Books to Read!
• Henry and Mudge In the Sparkle Days by Cynthia Rylant and Sucie Stevenson
• Lemonade In Winter: A Book About Kids Counting Money by Emily Jenkins and G. Brian Karas
• In Like A Lion, Out Like A Lamb by Marion Dane Bauer and Emily Arnold McCully
• Janie and the Magic Christmas Box by Julia Dweck and Terry Sirrell
• Natalie the Christmas Stocking Fairy by Daisy Meadows
• Santa Has the Sniffles by Diane Stortz
• Bear Stays Up For Christmas by Karma Wilson and Jane Chapman
• The Littlest Christmas Tree by R. A. Herman and Jacqueline Rogers
• A Bad Kitty Christmas by Nick Bruel
• Fancy Nancy: There’s No Day Like A Snow Day by Jane O’Connor and Robin Preiss Glasser
• Merry Christmas, Stinky Face by Lisa McCourt and Cyd Moore
• The Elf on the Shelf: A Christmas Tradition Gone Bad by Horace the Elf
• The Little Christmas Elf by Nikki Shannon Smith and Susan Mitchell
• The Shelf Elf by Jackie Mims Hopkins and Rebecca McKillip Thornburgh
• The Elf on the Shelf: A Christmas Tradition by Carol V. Aebersold, Chanda A. Bell, and Coe Steinwart
• How the Easter Bunny Saved Christmas by Derek Anderson
• How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr. Seuss
• The Christmas Wish by Lori Evert and Per Breiehagen
• I Want A Hippopotamus for Christmas by John Rox and Bruce Whatley
• A Wish To Be A Christmas Tree by Colleen Monroe and Michael Glenn Monroe
• Mr. Willowby’s Christmas Tree by Robert Barry
• Llama Llama Jingle Bells by Anna Dewdney
• The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson and Judith Gwyn Brown
• The Christmas Owl by Angela Muse and Helen H. Wu
• Pete the Cat Saves Christmas by James Dean and Eric Litwin
• Froggy’s Best Christmas by Jonathan London and Frank Remkiewicz
• The Last Christmas Tree by Stephen Krensky and Pascal Campion
• The Sweet Smell of Christmas by Patricia M. Scarry and J. P. Miller
• Mortimer’s Christmas Manger by Karma Wilson and Jane Chapman
• Christmas Wombat by Jackie French and Bruce Whatley
Artwork by Dewdney iREAD 2014 Summer Reading Program
Around VA
Check out Festivals and Events happening in December around the state. Many communities have holiday parades and other winter celebrations!
- Fredericksburg Holiday Craft Show – Fredericksburg
- 2015 First Friday Winter Art Walk – Martinsville
- Expo Yard Sales and Market – Fishersville
- 2015 Manassas Gun Show – Manassas
- Sugarloaf Crafts Festival – Chantilly
- Fredericksburg Mistletoe Market – Fredericksburg
- Fishersville Gun Show – Fishersville
- Fredericksburg Christmas Gun Show – Fredericksburg
- Doswell Gun Show – Doswell