HOLIDAYS AND SEASONS BOOK LISTS for Children
- Children's Books About Weddings (The Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, OH)
- Author and title only for over 25 easy, junior fiction, and non-fiction books about
weddings, from Betty's Wedding: A Photograph Album of My Big Sister's Wedding
by Michael Bragg to Piggins and the Royal Wedding by Jane Yolen.
See also: Picture Books about Nature and Environment
- Bibliography: The Real World: Children's Books About Nature, Animals, Weather, The Environment, Etc. (Wendy E. Betts, Notes from the Windowsill)
- Cover images, author, title, publication info, suggested reading levels, detailed descriptions
for about 30 books, in three reading levels (For Babies and Toddlers, Picture Books, and Books
for Older Readers). Updated Dec. 2005.
- Recycling Booklist (Jen McKinney - Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, IN)
- Author, title, pub. year listed for 18 books and 2 videos about recycling. Updated May 2005.
- Celebrating Birthdays Booklist (Kansas City Public Library, KS)
- Author, title, and summary of over 10 books (mostly fiction) about celebrating birthdays.
- Spring (Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, IN)
- Author, title, publication date (no summaries) provided for about 30 books about Spring. Updated
May 2005.
- Butterflies Booklist (Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, IN)
- List of about 40 books about butterflies, with title, author, year published. Updated Oct. 2005.
- Books for Spring Reading (Kansas City Public Library, KS)
- Author, title, summary of about 10 books about springtime and spring holidays.
- April Books (Kansas City Public Library, KS)
- List of three April Fool's Day books and 11 books about rain. Author, title, summary of each. Updated March 2000.
ST. PATRICK'S DAY
- My Shelf: St. Patrick's Day Fiction for Children (MyShelf.Com)
- Author and title listed, some with summaries. About 10 books. Another 7
St.
Patrick's books listed for kids aged 9-12.
EARTH DAY
- Earth Day Everyday (Naperville Public Library, IL)
- Author, title, publication info, Dewey, and summary for about 40 non-fiction and fiction books on the environment.
- Earth Day Booklist (Kansas City Public Library, KS)
- Author, title, summary of 10 books about Earth Day (22 April).
EASTER
- Children's Books to Celebrate Easter (Ms. Brenda, Kansas City Public Library, KS)
- Author, title, summary of each of 10 books about Easter (8 fiction, 2 non-fiction).
CINCO DE MAYO
- Children's Books to Celebrate Cinco de Mayo (Kansas City Public Library, KS)
- Author, title, and summary for 4 books and a video about commemorating the victory
of the Mexican army over the French army on May 5, 1862.
MOTHER'S DAY
- In Celebration of Mothers! (Kelly Wood, Weston Public Library, MA)
- Provides title, author, webcatalog link, and short summary for 20 picture books and 10 fiction books
about moms. Compiled May 1998.
- Mother's Day Stories (Johnson County Library, KS)
- Author, title, summary, and webcat link for almost 25 easy and chapter books about
mothers and Mother's Day for preschool through fifth grade, from Laurie Halse Anderson's No Time for Mother's Day
to Jillian Wynot's The Mother's Day Sandwich.
- Children's Books to Celebrate Mother's Day (Kansas City Public Library, KS)
- Author, title, summary of 6 books about moms and Mother's Day.
- My Shelf: Mother's Day Juvenile Fiction (MyShelf.com)
- These are books for children ages 4-8, author and title only, about 15 books listed.
Also provides list of Mother's
Day books for children aged 9-12, 6 titles.
FATHER'S DAY
- Father's Day Stories (Johnson County Library, KS)
- Author, title, summary, and webcat link for 17 easy stories about fathers
and Father's Day for preschool through 3rd grade, from Anthony Browne's My Dad to
Douglas Wood's What Dads Can't Do.
- Father's Day Booklist (Ms. Vickie, Kansas City Public Library, KS)
- Author, title, summary of 5 books about Father's Day.
- My Shelf: Father's Day Juvenile Fiction (MyShelf.com)
- Author and title only for abut 15 Father's Day books.
- Books About Fathers and Their Children (Reading Is Fundamental)
- Title, author, publication year, one-line summary of each. Reading levels not noted but most
seem to be for children from preschool to grade 3. Over 30 books,
from Cari Best's Taxi! Taxi! to Daddies are for Catching Fireflies
by Harriet Ziefert.
- Fiction for Grades 1-9: Summer setting (Zuckerman's Barn, Massachusetts)
- Author, title, summary for over 60 children's books
set during summer, from Acquainted With The Night by Sollace Hotze
to Zeely by Virginia Hamilton.
- Summer Stories (Mary D'Eliso, Monroe County Public Library, IN)
- Author, title, and summary for 11 picture books, 6 beginning readers,
7 early chapter books, and 9 junior books.
INDEPENDENCE DAY
- Hooray for the USA (Johnson County Library, KS)
- Author, title, summary, and webcat link for about 25 easy books and music about
patriotism, pariotic holidays and the American flag for preschool-2nd grade. Also, about
25 books listed at the Juvenile level.
- Books for the 4th of July (Ms. Helen, Kansas City Public Library, KS)
- Author, title, and summary of 6 fiction and 5 non-fiction Independence Day books.
- My Shelf: Independence Day Juvenile Fiction (MyShelf.com)
- Author and title only, about a dozen books listed for younger children;
also a list of Independence
Day books for older children, 10 titles.
- Patriotism and Citizenship in the United States ( Mary R. Voors - Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, IN)
- Author, title, publication date only listed for about 120 books. Useful for
Independence Day reading; some are specifically about the Fourth of July. Updated Nov. 2005.
- Autumn (Teresa Walls - Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, IN)
- Author and title listed for about 50 children's books about autumn. Updated Oct. 2005.
- Picture Books for Autumn (St. Charles Public Library, IL)
- Title and author only (no summaries) for about 40 picture books on the season.
- Apples (Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, IN)
- Author, title, publication year, brief summary for about 200 children's books about apples. Updated Dec. 2005.
Also: Johnny Appleseed Booklist, with
author, title, pub. year for about 45 books on Johnny Appleseed, plus lists of non-print media, websites,
and teachers' guides.
- Picture Book School Stories (Sarah S. Wright, Monroe County Public Library, IN)
- Author, title, and summary for about 40 books about school. Compiled April 1999.
- Back to School for Younger Kids (Arapahoe Library District, CO)
- Author, title, summary for about 30 books, for pre-school kids, and for kindergarteners and first graders, from Chatterbox Jamie by Nancy Evan Cooney
to Amanda Pig, School Girl by Jean Van Leeuwen.
- Off To School (Berkeley Public Library, CA)
- "Books to read with children getting ready to start school."
Author, title, one-line summary for each.
Sections: Picture books (21 books), Readers (3), and
Non-Fiction (3). Compiled Sept. 1996.
- My First Day at School (Timberland Regional Library, WA)
- Author, title, summary for more than 30 picture books "to help your child prepare for the big day."
Compiled June 2002.
- Back to School (Ann Arbor District Library, MI)
- Compiled August 1996. Author, title, pub. date, one-line summary for books in these categories: Going to Daycare (8 books);
Going to Nursery School (11 books); Elementary School: Picture Books/Readers (25 books);
Elementary School: Fiction and Nonfiction (20); Middle School: Fiction and
Nonfiction (12).
- Going to Nursery School (Hamilton Public Library, Ontario, CANADA)
- Author, title, publication info, summary for about 15 kids' books on starting
nursery school, from Catherine Anholt's Going to Nursery School to
Amy Valens' Jesse's Daycare.
- Going to School (Hamilton Public Library, Ontario, CANADA)
- Author, title, publication info, summary for more than 15 kids' books on starting
school, from Janet Ahlberg's Starting School to
Amy Schwartz's Annabelle Swift, Kindergartner.
- Back to School Stories (Mid-Continent Public Library, Independence, MO)
- Author, title, and summary of 15 back-to-school books for grades 2-4.
- Back to School Picture Book List (Mary R. Voors - Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, IN)
- Author and title only listed for more than 325 picture books about going to school. Updated Feb. 2006.
- Back-to-School Booklist (Westchester Library System, NY)
- Author and title of back-to-school books in these categories: Picture Books; Parenting; Beginning Readers;
Young Readers; Jokes; Poetry; Fiction.
- Starting School (Bloomfield Township Public Library, MI)
- Author and title for about 100 easy reader, beginning to read, and non-fiction books
about starting school, from David A. Adler's Young Cam Jansen and the Lost Tooth to
Jeanne Willis's Be Quiet, Parrot!.
- Starting School Reading List (Louisville Free Public Library, KY)
- Author and title only for about 30 books (from picture books to Juniors) on starting school.
- Books about Starting School (Glen Ellyn Public Library, IL)
- Author and title only for about 50 books about starting school and day care,
from Starting School by Janet and Allen Ahlberg
to Betsy's First Day at Nursery School by Gunilla Wolde.
- School Stories for preK-3 (Reading Is Fundamental)
- Title, author, publication year, grade level, one-line summary for each of 12 books,
from Amanda Pig, Schoolgirl by Jean Van Leeuwen to Timothy Goes to School by Rosemary Wells.
LABOR DAY
- Labor History Resources for K-12 School Children and Their Teachers (John L. Revitte; American Labor Studies Center)
- Extensive list of resources for kids from K-12 concerning work and leisure and labor history.
List includes title, author, publication info and occasionally comments about books, comic
books, poetry; audio-visual materials; teacher curriculum. Some focus on Michigan.
YOM KIPPUR/ROSH HASHANAH
COLUMBUS DAY
- Books about Christopher Columbus (The Logan Library - Utah)
- Non-fiction arranged in Dewey order, listing title and author. Also sections on biographies and fiction.
- Spooooooooky: halloween reading for kids (Wendy Betts)
- Author, title, publication info, age/grade level, cover image, and detailed summary for fiction at
three reading levels and non-fiction. About 120 books in all. Compiled 2004, updated Dec. 2005.
- Ghosts, Witches and Things That Go Bump In The Night (Mid-Continent Public Library, Independence, MO)
- Author, title, summary for each. In sections: Easy Reading/Picture Books; Juvenile Fiction; and Juvenile Non-Fiction. About 45 books.
- My Shelf: Halloween Fiction for Children (MyShelf.Com)
- These books are for children aged 4-8; over 115 books listed. Also
lists
Halloween books for children aged 9-12, with over 50 titles.
Author and title listed only, with occasional comments.
- Themed Book Reviews: Halloween (ChildrensLit.Com)
- Reviews of children's Halloween books, with ISBN, age range, price, and publication information.
Over 55 reviews.
- Scary Stories and Halloween Reading Treats (Westchester Library System, NY)
- Author, title, publication info, price, age range, ISBN, summary for 5 baby/preschool books,
45 books for ages 4-8, over 40 books for ages 9-12, and 13 YA books. Also lists a few
Halloween websites.
- Trick or Treat! Halloween Fiction (Penticton Public Library, British Columbia)
- Provides author, title, summary for about 15 fiction books suitable for Halloween
reading, from Avi's Something Upstairs to Spell Me a Witch by Barbara Willard.
- Halloween--Easy Readers (Johnson County Library, KS)
- Author, title, summary, and webcat link for more than 25 books for preschool through 2nd grade, from Sue Alexander's Who Goes Out On Halloween?
to Rosemary Wells' The Halloween Parade.
- Children's Books To Celebrate Halloween (Ms. Carol, Kansas City Public Library, KS)
- Author, title, grade level, and summary of each of 13 Halloween books. From the same
library, Thrills and Chills Halloween
Booklist, with summaries of another 19 books, and Haunting
Halloween Fun, with summaries of 13 more.
- Halloween for Younger Kids (Arapahoe Library District, CO)
- Author, title, summary for about a dozen books, from Abby Cadabra, Super Speller
by Joan Holub to Wizzil by William Steig. Also offers
a list of Halloween Books for Older Kids,
with another dozen, from Bed-Knob and Broomstick by Mary Norton to
Witch's Sister by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor.
- Holiday Chillers for Children (The Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, OH)
- Author, title, and short summary of scary kids' books by type: Easy (6),
Non-fiction (7), Fiction (5). From Pumpkin Eye by Denise
Fleming to Real Mummies Don’t Bleed: Friendly Tales for October Nights by
Susan Whitcher.
- Recommended Halloween Picture Books (Weber County Library, Utah)
- Author, title, brief summary, and webcat link for more than 25 recommended Halloween books,
from Adrienne Adams' A Woggle of Witches to Iris Van Rynbach's Five Little Pumpkins.
- Day of the Dead Booklist (Jennifer McKinney - Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, IN)
- List of about 30 books about El Dia de Los Muertos, the Day of the Dead, with title, author, webcat links.
From Elisa Amado's Barrilete: A Kite for the Day of the Dead to Glen Wright's Gold of the Gods and other
Fascinating Tales of Old Mexico. Also a few books for adults, some non-print media, and relevant websites listed. Updated Jan. 2006.
ELECTION DAY
- Elections Booklist (Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, IN)
- List of about 45 books about elections and voting, with title and author only. Updated May 2005.
- First Tuesday in November: Election and Presidential Books (The Bulletin for the Center for the Book)
- The Bulletin's Nov. 2000 list of a dozen recommended books. Title, author,
grade level, pub. year, and brief summary.
VETERAN'S DAY
THANKSGIVING
- Plimoth on Web: Bibliography for Young People (Jane Royal, Plimoth Plantation)
- Author, title, publication info, summary for about 20 books for elementary school readers and 8 books for secondary school readers. Compiled Summer 1996.
- In Celebration of Thanksgiving (Johnson County Library, KS)
- Author, title, summary, and webcat link for more than 25 books (fiction and non-fiction) for preschool through 2nd
grade, from Laurie Anderson's Turkey Pox to Robin West's My Very Own Thanksgiving: A
Book of Cooking and Crafts.
- Thanksgiving Fiction (Flint Public Library, MI)
- Title, author, and short description of 11 books set at or about Thanksgiving. Followed
by a list of 13 Thanksgiving Non-Fiction books.
- Thanksgiving Booklist (Westchester Library System, NY)
- Author, title, publication info, ISBN, price, age range, summary for 19 Thanksgiving books, in author order.
- Children's Books to Celebrate Thanksgiving (Ms. Susan, Kansas City Public Library, KS)
- Author, title, and summary of 6 Thanksgiving picture books, with another 15 listed without summaries.
Also, about a dozen fiction and non-fiction books
about Native American Indians, with summaries.
- Thanksgiving Books for Children (North of Boston Library Exchange, MA)
- Poems and stories, and books about history and customs, all with author, title, summary, and
link to webcatalog. Over 20 books in all.
- My Shelf: Thanksgiving Fiction for Children (MyShelf.Com)
- These books are for children aged 4-8; about 60 books listed. Also
lists
Thanksgiving books for children aged 9-12, with about 25 titles.
Author and title listed only, with occasional comments;
and Thanksgiving
books for preschool children, with 8 titles.
- Winter and Winter Holidays (Wendy Betts)
- Author, title, publication info, age/grade level, cover image, and summary for about 60 picture books
and about 60 titles for older readers. Covers winter, solstice, Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa. Compiled 2004, updated Dec. 2005.
- Children's Holiday Books (The Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, OH)
- Author, title, and summary of Kwanzaa, Hanukkah, Christmas, and New Year's books
for kids. 10 picture books, 6 junior fiction books, and 8 non-fiction books. A couple of
books focus on Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa.
- Fiction for Grades 1-9: Winter setting (Zuckerman's Barn, Massachusetts)
- Author, title, summary for about 25 children's books
set during winter, from Bear Mouse by Bernice Freschet
to The Winter Wren by Brock Cole.
- A Winter Dozen (The Bulletin for the Center for the Book)
- The Bulletin's Dec. 2000 list of a dozen recommended books. Title, author,
grade level, pub. year, and brief summary.
- Snow and Winter Stories (Patty Callison, Monroe County Public Library, IN)
- Author, title, and summary for 13 non-fiction books and 11 fiction books about
winter. Compiled January 1997.
- Winter Stories (Hampshire County Council, UK)
- Author, title, cover image, and summary for 10 books about winter, from
One Snowy Night by Nick Butterworth to Harry and the Snow King
- Winter (Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, IN)
- Author, title, publication date (no summaries) provided for about 70 books on winter. Updated Dec. 2005.
- Winter Holiday Books (Kansas City Public Library, KS)
- Author, title, grade level, summary for 24 books about Christmas and one each about Hanukkah, Kwanzaa,
and New Year's. See also their Winter Holidays II list,
with lengthy summaries of 5 Christmas books; their World of
Winter Holiday Books page, with 9 picture books, 2 books of intermediate fiction (grades 2-4),
and 4 books for grades 3-5, as well as 9 non-fiction books, about Christmas,
Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa (and one on the Winter Solstice); their
December Holiday Fiction, with
info on 15 books about Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, and Ramadan;
and their December Holiday
Picture Books, with summaries for 14 books about Christmas, Hanukkah, and Las Posadas.
- Happy Chinese New Year (Johnson County Library, KS)
- Author, title, summary, and webcat link for about 15 books, from Dave Bouchard's The Dragon New Year:
A Chinese Legend to Laurence Yep's When the Circus Came to Town.
HANUKKAH
- Hanukkah Books (Swampscott Public Library, MA)
- Author, title, summary, webcat link for more than 60 books, fiction and non-fiction.
- Hanukkah Books (Johnson County Library, KS)
- Author, title, summary, and webcat link for 18 books in categories of Easy Fiction, Easy Picture; Easy Nonfiction;
J Fiction; J Non-Fiction; and Audio/Video.
- Hanukkah Booklist (Westchester Library System, NY)
- Author, title, publisher, ISBN, summary for 7 Hanukkah books.
- Hanukkah (Louisville Free Public Library, KY)
- Author and title only for over 30 picture books, 8 chapter books,
and 8 non-fiction books about Hanukkah. Updated Nov. 2002.
CHRISTMAS
- Christmas Booklist (Johnson County Library, KS)
- Author, title, summary, and webcat link for 18 books in categories of Easy Fiction, Easy Picture; Easy Nonfiction;
J Fiction; and J Non-Fiction.
- Christmas Booklist (Westchester Library System, NY)
- Author, title, publisher, ISBN, summary for 26 Christmas books.
- Christmas Books for Older Readers (Elmhurst Public Library, IL)
- Author, title, summary, page count for about 30 Christmas books for grades 4-6,
from Mildred Ames' Grandpa Jake and the Grand
Christmas to Laurence Yep's Dream Soul.
- Christmas Books for Children Aged 7-12 (Booktrusted.com, UK)
- Author, title, publication info, summary, and cover images for 5 Christmas books.
- Book Sense: Latino Christmas
- Handful of books from Cultura Latina Bookstore in Long Beach, CA, recommended for celebrating
an Hispanic Christmas. Title, author, summary/review, and link to buying info.
KWANZAA
- Kwanzaa Books (Johnson County Library, KS)
- Author, title, summary, and webcat link for 17 books in categories of Easy Fiction, Easy Picture; Easy Nonfiction;
J Fiction; J Non-Fiction; and Audio/Video.
- Kwanzaa Booklist (Westchester Library System, NY)
- Author, title, publisher, ISBN, summary for 6 Kwanzaa books.
- Kwanzaa (Louisville Free Public Library, KY)
- Author and title only for 5 fiction titles and 18 non-fiction titles on Kwanzaa.
NEW YEAR'S DAY
- My Shelf: New Year's Day Juvenile Fiction (MyShelf.com)
- These are books for children ages 4-8, author and title only, about 15 books listed.
Also provides list of New
Year's books for children aged 9-12, 3 titles.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DAY
- Celebrate Martin Luther King Jr Day (Johnson County Library, KS)
- Author, title, summary, and webcat link for more than 20 books, from David A. Adler's A Picture Book of
Martin Luther King, Jr. to Jacqueline Woodson's Martin Luther King, Jr., and His Birthday.
- Celebrating Martin Luther King Jr Day Booklist (Kansas City Public Library, KS)
- Author, title, summary of 7 books about King and celebrating his birthday. Same source
has two more MLK lists, one from 1998
and one from 1999.
GROUNDHOG DAY
- Groundhog Day Books (Kansas City Public Library, KS)
- Author, title, summary of over 10 books about Groundhog Day and woodchucks in general.
VALENTINE'S DAY
- KidsRead: Valentine's Day (KidsReads.Com)
- Author, title, publication info, suggested age range, book cover photo, and extensive summary
for over 25 books about love, romance, Valentine's Day.
- A Booklist Filled with Love (Kansas City Public Library, KS)
- Author, title, and summary of 10 Valentine's Day picture books. Also,
Valentine's Day Fiction
and Non-Fiction, with summaries of 11 fiction and 6 non-fiction titles.
