Great Holiday Books for the Season

When the weather outside is frightful, curl up with a seasonal book with your child. 

Here is a list of holiday books from Canadian book publishers who work with TVO’s Gisèle’s Big Backyard Book Club.  Click here for Gisèle's favourites.

• An Aboriginal Carol.  Written by David Bouchard and illustrated by Moses Beaver.  Fitzhenry and Whiteside. (4-8 years old)
• Aunt Olga's Christmas Postcards.  Written by Kevin Major and illustrated by Bruce Roberts .  Groundwood Books.  (4 – up years old)
• A Candle for Christmas.  Written by Jean Speare and illustrated by Ann Blades.  Groundwood Books.  (0-5 years old)
• Hannah Bear's Christmas.  Written by Monica Devine and illustrated by Sean Cassidy.  Fitzhenry Whiteside.  (3-6 years old)
• The Huron Carol.  Written by Ian Wallace.  Groundwood Books.  (4 – up years old)
• A Small Nativity.  Written by Aquiles Nazoa and illustrated by Ana Palmero Cáceres.  Groundwood Books.  (4 – up years old)
• Penguin's Special Christmas Tree.  Written by Jeannie St. John Taylor and illustrated by Molly Idle. Lobster Press. (1-7 years old)
• A Pioneer Christmas.  Written by Barbara Greenwood and illustrated by Heather Collins.  KidsCan Press. (8-12 years old)
• Pippin the Christmas Pig.  Written by Jean Little and illustrated by Werner Zimmermann.  Scholastic Canada.  (3-8 years old)