Brambly Hedge: Autumn Story By Jill Barklem

Flora’s Very Windy Day By Jeanne Birdsall

Town Mouse Country Mouse By Jan Brett

Miss Rumphius By Barbara Cooney

The Gruffalo By Julia Donaldson

Room on the Broom By Julia Donaldson

Ox-Cart Man By Donald Hall

In the Middle of Fall By Kevin Henkes

Pumpkin Jack By Will Hubbell

Dangerous Journey-The Story of Pilgrim’s Progress By Oliver Hunkin

Johnny Appleseed By Steven Kellogg

The Relatives Came By Cynthia Rylant

Too Many Pumpkins By Linda White

Advent Resources—Books for Adults

Watch for the Light: Readings for Advent and Christmas

Waiting on the Word: A Poem a Day for Advent, Christmas and Epiphany by Malcolm Guite

God with Us, edited by Greg Pennoyer and Gregory Wolfe

The Art of Advent: A Painting a Day from Advent Through Epiphany by Jane Williams

Haphazard by Starlight by Janet Morley

Advent with Evelyn Underhill, compiled and edited by Christopher Webber

The Glorious Impossible text by Madeleine L’Engle

Advent Resources—Kids

Advent Storybook by Antonie Schneider

The Christmas Star from Afar Advent Calendar and Playset

The Little Lamb from Bethlehem (like Elf on the Shelf, but with a Lamb!)

Advent Spiral

**Ferncliff Christmas Interactive Nativity Experience (December 8-10, 2023. The cost is $15 per car ($25 per large vehicle or church van) paid in cash upon arrival.)

Advent Resources—Video

Rowan Williams—Reflections on Advent (10 min)

The Revd. Dr. Malcolm Guite—Waiting on the Word (1 hour, 4 min)

Advent Resources—Music

Music is such a personal preference. Here are some of our favorites:

Classical Christmas (playlist)

Rachmaninoff: Vespers (All-Night Vigil)

Victorian Christmas: A Traditional Victorian Instrumental Holiday Celebration

Children’s Books

The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey by Susan Wojciechowski

The Nutcracker

The Yule Cat: A Seasonal Makeover by Brian Pilkington (Icelandic Christmas Story)

The Legend of the Poinsettia by Tomie dePaola

Babushka: A Christmas Tale by Dawn Casey

National Geographic Kids: Celebrate Hanukkah

Christmas in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder

Bear Stays Up for Christmas by Karma Wilson

The Legend of Old Befana by Tomie dePaola

Mr. Willowby’s Christmas Tree by Robert Barry

Merry Christmas Strega Nona by Tomie dePaola

Madeline’s Christmas by Ludwig Bemelmans

National Geographic Kids: Celebrate Christmas

How the Grinch Stole Christmas

Letters from Father Christmas by J.R.R. Tolkien

Grumpy Badger’s Christmas by Paul Bright

Holly and Ivy by Rumer Godden

Snow by Uri Shulevitz

The Nativity by Julie Vivas

Lucia Morning in Sweden by Ewa Rydaker

Winter Tales: Stories and Folktales from Around the World by Dawn Casey

Last Stop on the Reindeer Express by Maudie Powell-Tuck

Red & Lulu by Matt Tavares

Winter Candle by Jeron Ashford

Santa’s Story by Will Hillenbrand

The Tomtes’ Christmas Porridge by Sven Nordqvist