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Here are some delightful (and easy) Christmas themed books for children reading at the Kindergarten level.
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(Ready to Read)
by David Milgrim
3.36 avg rating — 22 ratings
This
book is actually part of a series featuring cute little Otto the
robot. In this story poor old Santa is all worn out after a night of
gift giving, and when he lands on an island he decides to take a snooze
on a beach. Only problem is that the animals all have new toys and they
want to play! Little Otto the robot helps Santa out.
Reading Information:
Word Count: 126
Page Count: 32
Accelerated Reading level: 0.6 / points: 0.5
AR quiz: 82644
LOLA THE ELFby Diane deGroat
4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings
Lola
decides to be a helpful elf and help everyone with getting ready for
Christmas. Oops, thing don't turn out exactly as she plans.
Word Count: 110
Page Count: 16
Accelerated Reader: 0.7 / points: 0.5
AR quiz: 82640
Lexile: AD180L
--available for kindle
by Harriet Ziefert
by Chuck Nitzberg (Illustrations)
2.67 avg rating — 6 ratings
Here is an ecology themed book, where the idea is to find a tree that will be alive year round.
Word Count: 127
Page Count: 28
Accelerated Reader: 0.8 / points: 0.5
AR quiz: 117167
TURTLE AND SNAKE AND THE CHRISTMAS TREEby Kate Spohn
3.25 avg rating — 16 ratings
Turtle
and Snake are friends. And now they are ready to decorate and do fun
Christmas activities like stringing popcorn. But first they have to
find the perfect tree. Can they?
Word Count: 165
Page Count: 32
Accelerated Reader: 0.8 / points: 0.5
AR quiz: 54502
MERRY CHRISTMAS, DEAR DRAGON
by Margaret Hillert
3.17 avg rating — 18 ratings
3.17 avg rating — 18 ratings
Dragon and his boy
enjoy winter activities and celebrate Christmas by building a snow
dragon, chopping down and decorating a tree, making cookies, and sitting
by a fire. (A book from a great series for new readers!)
Page Count: 32
Accelerated Reader: 0.8 / points: 0.5
AR quiz: 9385
Lexile: BR
I LOVE CHRISTMAS! by Hans Wilhelm
4.00 avg rating — 33 ratings
Cute little Noodles is feeling ignored by his family who is so busy
getting ready for Christmas. Then he decides to help! He wraps
presents, makes Christmas cards with his paws, decorates the tree and
even makes Christmas music with a bell.
Word Count: 86
Page Count: 32
Accelerated Reader: 0.8 / points: 0.5
AR quiz: 155215
Lexile: 110L
by Laura Godwin
Jane Chapman (Illustrator)
3.06 avg rating — 16 ratings
Happy
and Honey are two furry family members. Happy is a big, playful dog and
Honey is Happy's little kitten friend. In this book Honey is trying to
help but everything seems to go wrong until Happy helps her out.
Word Count: 147
Page Count: 32
Accelerated Reader: 0.9 / points: 0.5
AR quiz: 66568
KAT'S MYSTERY GIFT(Trucktown series)
by Jon Scieszka
David Shannon (Illustrator)
Loren Long (Illustrator)
3.23 avg rating — 52 ratings
In this book the trucks are trying to guess what Kat's mystery gift is.
Word Count: 124
Page Count: 24
Accelerated Reading level: 0.9 / points: 0.5
AR quiz: 158365
Lexile: AD170L
CHRISTMAS(Powerkids Readers: Happy Holidays!)
by Josie Keogh
An
obscure book, I'm including it because you library just might have it.
Children and their families are shown decorating and preparing for
Christmas.
Word Count: 47
Page Count: 24
Accelerated Reader: 0.9 / points: 0.5
AR quiz: 156112
(Board Book)
by John Grogan
Richard Cowdrey (Illustrator)
Michael Koelsch (Illustrator)
This
little boardbook is listed as a practice reader for kindergarteners.
However it's got some complicated text on the first page.
Kindergarteners could certainly read the pages that say, "Not like that,
Marley!"
Word Count: 107
Page Count: 24
Accelerated Reader: 0.9 / points: 0.5
AR quiz: 158731
(Scholastic)
(Hello Reader)
by Leonard Kessler
3.82 avg rating — 22 ratings
When
Santa cannot find his red suit, he tries on a cowboy suit, a baseball
uniform, and other clothes, but none seems right for his yearly rounds.
Word Count:
Page Count: 28
Accelerated Reader: 0.9 / points: 0.5
AR quiz: 161439
compiled by Pam
updated November 2014
