Since the Christmas season is upon us, here are a few seasonal books from the church library. All the books listed there are on the shelf labeled “Christmas” which is just below the shelf labeled “Children’s Books.”

The Fourth Wise Man by Mary Joslin is the beloved classic of a French legend showing there is more to Christmas than anything money can buy.

One Wintry Night by Ruth Bell Graham. An injured boy, caught in a snowstorm, takes refuge in a cabin and hears the Christmas story.

Song of the Stars by Sally Lloyd-Jones. All creation celebrates Jesus’ birth.

Journey to Bethlehem by Akiko Kageyama tells the biblical birth story, Beautifully illustrated.

A Baby is Coming by Daphna Flegal tells the biblical birth story. Beautifully illustrated with text in both English and Spanish.

O Little Town of Bethlehem has the text of the beloved hymn, with illustrations by Patrick T. McRae that depict a family preparing for and experiencing Christmas.

A Northern Nativity by William Kurelek takes place in the dreams of a boy who sees the story unfold in various prairie and Eskimo settings.

Four Candles for Simon by Gerda Marie Scheidl describes a shepherd boy looking for his lost lamb and finding it along with a baby in a manger.

A Small Miracle by Peter Collington tells a story with no words at all, just a series of illustrations that show a starving old woman being rescued by townspeople after she used her last bit of strength to assemble a vandalized nativity scene in a village church.

~Carol Jensen, Church Librarian