Every year we prepare a book review for the winter holidays, and every new year there are more and more interesting books, and the editions themselves are more interesting and colorful. We present to your attention a new TOP-35 bright, good Christmas books for children and the whole family
Books we tried to break down by age. It is possible that with some books you want to introduce young readers before, and with some later. But we are sure that these books will appeal to both readers and listeners. Separately decided to allocate books for family reading and books from our expensive Blogome. Pleasant acquaintance!
Books for kids from 0 to 3 years
Where are the sledges going?/ Take me through the book " Where the sled is in a hurry?/ Spend me on the book " from the publishing house Labyrinth is perfect for the development of fine motor skills of kids.
Thanks to this book, the kid will be able to move the sled through the pages of the book until they bring them to their destination. At the same time happy to listen to small poems about dwarves and view colorful illustrations.
Valentin Berestov rhymes with wonderful illustrations in the book "Christmas incident".
This is another useful book on the development of fine motor skills of kids, because the title page bright Christmas tree with gold lacing. Before the holiday, you can dress up a Christmas tree garland, that is, play with lacing. And from the book of trees to make a decoration for home the Christmas tree. In General, your imagination will work here, and the kid will develop skill and ingenuity.
A truly joyful and snowy mood is felt in the collection of fairy tales from Segrey Kozlov - "Winter tales". Good stories about friendship, trust and mutual assistance with a Hedgehog Bear, Squirrel, Hare and other heroes. Only 7 fairy tales, but when you read each becomes warm and there is a smile. Kids, of course, will be especially interesting to follow the adventures of forest dwellers on the wonderful illustrations of Ksenia Pavlova.
By the way, for the most-most kids have a mini-version of the three stories — "Winter tales" Sergei Kozlov from the series "Tales-minutes" from Clever publishing with illustrations by Natalia Sharovatova.
Ideal for small hands-the book "Winter fairy tale" Margarita Staraste. Gingerbread man Crunchie wants to get to the holiday as soon as possible, that runs away from the snow Maiden and Santa Claus. Incredible adventures happen to him — he wanders through the winter forest, meets a bear, snowmen, foxes and many others on his way. It is even possible that he will never get to the holiday tree... But let's not reveal the whole story. 🙂
For fans of colorful pictures perfect book "Adventure Christmas parcel" Audrey Tarrant. Easy detective story about the mysterious adventures of the postman and his assistants — little squirrels.
By the way, the Illustrator of the book Audrey Tarrant (she is also the author) began her career with postcards, which are still incredibly popular around the world.
The book "daughter Gruffalo" Julia Donaldson won the attention and hearts of many little fidgets and their parents. A simple but very instructive story will fascinate the baby from the first lines. The book is complemented by beautiful illustrations Axel Scheffler. Do not forget that this is the new year's sequel to the book "Gruffalo" about an unusual forest beast.
Another fabulous new year the work of Julia Donaldson with Illustrator Axel Scheffler — "stick man".
Julia Donaldson. Stick man
An incredible story about the adventures of twig-man, or living twig. A good story perfectly develops the ingenuity, creativity and imagination of children. Just imagine how the kid, hearing this tale, run into the woods or Park for new toys, friends, Dating. 🙂 The author knows how to make incredible stories about strange creatures for the most demanding of readers.
Books for children from 4 to 6 years
"Christmas story" by Tamara Mikheeva
"Christmas story" by Tamara Mikheeva is a wonderful fairy tale about a real family and new year traditions. Very good story about a little boy Goshka, who dreams of a good friend (dog) and suddenly meets him on the way from school. But how to persuade parents? Well, it's a magical Christmas story!
For the little ones there is an edition of the book from Eksmo with removable luminous Christmas toys that can be hung on the Christmas tree. If the toys suddenly stopped shining, the day with the baby can be charged to put in the sun.
Little stories about the life of forest dwellers in winter can be found in a wonderful book by Ivan Sokolov-Mikitova "Winter in the woods."
On a winter evening you turn the page and plunge into a new story with realistic illustrations by Georgy Nikolsky. Animal stories are very similar to fairy tales. The text a bit outdated, but so pleased to acquaint young readers with new unfamiliar words.
Interestingly, as celebrated a New year in nineteenth century? Dream on the theme of Christmas time travel can be in good company with the book "Journey of the smallest snowflake" Elena Pervushina. When reading you will plunge into St. Petersburg with good family traditions, feasts and expectations of magic in the holiday. The book has a bonus-a master class in the manufacture of old paper toys.
Veresova, Attendants. Here's a great idea for a small gift in the advent calendar-the book "Alenka Christmas" Alena Veresova and Catherine Babok. Small, touching stories about a little girl who is looking forward to the holiday, dreams of gifts, waiting for a meeting with Santa Claus and snow Maiden. And illustrations Catherine Babok will impress not only children but also adults.
"The tale in the middle of the day" — a Christmas story invented by the famous novelist and screenwriter Victor Witkowicz and Gregory Jagdfeld in 1959. The book was reprinted several times and even filmed, which speaks of the boundless love of young readers. A fascinating tale about a boy Mitya and a girl Lele, about the evil Old Year, which does not want to give way to the New year... Do not worry, the ending is kind and truly fabulous.
Selma lagerlef in her book" the Legend of the Christmas rose " told one amazing legend about a wonderful garden in the forest that bloomed on the Holy night. Unfortunately, now this garden is gone, from him there was only one rose, but it continues to bloom on Christmas eve. A wonderful story about faith in miracles, in goodness, in beauty. Galina Lavrenko's fairy-tale illustrations complement the legend.
Many publishers published the fairy tale "the snow Queen" by Hans Christian Andersen. But, we think, one of the best will be the book from the publishing house Speech with fascinating illustrations by Valery Alfeyevsky. Such bright opposition of a plot about small heroes with pictures of the huge snow-covered city, a cold Kingdom of the Queen. That all familiar from childhood fairy tale, the enchanting Shine of unexpected imagination paints.
How can you prepare for the celebration of new year holidays and not read the fairy tale "Moroz Ivanovich" Vladimir Odoevsky? Rhetorical question. After all, it is impossible to pass by the magical interpretation of the Russian folk tale "Morozko" from the remarkable author. And it is impossible to pass by the cautionary tale of two sisters-Needlewoman and Sloth. And the artist Vladimir Konashevich managed to bring the young reader closer to the fabulous world of heroes
Scandinavian authors are very popular, so we have included in our list of rune Belsvik with the book "Procedure. Winter from beginning to end." Cozy, light story about Proceduree and his friends. It seems like everything is as usual, but one has only to look at simple things in a new way and life will be filled with new meaning. This book is written in easy language (except for the unusual names of the characters 🙂, but it will definitely give you a good mood.