Christmas Books

Books make wonderful gifts! We always send a book to extended family for Christmas and we are always so excited to get a new book or two for ourselves. I wanted to post about these before Christmas but I also wanted to keep them a surprise for the children.

I don't get a lot of questions on my blog but one that I do get somewhat consistently is about what books my kids are reading. We love giving each child a stack of books for Christmas. I usually start collecting them over the summer and in years past, their stacks have included both new and used copies. This year, they each received nine books which was quite a few for each child. Although, apparently there is no such thing as too many books because they are already excitedly planning our New Year's Eve trip to Barnes and Noble to spend the gift cards they received from grandparents. A little over half of their Christmas books from us came from a sizeable credit I had with Sacred Hearts Books and Gifts. Here are the books each child received.

The Professor

 LEGO Star Wars: The Visual Dictionary, GREECE AND ROME AT WAR(this was a very special book that he has been wanting for a few years (it was the most expensive of all the books but not as expensive as the Amazon price), God King: A Story in the Days of King Hezekiah (Living History Library), Enemy Brothers, The Telmaj: Book One: Tales of Telmaja, Shadow Hawk, Lepanto, Hobbitus Ille: The Latin Hobbit, The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien

Sunshine

The Sound of Music: A Classic Collectible Pop-Up, A New Coat for Anna, The Truly Terribly Horrible Sweater...That Grandma Knit, The Wide Horizon, Socks from the Toe Up: Essential Techniques and Patterns from Wendy Knits, Austentatious Crochet: 36 Contemporary Designs from the World of Jane Austen, Stashbuster Knits: Tips, Tricks, and 21 Beautiful Projects for Using Your Favorite Leftover Yarn, Flight into Spring, Sun Slower Sun Faster

Shortcake

The Art of The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien, Drawing From Memory, Art Lab for Kids: 52 Creative Adventures in Drawing, Painting, Printmaking, Paper, and Mixed Media-For Budding Artists of All Ages (Lab Series), That Girl of Pierre's, The Perilous Gard, The Good Land (Texas Panhandle Series Book 3), The Middle Earth Riddle Book, The Prairie Thief, Legends of Zita the Spacegirl (hardback and signed by the author! SQUEE!!!)

BigBoy

Martin de Porres: The Rose in the Desert, The Girl's Like Spaghetti: Why, You Can't Manage without Apostrophes!, Legends of Zita the Spacegirl (paperback), Sir Gawain the True, Sir Balin the Ill-Fated, Sir Lancelot the Great , Sir Givret the Short, Saints & Heroes, Sidekicks

Cupcake

Star Wars ABC, ABC ZooBorns!, Charlie Needs a Cloak, A Is for Altar, B Is for Bible, A Christmas Carol: A BabyLit Colors Primer, Will You Be My Friend? (Baby Signing Time), What Do You See Outside? (Baby Signing Time) , Captain Calamari's Treasure Hunt