You Belong Book Project – December Book List
Holidays Around The World
Below you will find a specially curated list of early childhood books in celebration of Holidays Around The World. If you are donating to the book drive this month, we encourage you to pick a book from this list. Books with a * at the end are books that were read for this month’s You Belong Book Project Story Time.
You can learn more about the You Belong Book Project, or watch the You Belong Book Project Story Time videos here.
- Antlers With Candles by Chris Barash, Illustrated by Melissa Iwai
- Coyote Christmas: A Lakota Story by S.D. Nelson
- Dreidel Day by Amalia Hoffman
- Everybody’s Tree by Barbara Joosse; Illustrated by Renee Graef
- Five Days Of Diwali by Gulukul Inc
- Goldy Luck and the Three Pandas by Natasha Yim; Illustrated by Grace Yong
- Happy All-idays! By Cindy Jin; Illustrated by Rob Sayegh, Jr.
- Kevin’s Kwanzaa by Lisa Bullard
- My First Kwanzaa Book by Deborah Chocolate
- Olive, the Other Reindeer by Vivian Walsh; Illustrated by J.otto Seibold
- Sparkles of Joy: A Children’s Book that Celebrates Diversity and Inclusion by Aditi Wardhan Singh
- Tree of Cranes by Allen Say
- ‘Twas Nochebuena by Roseanne Greenfield Thong; Illustrated by Sara Polacios
- Uno, Dos, Tres, Posada! by Virginia L. Kroll
- What Do You Celebrate?: Holidays and Festivals Around the World by Whitney Stewart, Illustrated by Christiane Engle