Short List Alphabet Advent
Alphabet Advent Short List This is a summary highlighting only a few titles for each day. For more detail, see Alphabet Advent for 2010.
| A - Angel | November 29 | Country Angel Christmas by Tomie dePaola |
| B - Bethelehem | November 30 | B is for Bethlehem by Isabel Wilner |
| C - Cookie | December 1 | A Baker’s Dozen by Aaron Shepard |
| D - Donkey | December 2 | The Christmas Donkey by Gillian McClure |
| E - Evergreen | December 3 | The Tale of the Three Trees by Angela Elwell Hunt |
| F – St. Francis | December 4 | St. Francis and the Nativity by Myrna A. Strasser |
| G - Gifts | December 5 | The Princess and the Kiss: The Three Gifts at Christmas by Jennie Bishop St. Nicholas: The Real Story Behind the Legend by Julie Stiegmeyer, illustrated by Chris Ellison |
| H - Holy | December 6 | The Legend of St. Nicholas by Demi The Real Santa Claus: Legends of Saint Nicholas by Marianna Mayer Saint Nicholas by Ann Tompert |
| I - Italy | December 7 | Jingle the Christmas Clown by Tomie dePaola Merry Christmas, Strega Nona by Tomie dePaola |
| J - Juggler | December 8 | The Clown of God by Tomie dePaola |
| K - Knight | December 9 | The Christmas Knight by Jane Louise Curry |
| L - Lullaby | December 10 | Christmas Lullaby by Nancy Jewell |
| M - Manger | December 11 | Animals Christmas Carol by Helen Ward |
| N- Nativity | December 12 | Spirit Child, A Story of the Nativity (Aztec) by J Bierhorst |
| O - Ox | December 13 | The Friendly Beasts by Tomie dePaola Lucia: Saint of Light by Katherine Bolger Hyde |
| P - Poinsettia | December 14 | The Legend of the Poinsettia by Tomie dePaola |
| Q - Quirinius | December 15 | The Christmas Story by Genady Spirin |
| R - Russia | December 16 | Miracle of St. Nicholas by Gloria Whelan Pedro, the Angel of Olvera Street by Leo Politi The Night of Las Posadas by Tomie dePaola |
| S – Silent Night | December 17 | Silent Night by Susan Jeffers |
| T - Tree | December 18 | Uncle Vova’s Tree by Patricia Polacco |
| U – United States | December 19 | Christmas on the Farm by Bob Rankin Christmas Day in the Morning by Pearl Buck |
| V - Visit | December 20 | A Visit from St. Nicholas by Clement Clark Moore (Gennady Spirin, Jan Brett, Tasha Tudor) Christmas in Noisy Village by Astrid Lindgren |
| W - Welcome | December 21 | Who is Coming to Our House? By Joseph Slat |
| X - Xmas | December 22 | The Nativity illustrated by Francesca Crespi |
| Y - Yule | December 23 | Christmas in the Stable by Astrid Lindgren |
| Z - ZZZZ | December 24 | There Was No Snow On Christmas Eve by Pam Munoz Ryan |
This is VERY close to what I'm doing (well, literature based wise) from Serendipity's Tomie de Paola Advent Literature Unit (Waldorf based).
Other great ideas are at the end of Kate's post here.
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