Countdown
The Legend of the Poinsettia Christmas and Holiday Book Countdown
Sleep Tight Farm Christmas and Holiday Book Countdown
Hanukkah Bear Christmas and Holiday Book Countdown
The Little Reindeer Christmas and Holiday Book Countdown
The Night of Las Posadas Christmas and Holiday Book Countdown
Nativity Christmas and Holiday Book Countdown
My First Kwanzaa Christmas and Holiday Book Countdown
Goodbye Autumn, Hello Winter Christmas and Holiday Book Countdown
Little Red Ruthie a Hanukkah Tale Christmas and Holiday Book Countdown
Li'l Rabbit's Kwanzaa Christmas and Holiday Book Countdown
Bringing in the New Year Christmas and Holiday Book Countdown
DIY Family Book Christmas and Holiday Books
  1. The Elf on the Shelf 2. Red and Lulu 3. Little Penguins 4. That’s Not My Angel 5. Ecclesiastes 6. First Snow 7. The Wish Tree 8. Llama Llama Holiday Drama 9. Pick a Pine Tree 10. Quiet 11. Very First Words Christmas 12. Snowballs 13. That’s Not My Reindeer 14. Dream Snow 15. S is for Santa 16. Merry Christmas Baby 17. Nativity Flap Book 18. Bear Stays Up for Christmas 19. On the Night You Were Born 20. The Legend of the Poinsetta 21. Sleep Tight Farm: A Farm Prepares for Winter 22. Hanukkah Bear 23. The Little Reindeer 24. The Night of Las Posadas 25. Nativity 26. My First Kwanzaa 27. Goodbye Autumn, Hello Winter 28. Little Red Ruthie: A Hanukkah Tale 29. Little Rabbit’s Kwanzaa 30. Bringing in the New Year.

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And who can forget the most important part? Gift tags to help with your holiday gifts or book countdown! Just click on THIS LINK, or below, to download and print your own gift tags.

Free holiday gift tags and book advent calendar sample
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