Holiday Picture Books for Preschoolers

It was right before Hanukkah and time to make the candles. Everyone waited for Papa to come home. He had gone out to find one big candle so they could make plenty of little ones. But instead, Papa came home with a sprained ankle.

While helping her parents make the tamales for Christmas dinner, Maria sees her mother set her precious diamond ring to the side. It's so beautiful! And Maria only means to try it on for a minute. Then, all of a sudden, the ring is gone. Does she spy it in the tamale dough?

A new generation of readers will find Jan’s visual interpretation of this favorite poem, set in a snowy New England village, both familiar, as St. Nick visits a Victorian family, and surprising, with Jan’s addition of two stowaway elves from the North Pole.

"What if Santa's lips get chapped?" Stinky Face asks.  "What if the sack of toys starts to rip?"

All new, easy-to-read riddles by Jean Marzollo are paired with fun photographs culled from previously published I SPY books to create this holiday-themed I SPY easy reader.

Full color.

Froggy's best friend, Max the beaver, wakes him up to join the fun. Soon, Froggy's gotten into the swing of things: finding a tree, wrapping presents, singing carols, and enjoying a holiday feast.

Las Navidades are coming. The house smells of cinnamon and coconut, crepe paper festoons the yard, and best of all, the Three Magi will soon bring presents to all the children. Esmeralda hopes they will bring her a baby doll.

The original Clifford's Christmas is a perennial favorite, and now here's Clifford as a puppy — in an original paperback that recounts his first Christmas ever with Emily Elizabeth.

Watch the video trailer for The Christmas Magic.

Twenty years ago, Cynthia Rylant and Diane Goode brought readers a girl's childhood in the country in When I Was Young in the Mountains, which was awarded a Caldecott Honor for illustration.

With his signature style of photographic artwork, Walter Wick takes picture puzzles to a new level with Can You See What I See? Twelve tantalizing photographs are filled with fascinating objects, while rhyming text challenges readers with lists of items to seek and find.