28 Books For Advent & Christmas 📚

Dear friends,

Apologies, I do not know why my audio went out of sync in the video but I hope you can follow along without too much distraction.

Please find here my bursting basket of bookish goodies to spark your imaginaition for Advent and Christmas reading.

I’ve linked all the books mentioned and would love to hear yours also.

With blessings,

Jacqui X

ADVENT

1. God is in The Manger, Dietrich Bonhoeffer

2. Mary’s Voice, Dr. Amy Orr-Ewing

3. Haphazard by Starlight, Janet Morley

4. Prepare The Way: Celtic Prayer For The Season of Light, Ray Simpson

5. The Art of Advent, Jane Williams

6. The One True Story, Tim Chester

CHRISTMAS

Gift Ideas:

1. In The Hand of God, A Treasury of Traditional Prayers This version is harder to find, you could probably locate A Treasury of Prayers more easily.

2. A Treasury of Proverbs

3. A Treasury of Psalms

4. A Treasury of Wisdom

5. I CANNOT BELIEVE I FORGOT THIS ONE!

   Christmas Keepsake, Innovative Kids. You can find these second hand if you look around. MAKE SURE ALL THE SMALL BOOKS ARE INSIDE!

READING / READ ALOUDS

1. The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe, C.S. Lewis

2. I Saw Three Ships, Elizabeth Goudge

3. Home For Christmas, Stories For Young & Old

4. A Children’s Literary Christmas, The British Library

5. A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens

6. The Velveteen Rabbit, Margery Williams

7. How The Grinch Stole Christmas, Dr. Seuss

8. Silent Night, Juliet Groom, Tim Warnes

9. This is The Star, Joyce Dunbar, Gary Blythe

10. Unwrapping The Greatest Gift, Ann Voskamp

11. Winter Fire, Ryan Whitaker Smith

12. The Message of St Francis, with frescoes from the Basilica of St Francis at Assisi

COFFEE TABLE BOOKS

1. A Gallery of Reflections: The Nativity of Christ, Richard Harries

2. A Christmas Scrapbook, Elizabeth Walter

3. Collins Christmas Treasury, Stephanie Nettell

4. A Medieval Christmas, The British Library

5. Vision of Christmas, with Renaissance Triptychs