Scouring used book stores, thrift stores, and library book sales for gems is one of my favorite things to do. It is not uncommon for us to scout out the best place for used books when we visit a new city. This Christmas I have FIVE titles that I’ve purchased or somehow acquired that are duplicate titles from our Christmas book basket, and I’d love to pass them on to you, one of my dear readers. Our Christmas book basket is one of our most beloved Christmas traditions, and it would make this book-loving mama’s heart happy to know I helped someone else add interest and variety to her family’s own book basket or, even better, start her family’s own Christmas book basket tradition.
The titles I have to give away are some of our favorites!
- The Peterkins’ Christmas — a picture book adaptation of Lucretia Hale’s stories by Elizabeth Spurr. Truly hilarious! Wendy Anderson Halperin’s illustrations are the icing on the cake.
- Silver Packages by Cynthia Rylant — A package delivered by a man on a train helps make a little boy’s dreams come true.
- The Crippled Lamb by Max Lucado–I consider this one a modern classic.
- If You Take a Mouse to the Movies by Laura Numeroff–Who doesn’t love the mouse? Kids sure do.
- Christmas in the Big Woods (My First Little House Books), adapted from the book.
(The first three books are hardbacks; the last two are paperbacks.)
If you’d like to win this nice little book package (and who doesn’t love a package of books this time of year? 🙂 ), just leave me a comment telling me something about your Christmas: favorite book, favorite movie, something.
This giveaway will close on Thursday, December 1, at 7 p.m.
Go!
Song- Silent Night
Book- For kids at http://www.thissimplehome.com/2014/12/10-best-childrens-christmas-books.html
Movie- While You Were Sleeping ??
Tradition- Book basket and Christmas morning cinnamon rolls
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I’m looking forward to doing a book basket this year – although most of the books will be from the library.
This is the first year Tirzah Mae really knows what is going on for Christmas so I have all sorts of plans – the first of which is to do stockings on St. Nicholas Day (we travel over Christmas itself, so that’ll give us a chance to have a little Christmas all to ourselves.)
We had lots of fun decorating the house for Christmas this year. DH found a set of Twelve Days of Christmas figurines. They are lovely.
Song – I heard the bells on Chritmas Day
Book – The Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Movie – Miracle on 34th Street, It’s a Wonderful Life, Elf
Favorite Traditions-
Watching a different Christmas movies everyday in December
Book basket – We read one each night for 7 nights
Loading the kids up and going to see the lights.
Reading the Christmas Story Christmas Eve.
Breakfast on Christmas morning
I always loved reading books set in winter and around Christmas time! There is nothing cozier than cuddling up with a book, blanket and a hot cup of tea on Christmas. The colorful lights and the smell of pine! I always find that enjoyable!
My favorite christmS book growing up was Hillary Knight’s ” The Twelve Days of Christmas”. The illustrations are wonderful. We don’t have many Christmas books in our family yet but hoping to add some each year. We usually read – and savor – Christmas books from the library at afternoon tea time daily during December. Would LOVE TO HAVE THESE BOOKS!!!’
We have a book that Hannah got for Christmas from mama and daddy in 1995 when she was a year old. The book is … The very best Christmas present. By Jim Razzi! It’s about a man and a cat! It’s a sweet book and I read it every year! I also love Alabastet’s Song by Max Lucado!
My favorite song is Silent Night and my favorite movies are Bells of St. Mary’s and It’s a wonderful life. Thank you for a chance at this awesome giveaway! We don’t have any of these books 🙂
We love our Christmas book basket – thanks for the idea! Our favorite titles include An Orange for Frankie (Polacco); Unwrapping the Greatest Gift (Voskamp); Great Joy (DiCamillo) and A Tree for Peter (Seredy).
My favorite Christmas carol is Hark! the Herald Angels Sing.
We love to read The Christmas Orange every year (even though I bawl like a baby every time I do!). My aunt started this lovely tradition a few years ago of giving every family a picture Christmas book at our annual Christmas party, and it’s helped us to build such a beautiful little library for our 19-month-old daughter.
We don’t have any of these books though! (And I haven’t even heard of half of them!)
This year, my favorite thing about Christmas is watching my toddler rearrange the tree ornaments, 6 or 7 times a day. ❤️