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Holidays Genre

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Books in the Holidays genre:

The Minnow Leads to Treasure (1958)

David and Adam spend the summer in a canoe, the Minnow, on the River Say in search of treasure. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Philippa Pearce
Illustrator(s): Edward Ardizzone

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1958)

The other reindeer make fun of Rudolph’s red nose, until Santa calls.

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The Chipmunks’ Merry Christmas (1959)

A story based on the pop singing group.

Author(s): David Corwin
Illustrator(s): Richard Scarry

Holiday Trench (1959)

The Maitlands and their friends decide to put a stop to cars driving on the beach.

Author(s): Joan Ballantyne
Illustrator(s): Edward Ardizzone

Trick or Treat (1959)

One Halloween, there are lights on in the old haunted house, so the children knock on the door and go in, one by one -- and don’t come out again -- until … Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Louis Slobodkin
Illustrator(s): Louis Slobodkin

Kidnappers at Coombe (1960)

Jane and Tim Cooper and their friends the Maitlands are off on a holiday adventure in Devonshire.

Author(s): Joan Ballantyne
Illustrator(s): Edward Ardizzone

Angels & Berries & Candy Canes (1963)

A wordless Christmas ABC. (With an explanatory poem at the end.)

Author(s): Hilary Knight
Illustrator(s): Hilary Knight

Christmas Nutshell Library (1963)

Four tiny books in a colorful box.

Author(s): Hilary Knight
Illustrator(s): Hilary Knight

A Christmas Stocking Story (1963)

The animals’ stockings get mixed up in the wash and Santa has to fill them in the dark, but on Christmas day they manage to sort things out.

Author(s): Hilary Knight
Illustrator(s): Hilary Knight

A Firefly in a Fir Tree (1963)

A mouse twelve days of Christmas.

Author(s): Hilary Knight
Illustrator(s): Hilary Knight

The Night Before Christmas (1963)

T’was the night before Christmas,
When all through the house,
Not a creature was stirring,
Not even a mouse.

Author(s): Clement C. Moore
Illustrator(s): Hilary Knight

The Golden Country (1965)

Gay Allan inherits the sheep station at Cape Lost and must learn to manage it.

Author(s): Joyce West
Illustrator(s): Joyce West

Richard Scarry’s Christmas Mice (1965)

Mice at Christmas time inspect the presents Santa left.

Read online at archive.org

Author(s): Richard Scarry
Illustrator(s): Richard Scarry

Richard Scarry’s Christmas Present Book (1965)

A Christmas present shape book. This was originally Christmas Mice.

Author(s): Richard Scarry
Illustrator(s): Richard Scarry

The Santa Claus Book (1965)

A Christmas shape book from Richard Scarry.

Author(s): Richard Scarry
Illustrator(s): Richard Scarry

Christmas Bear (1966)

Mishka, the stuffed bear, gives himself to a sick little boy on Christmas.

Author(s): Marie Colmont
Illustrator(s): Feodor Rojankovsky

The Growing Summer (1966)

Four children spend the summer in the south of Ireland with a Great Aunt of the right sort. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Noel Streatfeild
Illustrator(s): Edward Ardizzone

In God We Trust All Others Pay Cash (1966)

Ralph goes back to his hometown of Hohman, Indiana, runs into an old chum, and remembers growing up. An affectionate, wacky, and wryly realistic portrayal of an American family's typical Christmas joys and travails in small-town, Depression-era India... View More

Author(s): Jean Shepard
Illustrator(s): Unknown

The Magic Summer (1967)

Four children spend the summer in the south of Ireland with a Great Aunt of the right sort.

Author(s): Noel Streatfeild
Illustrator(s): Edward Ardizzone

Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes (1967)

The story of a twelve days’ hiking and expedition in the south of France.

Read online at archive.org

Author(s): Robert Louis Stevenson
Illustrator(s): Edward Ardizzone

The Far-Distant Oxus (1969)

Three children spend the summer holiday on Exmoor where they find ponies, friends and adventure. This is a somewhat shorter version of the original work. The original illustrations have also been dispensed with.

Richard Scarry’s Things to Know (1971)

This is a collection of material from previously published Golden Press Richard Scarry books. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Crash! Bang! Boom! (1972)

Pictures of sounds.

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Author(s): Peter Spier
Illustrator(s): Peter Spier

The Night Ride (1973)

Three abandoned toys escape the dustbin and go on an exciting ride through the night to find a new home.

Author(s): Aingelda Ardizzone
Illustrator(s): Edward Ardizzone

On Holiday, A Scarry Word Book (1975)

Words and pictures about holidays.

Read online at archive.org. 

Author(s): J. D. Bevington
Richard Scarry
Illustrator(s): Richard Scarry

A Child’s Christmas in Wales (1978)

This prose poem ranks in the best poetry of the twentieth century. It should be heard first as read by the author, then memorized with the aid of this book.

Author(s): Dylan Thomas
Illustrator(s): Edward Ardizzone

Hilary Knight’s The Twelve Days of Christmas (1981)

On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me …

Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Hilary Knight
Illustrator(s): Hilary Knight

The Night Before Christmas Pop-up Book (1981)

Michael Hague produces a pop-up version of “T’was the Night Before Christmas and all through the House …”

Author(s): Clement C. Moore
Illustrator(s): Michael Hague

Richard Scarry’s Best Christmas Book Ever (1981)

Stories, songs and holiday activities from Busytown.

Author(s): Richard Scarry
Illustrator(s): Richard Scarry

The Toy Shop (1981)

Annie and Hank go shopping at their favorite store.

Author(s): Peter Spier
Illustrator(s): Peter Spier

Summer Switch (1982)

As he is about to get on the bus for Camp Soonawissakit, Benjamin “Ape Face” Andrews switches bodies with his father.

Author(s): Mary Rodgers
Illustrator(s): Edward Gorey

Good King Wenceslas (1983)

The story of the King of Bohemia who is memorialized in the famous carol.

Author(s): Pauline Baynes
Illustrator(s): Pauline Baynes

The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus (1983)

A fictionalized account of the origin of Santa Claus. Read online at Internet Archive.

Author(s): L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s): Mary Cowles Clark

Peter Spier’s Christmas! (1983)

A wordless evocation of Christmas.

Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Peter Spier
Illustrator(s): Peter Spier

The Enchanted World: The Book of Christmas (1986)

A collection of prose and artworks detailing the history of the celebration of Christmas.

Author(s): Various
Illustrator(s): Michael Hague

Richard Scarry’s Best Times Ever (1988)

Stories about the holidays.

Read online at archive.org. 

Author(s): Richard Scarry
Illustrator(s): Richard Scarry

Jingle Bells (1990)

Dashing through the snow, in a one horse open sleigh ...

Author(s): Michael Hague
Illustrator(s): Michael Hague

The Mousehole Cat (1990)

Mowzer and Old Tom brave the Storm Cat’s fury to bring fish to the hungry villagers of Mousehole. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Antonia Barber
Illustrator(s): Nicola Bayley

Peter Spier’s Birthday Cake (1990)

A reusable pasteboard birthday cake.

Author(s): Peter Spier
Illustrator(s): Peter Spier

Pumpkin Magic (1990)

Brad and Jenny make a Jack-O-Lantern on Halloween.

Author(s): Marcia Leonard
Illustrator(s): Hilary Knight

Richard Scarry’s Favorite Christmas Carols (1990)

Music and an electronic keyboard for caroling.

Read online at archive.org

Author(s): Richard Scarry
Illustrator(s): Richard Scarry

We Wish You a Merry Christmas (1990)

A traditional English carol.

Author(s): Anonymous
Illustrator(s): Michael Hague

Witch’s Brew (1990)

Hildy witch is brewing up something special for Halloween.

Author(s): Marcia Leonard
Illustrator(s): Hilary Knight

Deck the Halls (1991)

The traditional Christmas carol with Michael Hague’s decorations. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Michael Hague
Illustrator(s): Michael Hague

Happy Birthday (1991)

A collection of poems on the topic of birthdays.

Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Various
Illustrator(s): Hilary Knight

O Christmas Tree (1991)

O, Christmas tree,
O, Christmas tree,
Forever Green
Your Branches!

Author(s): Ernst Anshutz
Illustrator(s): Michael Hague

The Teddy Bears’ Picnic (1992)

This popular song was written by Jimmy Kennedy in 1932 to music by John Walter Bratton originally written in 1902. It has been recorded by many artists, including Bing Crosby. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Jimmy Kennedy
Illustrator(s): Michael Hague

Michael Hague’s Family Christmas Treasury (1995)

An anthology of biblical texts, poems and stories.

Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Various
Illustrator(s): Michael Hague

Calendarbears: A Book of Months (1997)

Each month of the year with the bear family.

Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Kathleen Hague
Illustrator(s): Michael Hague

Michael Hague’s Little Treasury of Christmas Carols (1997)

Four traditional Christmas carols.

Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Michael Hague
Illustrator(s): Michael Hague

Michael Hague’s Family Easter Treasury (1999)

An anthology of biblical texts, poems and stories.

Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Various
Illustrator(s): Michael Hague

Hilary Knight’s The Twelve Days of Christmas (2001)

On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me …

This new edition is in a slightly larger format and includes new endpapers and sheet music.

Author(s): Hilary Knight
Illustrator(s): Hilary Knight

A Christmas Stocking Story (2003)

When Santa fills their stockings with gifts that fit, the animals all trade their gifts.

Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Hilary Knight
Illustrator(s): Hilary Knight

The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus (2003)

L. Frank Baum imagines the early life of Santa Claus. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s): Michael Hague

The Nutcracker (2003)

A Christmas story with mice, nutcrackers, and sugarplum fairies.

Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): E.T.A. Hoffman
Illustrator(s): Michael Hague

A Season of Stories - Holidays at the White House (2003)

This keepsake was printed for visitors to the White House at Christmas time 2003.

Author(s): George Bush
Laura Bush
Illustrator(s): Steven Kellogg

A Firefly in a Fir Tree (2004)

The Twelve Days of Christmas for mice. This is the large format edition.

Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Hilary Knight
Illustrator(s): Hilary Knight

Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town (2004)

A favorite Christmas song in a lavishly illustrated setting.

Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): J. Fred Coots
Haven Gillespie
Illustrator(s): Steven Kellogg

Eloise’s Christmas Trinkles (2007)

This shorter book was adapted from Eloise’s adventures at Christmastime.

Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Kay Thompson
Illustrator(s): Hilary Knight

White Christmas (2010)

An illustrated version of Irving Berlin’s masterpiece. The sheet music is included. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Irving Berlin
Illustrator(s): Michael Hague

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