Holiday Books in the Instructional Materials Center

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A list of frequently requested holiday books in the IMC collection. All books are on the main IMC book shelves unless a note is added under the call number for a different section.

Christmas Books Easter Books Groundhog Day Books Halloween Books Hanukkah Books Kwanzaa Books St. Patrick's Day Books Thanksgiving Books Valentine's Day Books Other Special Day Books

Christmas:

Title Author call number/location Addy's Surprise Connie Rose Porter PZ7 .P825 Ae "Almost" Christmas Pony Ruth Lynn Kirk (W.V. Author) PZ7 .K6344 And Now We Call Him Santa Clause Kay Cunningham Tutt PZ7 .T883 Angel of Mill Street Frances Ward Weller PZ7 .W454 Animals Christmas Eve Gale Wiersum PZ7 .W538 Arthur's Christmas Weekly Reader Children's Book Club presents Arthur's Christmas Marc Tolon Brown PZ7 .B81618 Aol 1984 Arthur's Christmas Cookies Lillian Hoban PZ7 .H635 Ar Baboushka & the Three Kings Ruth Robbins PZ8.1 .R5 Bab (Award Books section) Bells of Christmas Virginia Hamilton PZ7 .H1828 (Award Books section) Best Christmas Pageant Ever Barbara Robinson PZ7 .R5628 Be Biggest, Most Beautiful Christmas Tree Amye Rosenberg PZ7 .R71877 Bi Book of Three Festivals Amy Morris Lillie PZ7 .L628 Bo Bring a Torch Jeannette Isabella Adrienne Adams, illustrator M2114.5 .B6 Candle, Star & Christmas Tree Charles Livingstone Allen and Charles L. Wallis GT4985 .A44 Carl's Christmas Alexandra Day PZ7 .D32915 Certain Small Sheperd Rebecca Caudill PZ7 .C274 Ce Child's Christmas in Wales Dylan Thomas PR6039 .H52 C48 Chitas Christmas Tree Elizabeth Fitzgerald Howard PZ7 .H83273 Ch Christmas Alphabet Robert Sabuda PZ7 .S85 Christmas Anna Angel Ruth Sawyer PZ7 .S269 Ch (Award Books section) A Christmas Carol Charles Dickens PR4572 .C68 Christmas Carols Marjorie Elaine Morrison Wyckoff PZ8.1 .W93 Christmas Donkey T. William Taylor PZ7 .T2185 Christmas Feast Edna Barth PN6110 .C5 C567 Christmas Forest Louise Fatio PZ7 .F268 Ch Christmas Ghost Pearl S. Buck PZ7 .B879 Chm Christmas Gif Charlemae Hill Rollins PN6110 .C5 R754 Christmas in Legend and Story Elva Sophronia Smith GT4985 .S55 Christmas in Mexico Jadwiga Lopez, editor PZ8.1 .C475 Christmas Morning Cheryl Ryan (W.V. Author) PZ8.3 .R946 2004 Christmas in Ritual & Tradition Clement A. Miles GT4985 .M5 Christmas in the Big House, Christmas in the Quarters Pat McKissack and Fredrick McKissack F213 .M36 1994 (Award Books section) Christmas Lullaby Nancy Jewell PZ8.3 .J47 Ch Christmas Mouse Miss. Read PZ4 .S132 Ch3 Christmas Story Marguerite Northrup, editor BT315 .A3 The Christmas We Moved to the Barn Alexandra Day and Cooper Edens PZ7 .D32915 December Eve Bunting PZ7 .B91527 1997 Dream Soul Laurence Yep PZ7 .Y44 The Easter Bunny That Overslept Priscilla Friedrich PZ7 .F9152 Eas Elijah's Angel: a Story for Chanukah and Christmas Michael J. Rosen PZ7 .R71868 El Go To Sleep, Groundhog! Judy Cox PZ7 .C83835 Good and Perfect Gifts Barry Moser PZ7 .M8469357 Good Shepherd Gunnar Gunnarsson PZ3 .G9533 Go Great Sleigh Robbery Michael Foreman PZ7 .F7583 Gr Harvey Slumfenburgers Christmas Present John Burningham PZ7 .B936 Har Holly, Reindeer & Colored Lights Edna Barth GT4985 .B32 Holy Night Aurel von Juchen PZ7 .J927 Ho How Brown Mouse Kept Christmas Clyde Watson PZ7 .W3263 I Want to be the Reindeer! Ruth Lynn Kirk (W.V. Author) PZ7 .K6345 I Wish Daddy Didn't Drink So Much Judith Vigna PZ7 .V67 Iab It's Really Christmas Lillian Hoban PZ7 .H635 It Jim Hedgehogs Supernatural Christmas Russell Hoban PZ7 .H637 Jk Joy to the World Ruth Sawyer PZ8.1 .S263 Jo Kirsten's Surprise Janet Beeler Shaw PZ7 .S53423 Let's Celebrate Christmas Peter and Connie Roop GT4985 .R66 Life & Adventures of Santa Claus L. Frank Baum PZ7 .B327 Lg9 Listen for the Fig Tree Sharon Bell Mathis PZ7 .M4284 Li Littlest Christmas Elf Nancy Buss PZ7 .B9656 Li Marvin's Best Christmas Present Ever Katherine Patterson PZ7 .P273 Mary, the Mother of Jesus Tomie DePaola BT607 .D4 Merry Christmas Davy Brigitte Weninger PZ7 .W46916 Merry Christmas Everywhere Arlene Erlbach GT4985.5 .E77 Merry Christmas, Strega Nona Tomie De Paola PZ7 .D439 Me Midnight Clear Katherine Patterson PZ7 .P273 Mi Mole Family's Christmas Russell Hoban PZ10.3 .H646 Mm Morris's Disappearing Bag Rosemary Wells PZ7 .W46843 Mo Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree Robert Barry PZ8.3 .B2537 Nativity Julie Vivas, illustrator BT315 .A3 Night Before Christmas Clement Clarke Moore; Jan Brett, illustrator PS2429 .M6 N6 Night Before Christmas Clement Clarke Moore; Douglas Gorslune, illustrator PZ8.3 .M782 N66 Night Before Christmas Clement Clarke Moore; Lis Toft, illustrator PS2429 .M5 N5 Night Ride Aingelda Ardizzone PZ8.9 .A7 Ni Nine Days to Christmas Marie Hall Ets PZ7 .E855 Ni (Award Books section) Old Dog Cora & the Christmas Tree Consie Powell PZ10.3 .P4855 Ol Paper Cutting Stories for Holidays & Special Events Valerie Marsh GT3930 .M37 Polar Express Chris Van Allsburg PZ7 .V266 Po (Award Books section) Prairie Christmas Elizabeth Van Steenwyk PZ7 .V358 2006 Real Christmas This Year Karen Lynn Williams PZ7 .W66655 Roger and the Fox Lavinia Riker Davis PZ7 .D2946 (Award Books section) Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer Barbara Shook Hazen PZ10.3 .H31562 Silent Night - the Song & It's Story Margaret Hodges ML3930 .G84 H63 Silver Christmas Tree Pat Hutchins PZ7 .H96165 Si Silver Packages Cynthia Rylant PZ7 .R982 Si Sing Hey for Christmas Day! Lee Bennett Hopkins, poem selection PZ8.3 .S615 Snow Lambs Debi Gliori PZ7 .G4889 Steamroller: A Fantasy Margaret Wise Brown PZ7 .B8163 Sr4 The Story of Christmas Felix Hoffmann BT315.2 .H6 Story of Saint Nicholas Mildred Madeleine Luckhardt BX4700 .N55 L8 There's No Such Thing as a Chanukah Bush Susan Sussman PZ7 .S9657 Tree for Tompkins Park Dawn C. Thomas PZ7 .T3664 Tree of Cranes Allen Say PZ7 .S2744 Turkey for Christmas Marguerite DeAngeli PZ7 .D35 Tu Twelve Days of Christmas Michael Eagle PZ8.3 .E1126 Tw Waiting for Christmas Stories Bethany Roberts PZ7 .R5396 What A Morning! John Langstaff, editor M1670 .W48 (Award Books section) Wolf Christmas Daniel Manus Pinkwater PZ7 .P6335 Wreath of Christmas Legends Phyllis McGinley PS3525 .A23293 W7 Yak for Christmas Louise Hillary DS485 .H6 H5

Easter:

Title Author call number/location The Birds' Gift: A Ukrainian Easter Story Eric A. Kimmel, retold The Book of Holidays J. McSpadden GT4803 .M3 1958 Book of Three Festivals Amy Lillie PZ7 .L628 Bo The Bunnies' Easter Bonnet Nan Roloff PZ7 .R653 The Bunny Who Found Easter Charlotte Zolotow PZ7 .Z77 Bs 1998 Chicken Sunday Patricia Polacco PZ7 .P75186 The Easter Bunny That Overslept Priscilla Friedrich PZ7 .F9152 Eas Easter Parade Eloise Greenfield PZ7 .G845 Eas Easter Ribbit Bernice Chardiet PZ7 .C3736 The Egg Tree Katherine Milhous PZ7 .M596 Eg (Award Books section) Happy Easter Day! Wendy Watson PZ5 .W29 Hap Hopper's Easter Surprise Kathrin Siegenthaler PZ7 .S5762 Ho Lilies, Rabbits and Painted Eggs Edna Barth GT4935 .B36 Rechenka's Eggs Patricia Polacco PZ7 .P75186 The Story of Easter Aileen Fisher BV55 .F57 1997

Groundhog Day:

Title Author call number/location Go To Sleep, Groundhog Judy Cox PZ7 .C83835 Gretchen Groundhog, It's Your Day! Abby Levine PZ7 .L5782 Groundhog Day Michelle Aki Becker GT4995 .G76 B43 2003 Groundhog Day Book of Facts and Figures Wendie C. Old GT4995 .G76 O53 2004 Groundhog Gets A Say Pamela Curtis Swallow PZ7 .S969895 Gr 2005 Groundhog Stays Up Late Margery Cuyler PZ7 .C997 Gr 2005 It's Groundhog Day! Steven Kroll PZ7 .K9225 Punxsutawney Phyllis Susanna Leonard Hill PZ7 .H55743 Pu 2005

Halloween:

Title Author call number/location Albert's Halloween Leslie Tryon PZ7 .T7865 All Saints, All Souls & Halloween Catherine Chambers GT4965 .C47 Arthur's Halloween Marc Brown PZ7 .B81618 Aq Black Cats and Other Superstitions Shirley Blumenthal BF1775 .B56 Bones of Fred McFee Eve Bunting PZ8.3 .B92 Boogie Bones Elizabeth Loreda PZ7 .L8787 Bo Book of Holidays Joseph McSpadden GT4803 .M3 1958 The Boys Start the War; The Girls Get Even Phyllis Reynolds Naylor PZ7 .N24 Bp 1994 Creepy Countdown Charlotte S. Huck PZ8.3 .H853 Cr 1998 Cristobal and the Witch Jan Wahl PZ7 .W1266 Easter Bunny That Overslept Priscilla Friedrich PZ7 .F9152 Eas Fierce Yellow Pumpkin Margaret Wise Brown PZ7 .B8163 Ghosts and Ghouls Gwen Risedorf BF1461 .R54 Ghosts Go Haunting Sorche Nic Leodhas PZ8.1 .L4237 Ghosts Hour, Spooks Hour Eve Bunting PZ7 .B91527 Ghhi Go To Sleep, Groundhog! Judy Cox PZ7 .C83835 Hairy Horror Trick Scott Corbett PZ7 .C79938 Halloween ABC Eve Merriam PS3525 .E639 H34 Halloween Costume Party Ronald Wegen PZ7 .W4233 Hall Halloween is... Gail Gibbons GT4965 .G55 2002 Halloween Tree Ray Bradbury PS3503 .R167 H3 Haunted House Alfred Hitchcock PZ5 .H64 Hau Jack-o-lantern Edna Barth PZ8.1 .B3 Jac Jeoffry's Halloween Mary Bryant Bailey PZ8.3 .B153 Ji 2002 A Job for Wittilda Caralyn Buehner PZ7 .B884 Jo 1993 Little Ned Stories Edward Allan Faine PZ7 .F1436 Mouldylocks Bernard Lodge PZ7 .L8197 My Mama Says There Aren't Any Zombies, Ghosts, Vampires Judith Viorst PZ7 .V816 My Old Witch and the Wizard Ida DeLage PZ7 .D3698 Pumpkin Jack Will Hubbell PZ7 .H86312 Runaway Pumpkin Kevin Lewis PZ8.3 .L5857 Scary, Scary Halloween Eve Bunting PZ8.3 .B92 Sc Sheep Trick or Treat Nancy Shaw PZ8.3 .S5334 A Spooky Story Bill Martin PZ8.3 .M418 Tilly Witch Don Freeman PZ7 .F8747 Trick or Treat, Smell My Feet Diane DeGroat PZ7 .D3639 Tr 2x2 = Boo!: a set of spooky multiplication stories Loreen Leedy QA115 .L443 1995 Velcome Kevin O'Malley PZ7 .O526 Ve Whiskers and the Haunted House Martha P. Howlett PZ7 .H628 Whooo's Haunting the Teeny Tiny Ghost? Kay Winters PZ7 .W7675 Witches Therese Ruth Revesz BF1566 .R44 Witches, Pumpkins & Grinning Ghosts Edna Barth GT4965 .B34 Witches Supermarket Susan Meddaugh PZ7 .M51273 Wi Woggle of Witches Adrienne Adams PZ7 .A194 Wo

Hanukkah:

Title Author call number/location Borrowed Hanukkah Latkes Linda Glaser PZ7 .G48047 Elijah's Angel: a Story for Chanukah and Christmas Michael J. Rosen PZ7 .R71868 El Hanukkah: Eight Lights Around the World Susan Sussman PZ7 .S9657 Han 1988 Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins Eric Kimmel PZ7 .K5648 (Award Books section) Power of Light: Eight Stories for Hanakkah Isaac Bashevis Singer PZ7 .S6167 Po 1980 There's No Such Thing As A Chanukah Bush Susan Sussman PZ7 .S9657 Very Best Hanukkah Gift Joanne Rocklin PZ7 .R59 Ve 1999

Kwanzaa:

Title Author call number/location Children's Book of Kwanzaa Dolores Johnson GT4403 .J64 1996 The Gifts of Kwanzaa Synthia Saint James GT4403 .S25 1994 It's Kwanzaa Time Linda Goss GT4403 .G67 1995 Kwanzaa A.P. Porter GT4403 .A2 P67 1991 Kwanzaa: A Family Affair Mildred Pitts Walter GT4403 .W35 Kwanzaa Karamu: Cooking and Crafts for a Kwanzaa Feast April A. Brady TX715 .B8144 1995 Seven Spools of Thread Angela Shelf Medearis PZ7 .M51274

St. Patrick's Day:

Title Author call number/location Book of Holidays Joseph Walker McSpadden GT4803 .M3 1958 Gold at the End of the Rainbow Wolfram Hanel PZ7 .H1193 Great Wheel Robert Lawson PZ7 .L4384 (Award Books section) Leprechaun in the Basement Kathy Tucker PZ7 .T82255 1999 Leprechaun Tales Kathleen Green GR147 .G68 Patrick, Patron Saint of Ireland Tomie DePaola BR1720 P26 D46 St. Patrick's Day Gail Gibbons GT4995 .P3 G53 St. Patrick's Day in the Morning Eve Bunting PZ7 .B91527 St. Patrick's Day Shillelagh Janet Nolan PZ7 .N6785 St 2002 Shamrocks, Harps & Shillelaghs Edna Barth GT4995 .P3 B37 Three Sorrowful Tales of Erin Francis Meredith Pilkington, editor GR147 .P5 1966

Thanksgiving:

Title Author call number/location Arthur's Thanksgiving Marc Brown PZ7 .B81618 Art Ballad of the Pilgrim Cat Leonard Wibberley PZ8.3 .W6197 Bal Balloons Over Broadway: the True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy's Parade Melissa Sweet PN1982 .S27 S84 2011 Book of Holidays Joseph Walker McSpadden GT4803 .M3 Book of Three Festivals Amy Morris Lillie PZ7 .L628 Bo Go To Sleep, Groundhog! Judy Cox PZ7 .C83835 Gobble, Gobble, Gobble Mary Jackson Ellis PZ10.3 .E547 Go Gooney Bird & the Room Mother Lois Lowry PZ7 .L9673 How Many Days to America Eve Bunting PZ7 .B91527 Ho ...If You Sailed On the Mayflower in 1620 Ann McGovern F68 .M12 1991 John Alden Cecile Pepin Edwards F68 .A344 E38 One Little, Two Little, Three Little Pilgrims B.G. Hennessy PZ7 .H3914 Outlaw Thanksgiving Emily Arnold McCully PZ7 .M478415 1998 P is for Pilgrim Carol Crane GT4975 .C67 2003 Pilgrim Cat Carol A. Peacock PZ7 .P3117 Pioneer Thanksgiving Barbara Greenwood GT4975 .G743 1621: A New Look at Thanksgiving Catherine O'Neil Grace GT4975 .G72 2001 Squanto's Journey Joseph Bruchac PZ7 .B82816 Thank you, Sarah Laurie Halse Anderson GT4975 .A53 2002 Thanksgiving at Our House Wendy Watson PZ7 .W332 Th Thanksgiving Beast Feast Karen Gray Ruelle PZ7 .R88525 Thanksgiving in the White House Gary Hines PZ7 .H5715 2003 Thanksgiving is Here! Diane Goode PZ7 .G604 Thanksgiving Story Alice Dalgliesh PZ7 .D153 Tg (Award Books section) Thanksgiving Treat Catherine Stock PZ7 .S8635 Thanksgiving With Me Margaret Willey PZ8.3 .W6692 Three Young Pilgrims Cheryl Harness PZ7 .H2277 Th Tuna Fish Thanksgiving C.S.Adler PZ7 .A26145 Tu A Turkey For Thanksgiving Eve Bunting PZ7 .B91527 Turkeys, Pilgrims & Indian Corn Edna Barth GT4975 .B37

Valentines Day:

Title Author call number/location Appolonia's Valentine Katherine Milhous PZ8 .M644 Arthur's Valentine Marc Brown PZ7 .B81618 As The Day It Rained Hearts Felicia Bond PZ7 .B63666 Hearts, Cupids and Red Roses Edna Barth GT4925 .B32 It's Valentine's Day Jack Prelutsky PS3566 .R36 I85 Nate the Great and the Mushy Valentine Marjorie Sharmat PZ7 .S5298 Queen of Hearts Mary Engelbreit PZ7 .E69975 2005 Valentine Bears Eve Bunting PZ7 .B91527 Val A Valentine for You Wendy Watson PZ8.3 .W345 Val Valentine's Day Elizabeth Guilfoile PZ9 .G923 Val Very Special Valentine Maggie Kneen PZ8.3 .K743 Will You Be My Valenswine? Teresa Bateman PZ8.3 .B314 Wi 2005

Other Special Days:

Title Author call number/location Father's Day Perfect Father's Day Eve Bunting PZ7 .B91527 Mother's Day Mother's Day Mice Eve Bunting PZ7 .B91527