Advent Read Alouds

For several years now, I have intended to collect enough Advent books to read one book aloud each evening as a family. But I have always managed to put off collecting the books long enough that I was never able to make it happen. This year, I have actually managed to get the books together in time to make this happen. I won't mention how many of these books have sat on our shelves unread for the past several years waiting for me to get my act together.

So what will we be reading this Advent?

• The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey
• The Living Nativity
• The Night Before Jesus
• And It Came to Pass
• Bethlehem
• The Legend of the Christmas Rose
• The Night of Las Posadas
• The Legend of the Poinsettia
• The Berenstain Bears and the Joy of Giving
• The True Story of Santa Claus
• Christmas in Noisy Village
• The Friendly Beasts
• The Baker's Dozen: A Saint Nicholas Tale
• The Little Match Girl
• A Special Place for Santa
• Bambinelli Sunday
• Lucia Morning in Sweden
• The Year of the Perfect Christmas Tree
• The Crippled Lamb
• The Story of the Three Wise Kings
• A Little House Chapter Book: Christmas Stories
• Roses in the Snow

I have seen many people suggest wrapping up all of the books so that your kids can unwrap one to read each night. If you keep wrapping paper in the house, I can see this being a nice touch. We do our best to avoid wrapping paper so I'm planning to just put all of the books into one bin and pick a book each evening.

I will probably pick up a few more from the library to add to the pile as time allows and hopefully add to our collection over the next few months so that we have different selections for next year.

What is on your Advent reading list this year?