Diverse Books for the Holidays

Whether it’s Christmas, Hanukkah, Winter Solstice, and Kwanzaa— this picture book list has you covered with our favorite new Diverse Books for the Holidays.

• Diverse Books for the Holidays 


TWELVE DINGING DOORBELLS

A cumulative all-holiday carol packed to the brim with family, food, love, and Black joy, especially perfect for Thanksgiving, Christmas, graduations, and all family celebrations.

Every holiday, aunties, uncles, cousins, grandparents, and neighbors come over to eat, sing, and celebrate life. But all our main character can think about is the sweet potato pie Granny makes just for her. As tables fill with baked macaroni and cheese, chitlins, and other sides a-steaming, she and Granny move the pie to keep it intact. The task becomes tricker as the room grows with dancing and card games and pie cravings. Just when all seems lost and there’s no more pie, Granny pulls out a sweet surprise.

TWELVE DINGING DOORBELLS
Written by Tameka Fryer Brown and Illustrated by Ebony Glenn
Published by Kokila Books


A PINATA IN A PINE TREE:

A Latino 12 Days of Christmas

An award-winning author and a rising star artist have put a festive Latino twist on The Twelve Days of Christmas, populating it with piñatas in place of partridges, plus burritos bailando (dancing donkeys), lunitas cantando (singing moons), and much more, all displayed in the most vivid colors imaginable.

In this version a little girl receives gifts from a secret amiga, whose identity is a sweet surprise at the book’s conclusion. There are things to find and count in Spanish on every page, with pronunciations provided right in the pictures and a glossary and music following the story. This joyous fiesta will warm even the coldest of hearts.

A PINATA IN A PINE TREE: A Latino 12 Days of Christmas
Written by Pat Mora and Illustrated by  Magaly Morales
Published by Clarion Books


DADDY CHRISTMAS AND HANUKKAH MAMA

DADDY CHRISTMAS AND HANUKKAH MAMA
Written and Illustrated by Selina Alko
Published by Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers


THE SOUND OF KWANZAA


Bethany Edwards is an elementary educator as well as a reading and literacy
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