While there are many who think that the onset of the Christmas season is marked by Black Friday deals, I like to think that pulling Christmas-related tomes off the bookshelf would be a more appropriate way to start off a virtual advent calendar to mark off the days until December 25th. While some of these books are hard to come by and others are new releases, they are all youngCanLit worthy of reading over this holiday season. Please enjoy!
PICTURE BOOKS
Written by David Bouchard
Illustrated by Moses Beaver
Music by Susan Aglukark
Red Deer Press
32 pp.
Ages 4-8
2007
Written by Audrhea Lande
Illustrated by Jenny Prest
Your Nickel’s Worth Publishing
32 pp.
Ages 5-8
2010
Written by Kevin Major
Illustrated by Bruce Roberts
Groundwood
40 pp.
Ages 6-9
2005
Written by Michael Kusugak
Illustrated by Vladyana Krykorka
Annick Press
24 pp.
Ages 6-9
1990
Written by Bruce Nunn
Illustrated by Doretta Groenendyk
Nimbus Publishing
26 pp.
Ages 7-9
2012
Written by Bruce Nunn
Illustrated by Brenda Jones
Nimbus Publishing
67 pp.
Ages 4-11
2007
Written by Troy Townsin
Illustrated by Jennifer Harrington
Polyglot Publishing
40 pp.
Ages 6-9
2011
Written by Ian Krykorka
Illustrated by Vladyana Krykorka
Orca Book Publishers
32 pp.
Ages 6-8
2006
Written by Rudy Wiebe
Illustrated by David More
Red Deer College Press
32 pp.
Ages 5 -11
1992
The Christmas Bear
Written and illustrated by Nathaële Vogel
Scholastic Canada
36 pp.
Ages 3-6
2001
Written and illustrated by Richard Rudnicki
Nimbus
32 pp.
Ages 7-10
2011
Written by Deborah L. Delaronde
Illustrated by Virginia McCoy
Theytus Books
32 pp.
Age 8-10
2010
Written by Lucie Papineau
Illustrated by Stéphane Poulin
Kids Can Press
32 pp.
Ages 3-7
2006
Written by Don Gillmor
Illustrated by Marie-Louise Gay
Fitzhenry & Whiteside
32 pp.
Ages 3-8
1998/2003
Written by Stephanie Simpson McLellan
Illustrated by Brooke Kerrigan
Red Deer Press
32 pp.
All ages
2017
Reviewed here
Written by Thomas King
Illustrated by Gary Clement
Groundwood Books
64 pp.
Ages 5-11
2009
Written by Helaine Becker
Illustrated by Werner Zimmermann
North Winds Press/Scholastic Canada
32 pp.
Ages 3-8
2014
Deck the Halls: A Canadian Christmas CarolWritten by Helaine Becker
Illustrated by Werner Zimmermann
North Winds Press/Scholastic Canada
32 pp.
Ages 3-8
2016
Reviewed here
Written and illustrated by Andrea Beck
Kids Can Press
32 pp.
Ages 2-7
2003
Written by Robert Munsch
Illustrated by Michael Martchenko
North Winds Press/Scholastic Canada
32 pp.
Ages 3-7
2012
Written by Michael Harris
Illustrated by Eric Orchard
Nimbus
40 pp.
Ages 6-9
2007
Written by Roy MacGregor
Illustrated by Brian Deines
Red Deer Press
56 pp.
Ages 7-9
2005
Written and illustrated by Ruth Ohi
North Winds Press/Scholastic Canada
32 pp.
Ages 2-7
2016
Reviewed here
Written by Paulette Bourgeois
Illustrated by Brenda Clark
Kids Can Press
128 pp.
Ages 3-7
2002
Written by Jennifer McGrath Kent
Illustrated by Ivan Murphy
Nimbus Publishing
32 pp.
Ages 4-8
2010
Written by Monica Devine
Illustrated by Sean Cassidy
Fitzhenry & Whiteside
32 pp.
Ages 2-5
2007
Words by Jean deBrébeuf
Illustrated by Frances Tyrrell
Key Porter
32 pp.
Ages 6-12
2006
Words by Jean deBrébeuf
Illustrated by Ian Wallace
Groundwood Books
32 pp.
Ages 3-7
2006
Written by Andy Jones
Illustrated by Darka Erdelj
Running the Goat Books and Broadsides
40 pp.
Ages 4-7
2010
Written by Jean Little
Illustrated by Werner Zimmermann
North Winds Press/Scholastic Canada
38 pp.
Ages 3-10
2006
Written by Michael Cutting
Illustrated by Ron Broda
North Winds Press/Scholastic Canada
19 pp.
Ages 4-9
1990
Written and illustrated by Ian Wallace
Groundwood Books
32 pp.
Ages 6-8
2003
Scholastic Canada
176 pp.
Ages 4-9
2009
Incl. The Little Crooked Christmas Tree, Sadie the Ballerina, Moon and Star: A Christmas Story, One Special Tree, Woodland Christmas
Written and illustrated by Robin Muller
North Winds Press/Scholastic Canada
32 pp.
Ages 4-8
2005
Written by Troy Townsin
Illustrated by Jennifer Harrington
Polyglot Publishing
32 pp.
Ages 5-7
2008
Written and illustrated by Dawn Baker
Pennywell Books/Flanker Press
21 pp.
Ages 5-8
2011
Written by Troy Townsin
Illustrated by Jennifer Harrington
Polyglot Publishing
32 pp.
Ages 2-10
2011
Written by Clement Moore
Illustrated by Barbara Reid
North Winds Press/Scholastic Canada
32 pp.
Ages 3-8
2013
Written and illustrated by William Kurelek
Random House
48 pp.
Ages 4-8
1976
Written by Jean Little
Illustrated by Brian Deines
North Winds Press/Scholastic Canada
32 pp.
Ages 8-11
2013
Written by Amy Bennet
Illustrated by Don Kilby
James Lorimer
24 pp.
Ages 4-8
2004
Written by Janet Lunn
Illustrated by Lindsay Grater
Tundra Books
32 pp.
Ages 4-8
2008
Written and illustrated by Olena Kassian
Scholastic Canada
32 pp.
Ages 4-7
2010
Written by Marilyn Helmer
Illustrated by Dianne Eastman
Kids Can Press
32 pp.
Ages 4-8
2005
Written by Jean Little
Illustrated by Werner Zimmermann
North Winds Press/Scholastic Canada
32 pp.
Ages 3-10
2003
Written by Helaine Becker
Illustrated by Werner Zimmermann
North Winds/Scholastic Canada
32 pp.
Ages 5-7
2010
Written and illustrated by Mélanie Watt
Kids Can Press
80 pp.
Ages 5-8
2012
Written by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch
Illustrated by Michael Martchenko
Fitzhenry & Whiteside
32 pp.
Ages 6-8
1996
Written and illustrated by Doretta Groenendyk
The Acorn Press
28 pp.
Ages 4-10
2010
Written and illustrated by Trisha Romance
Tundra Books
40 pp.
Ages 5-10
2007
Written by Dirk McLean
Illustrated by Ho Che Anderson
Groundwood Books
32 pp.
Ages 6-9
1996
Written by Gilles Tibo
Illustrated by Bruno St-Aubin
Scholastic Canada
32 pp.
Ages 6-8
2013
Written and illustrated by Frances Tyrrell
North Winds Press/Scholastic Canada
32 pp.
Ages 4-9
1995
Retold by Avril Tyrell
Illustrated by Frances Tyrrell
Key Porter
32 pp.
Ages 6-12
2006
NOVELS
Written by Budge Wilson
Scholastic
104 pp.
Ages 8-11
1984
Written by Deb Loughead
Second Story Press
178 pp.
Ages 9-13
2018
Reviewed here
Written by Jordan Wheeler & Dennis Jackson
Coteau Books
145 pp.
Ages 8-11
2005
Written by Tom Henighan
Stone Flower Press
156 pp.
Ages 12+
2012
Written by Jean Little, Carol Matas, Maxine Trottier, Julie Lawson and Sarah Ellis
Scholastic Canada
241 pp.
Ages 9-14
2009
Written by L. M. Montgomery
Edited by Rea Wilmshurst
McClelland & Stewart
224 pp.
Ages 9+
1995
Written by Jean Little
Scholastic Canada
238 pp.
Ages 9-14
2007
Written by Anne Laurel Carter
Penguin Canada
89 pp.
Ages 8-11
2005
Written by Beth Pollock
James Lorimer
122 pp.
Ages 8-10
2007
Written by Kelley ArmstrongSubterranean Press
193 pp.
Ages 14+
2011
House of Wooden Santas
Written by Kevin Major
Santa carvings by Imelda George
Photographs by Ned Pratt
Red Deer College Press
95 pp.
Ages 6-11
1997
Written by Budge Wilson
Penguin Canada
87 pp.
Ages 9-11
2002
Written by Richard Scrimger
Illustrated by Linda Hendry
Tundra Books
223 pp.
Ages 8-12
2001
Written by Sharon E. McKay
Penguin Canada
118 pp.
Ages 9-11
2004
Written by Lynne Kositsky
Penguin Canada
84 pp.
Ages 9-11
2004
Written by Jean Little, Kit Pearson, Michelle Trottier, Gillian Chan, Sarah Ellis, Barbara Haworth-Attard, Julie Lawson, Karleen Bradford, Janet Lunn, Carol Matas & Sharon Stewart
Scholastic Canada247 pp.
Ages 8-13
2006
NON-FICTION
Written by Bobbie Kalman
Crabtree Publishing
63 pp.
Ages 8-11
1982
Written by Judy Ann Sadler
Illustrated by June Bradford
Kids Can Press
40 pp.
Ages 6-11
2003
Written by Bobbie Kalman
Crabtree Publishing
32 pp.
Ages 8-11
1999
Written by Barbara Greenwood
Illustrated by Heather Collins
Kids Can Press
48 pp.
Ages 8-12
2003
Written by Bobbie Kalman
Illustrated by Barbara Bedell
Crabtree Publishing
32 pp.
Ages 8-11
2000
Written by Bobbie Kalman
Illustrated by Barbara Bedell
Carbtree Publishing
32 pp.
Ages 8-11
1996
FILM
Bardel Entertainment
Directed by Ian Freedman
2002
30 min
NFB
Directed by Paul Driessen
1975
9 min 11 s
http://www.nfb.ca/film/an_old_box
NFB
Directed by Nicola Lemay
2003
22 min 30 s
http://www.nfb.ca/film/noel_noel_en