Christmas Books For Baby

Babies may not be able to understand what parents are reading, but they do understand when parents read to them it is out of love. There is no better time to show and share that love than at Christmas. Babies will enjoy listening to parents read Christmas tales just as much as parents enjoy reading and telling them.

Some great books for baby during the Christmas season include:

• Baby Touch and Feel Christmas by DK Publishing
• Bob and 6 more Christmas Stories by Sandra Boynton
• Have Yourself A Furry Little Christmas by Naomi Kleinberg and Louis Womble
• Who Is Coming to Our House by Joseph Slate
• What Is Christmas by Michelle Medlock Adams
• Christmas in the Manger by Nola Buck
• My First Christmas by Tomie Paola
• Corduroy's Merry Christmas Shaped Board Book by Don Freeman
• The Littlest Reindeer by Parragon Books
• The Night Before Christmas by Clement Clarke Moore

Christmas Books Encouraging The Senses

These are just a few great books that are easy to read, with beautiful illustrations, and great stories for Christmas. DK Publishing's Baby Touch and Feel Christmas is a great way to introduce baby to the sights and objects of Christmas. Tomie Paola's, My First Christmas, is short and simple, and complete with beautiful pictures to introduce Christmas to baby.

The Littlest Reindeer plays the song, "Up on the Housetop," and tells the story of a reindeer named "Rory." The reindeer gets into Santa's sleigh and ends up helping Santa through the night. It is a cute story that babies and toddlers will enjoy.

Have Yourself A Furry Little Christmas, features everyone's favorite Sesame Street character, Elmo! Elmo and his friends prepare for a Christmas party, and teach children a bit of what Christmas is all about. For those who like this book, check out Elmo's 12 Days of Christmas.

Fun To Read Christmas Stories by Well-Known Authors

Don Freeman's, Corduroy's Merry Christmas Shaped Board Book, is a great way to introduce sights, colors, and shapes of Christmas. Plus, there are several other Corduroy Christmas books available, and Corduroy has become a beloved teddy bear with fun stories that are cute and sweet. For those who like Sandra Boynton, Bob and 6 more Christmas Stories, is a great book for babies, toddlers, and preschoolers. The illustrations are fantastic, the stories are short and rhyme, and the last two pages of the book introduces a song called "Christmas Lullaby." The Night Before Christmas, is a holiday classic. Even though baby cannot read, the story is easy to read, not very long, and includes beautiful pictures of Christmas.

Introduce Baby to The First Christmas

Finally, Christmas would not be Christmas for many families without reading the story of "the first Christmas." Who Is Coming To Our House, is a story of the animals telling each other about the coming of Baby Jesus to the stable. Christmas in the Manger, is a beautiful book that tells the story of Jesus's birth in lyrical rhyme and pictures. What Is Christmas, explains what Christmas is really about, and that all the other things are great, but the real reason is to celebrate Christ's birth.

All of the books mentioned are great for babies and toddlers. They are also, board books. This way parents do not need to worry about pages being ripped, and the books will last much longer without much damage. Start reading these books to baby at Christmas, and they will become annual holiday reads for many years.