CHRISTMAS STORIES: THE 29 BEST GIFT BOOKS RECOMMENDED BY AGES

The arrival of Christmas can be a great occasion to stimulate the imagination of the smallest of the house and, at the same time, to understand the true values of these family parties. It is a good time to read with children simple and simple stories that explain the different traditions of Christmas.

We selected the best Christmas stories recommended by ages for family reading, drinking a chocolate by the tree or at bedtime. A memory for life.

Christmas stories for children from 0 to 3 years old

Hi little boy: It's Christmas!

Author: Carine fontaine

Editorial: Santillana Loqueleo

Age: 0-3 years

The series of books for the smallest of the house 'Hello little one' aims to bring the concept of Christmas to young children who still do not know how to read, through a striking album of illustrations.

Therefore, it is perfect that at the time of his story you teach him to identify prints as typical as the tree, reindeer or gifts.

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Price: 5.65 euros in El Corte Inglés

Mickey Mouse. Christmas tales

Author: Various

Editorial: Disney books

Age: For all ages

A collection of classic stories for the whole family to be infected by the Christmas spirit of Mickey and his friends.

Your children will discover the true meaning of Christmas with Scrooge, they will find the best tree with Donald Duck, they will help Mickey to choose the ideal gift for Minnie and they will even make a Christmas wish with Jaimito, Jorgito and Juanito.

Price: 15.15 euros on Amazon

Christmas stories for children from 3 to 6 years old

The first Christmas book

Author: Rufito Bonavista. Illustrator: Laurence Jammes

Editorial: Saint Paul

Age: 3-6 years

With sturdy cardboard pages, it includes the story of the history of the first Christmas, from the arrival of Joseph and Mary to Bethlehem until the adoration of the shepherds and the Magi.

But in addition, children can display an original book-stage to compose their own portal of Bethlehem, incorporating around José, María and El Niño Jesús the die-cut figures of the Magi, the shepherds and the animals present in the first Christmas, and even play with them, moving them like in a small theater.

Price: 5.65 euros on Amazon

Snow Dreams

Author: Eric Carle

Editorial: Kokinos

Age: + 4 years

With ingredients as simple as a farmer, five animals, a tree and a snowy dream, the author invents a spectacular Christmas gift.

A book with transparencies, surprise button, lights and music. To celebrate these family parties!

Price: 15.20 euros on Amazon

Merry Christmas, Peppa!

Author: various

Editorial: Beascoa

Age: + 4 years

Designed for children who start reading, it contains simple vocabulary and a very visual interior, as well as an entertaining story of one of their favorite characters: Peppa Pig.

It's Christmas Eve and Peppa looks forward to Santa's arrival. What gift will you bring? Later, she and George make a great snowman and coat him with a scarf and gloves so he doesn't get cold.

Price: 7.54 euros on Amazon

Christmas

Author: Anna Canyelles Illustrator: Roser Calafell

Editorial: The gallery

Age: 3-6 years

The perfect short story with which to begin our Christmas readings to understand what will happen in the next few days and why.

Daniel and Paula are nervous ... of course, Christmas parties begin! It will be a non-stop of beautiful things: Christmas Eve, Christmas, the innocent, New Year's Eve, the New Year's Eve bells and the Kings.

And lunches, dinners, polvorones, nougat and gifts. And the Christmas carols, and the nativity scene and the Christmas tree ... What beautiful days ... and how much work!

Price: 5.65 euros, on Amazon

Mr. Viladomat's Christmas tree

Author: Robert barry

Editorial: Corymb

Age: 5-7 years

This classic Christmas story by Robert Barry, first published in 1963, is the first time it is published in full color and will reach the hearts of readers.

Read this story to your children to discover how forest animals celebrate Christmas, when one day a truck arrived with a special shipment: the Christmas tree. It was large and leafy, of a very striking green. It was the most immense tree he had ever seen. And that was precisely the problem.

It was so big that it didn't fit in the living room, so he asked his butler, Bartolo, to cut off the tip. And what happened to the piece you cut?

Price: 13.30 euros on Amazon

The letter for Santa Claus

Author and illustrator: Fran Bravo

Editorial: Createspace Independent Pub

Age: + 3 years

As every year, Santa Claus read and wrote down the wishes of all the letters the children had sent him. But one year, oh no! A letter remained unopened.

You will love the 16 pen illustrations that tell this Christmas story with an unexpected ending. Music, narration and interaction complete this adventure of one of the most endearing contemporary characters.

Price: 9.38 euros on Amazon

The three wise men

Author: Meritxell Martí Ipolisher: Xavier Salomó Fisa

Editorial: Combel

Age: 3 to 6 years

Dare to delve into the latest pop-up scenario of a popular classic: the tradition of the Magi.

It is a way to bring it closer to the little ones, through a modern and synthetic vision, with which they can play when they are awake.

Price: 12.25 euros in El Corte Inglés

'The Christmas reindeer'

Author: Nicola Killen

Editorial: Blok B editions

Age: + 4 years

Few animals are more Christmas than Santa's reindeer. The unmistakable sound of their bells suggests that something wonderful is about to happen.

As in the case of Lucia, the protagonist of this endearing story that meets a magical reindeer that has been flying in an incredible Christmas adventure.

Price: 11.40 euros on Amazon

Fermin and the Magi

Author: Antonio Vicente and Carmen Queralt.

Editorial: Narwhal

Age: 5-6 years

Melchor, Gaspar and Baltasar are kings as magicians as the ones who do the most, but they cannot always bring everything they ask to Fermin and that is sometimes a problem. An endearing story that will make the little ones in the house not only think about the material aspect of Christmas.

This is a book for all kinds of kings: rich and poor, loved and feared, lost and found, and for all types of Fermines: impatient or lazy, moderate or insatiable. A book that talks about the things we want and what happens when we get them, and even what happens when we can't have them.

It is especially suitable for children who cannot have everything and for kings who cannot bring it. Therefore, Fermín not only asks for toys, but also such special things as spending more time with his mother or that his little brother cries less.

Price: 14.25 euros on Amazon

Christmas tales

Author: Various

Editorial: Disney

Age: 3-6 years

160 pages where you will find six Christmas stories full of adventure and fun with the Disney characters of yesterday and today. Your children will be able to share Lightning McQueen on their first day in the snow, they will help Winnie the Pooh hang up socks for Santa Claus, they will discover how Mike saved Christmas and much more.

Price: 12.30 euros in El Corte Inglés

The little Christmas star

Author: Pedro Pablo Sacristán

Editorial: Edaf

Age: + 3 years

Sometimes, it doesn't matter so much the size of things and feelings as the strength and perseverance with which you struggle to achieve dreams.

This is the story of a little star who receives the important task of lighting Christmas. Through this charming adventure and its beautiful illustrations, children will discover that playing humility, joy and generosity can overcome even the greatest adversity.

Price: 17.10 euros in El Corte Inglés

When Matías wanted to pee on Kings night

Author: Chema Heras Illustrator: Kiko Dasilva

Editorial: Kalakandra

Age: + 3 years

"The Kings do not leave toys to children who are awake", his father warned him. "Then I go to bed right now"said Matthias.

But in the middle of the night, Matías woke up eager to pee ...

It is an atypical Christmas story with very expressive illustrations, which shows the particular vision of a child about that special event. The narrative, full of ingenuity and humor, reveals the ingenuity and, at the same time, the complexity of children's imagination.

Price: 12.35 euros on Amazon

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Olivia receives Christmas

Author: Ian Falconer

Editorial: Fund of Economic Culture

Age: + 5 years

It's Christmas Eve and Olivia is very excited - there are so many things to do: put the tree and decorate it, help her mother prepare dinner, wrap gifts, sing Christmas carols ...

So, no matter how exhausted she is, Olivia can't rest because there is something that worries her and keeps her restless: What time is Santa going to arrive?

Price: 13.30 euros on Amazon

Charles Dickens Christmas stories for children

Author: Charles Dickens Illustrator: Elena Iaurussi

Editorial: Gribaudo

Age: 3-6 years

Charles Dickens not only wrote 'Christmas Song', but a total of six short novels dedicated to this date that celebrates affection and altruism, and also distills a strong criticism of the society of his time.

This adaptation takes up the adaptation of Walt Disney that transformed A 'Christmas Carol' into the Christmas story par excellence, and applies the same criteria to the rest of the stories to offer, thus, an affordable set for the youngest.

Price: 12.25 euros, on Amazon

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Christmas and the Magi

Author: Lorena Marin Illustrator: Marifé González

Editorial: Susaeta

Age: + 5 years

It's Christmas, and Javi and Natalia spend the afternoon with their grandfather, who tells them the story of the Magi, the star of Bethlehem, Herod and even the page Carbonilla, who is the one who leaves coal to the children who have misbehaved .

The brothers write their letter to the Kings and look forward to the arrival of the gifts they have asked for. Have your wishes been fulfilled?

Price: 7.55 euros, on Amazon

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Beware of the fur, the Great Bzot arrives!

Author: Geronimo Stilton

Editorial: Child & Youth Destination

Age: + 7 years

Geronimo has not yet found a gift for his nephew Benjamin. The search for the perfect gift will lead him to face his most fearsome enemies, saber-toothed tigers, and will be about to finish stewed and served with lentil garnish.

But it will also make new and surprising friendships. And, at the Fiesta del Gran Bzot, everyone is better ... even the felines!

Price: 11.35 euros, in El Corte Inglés

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Christmas stories

Author: Astrid Lindgren

Editorial: Ingedicions

Age: 6-10 years

It is a collection of tales of the voluminous work of Astrid Lindgren, author of the famous character Pipi Longstocking.

These are ten stories about children who celebrate Christmas and transport us at this time of the year to a family life whose protagonists participate actively and fun in the preparation of these parties.

Reading these stories it is easy to live and share the warmth of the muddles full of innocence and humanity of children.

Price: 19 euros on Amazon

How the Grinch stole Christmas!

Author: Dr. Seuss

Editorial: Random House Childrens Books

Age: 5-8 years

Like the mistletoe branch, the candy cane and the carols, the Grinch is also synonymous with Christmas and an ideal gift for children and adults.

This tender story about the true spirit of Christmas will undoubtedly touch even the toughest and smallest hearts.

Dr. Seuss turns reading into a fun and ideal activity to share between parents and children. The combination of rhymes and the unique mix of rhythm and repetition facilitate learning and the recognition of new words.

Price: 14.75 euros on Amazon

The magical night of the elves

Author: Geronimo Stilton, graduated in Ratology ** Editorial: ** Child & Youth Destination

Age: + 7 years

This is how Gerónimo Stilton says this adventure:

It was already dark and I was still in the office working with Tea and Trampita. Until Bifo and Bifa broke into the newsroom, two friendly elves who filled everything with magic and led us to the North Pole!

A fantastic journey that allowed us to meet Santa Claus and discover - the entire Stilton family - the importance of the Christmas spirit.

Price: 8.50 euros in El Corte Inglés

Nutcracker and the king of mice

Author: Ernest Theodor Amadeus Hoffman Illustrator Maite Gurrutxaga

Editorial: Nordic Books

Age: 6-9 years

The story begins when the young Marie Stahlbaum receives as a gift on Christmas night a doll, Nutcracker, which comes alive after defeating the Mouse King with whom she had waged a hard battle.

After all this, he will travel to a magical kingdom populated by dolls with his owner. Chaikovsky and the choreographers Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov, based on an adaptation entitled "The Nutcracker Tale" written by Alejandro Dumas, turned this story into the ballet The Nutcracker, perhaps, one of the most popular of all ballets.

Price: 21.37 euros on Amazon

The queen of the snow

Author: Hans Christian Andersen Illustrator Oscar T. Pérez

Editorial: Anaya children and youth

Age: 6-9 years

Gerda and Kay are very friends, they love each other as brothers. They are neighbors and love to play together. One winter day, while the snowflakes form figures as they fall on the window pane, Kay's grandmother tells them about the snow queen, beautiful and white.

That same night, while Kay watches the snow fall, a large snowflake perches on the window, transforming into the snow queen. From that moment Kay is not the same again, until one day she disappears in a sleigh driven by the queen herself. It will be then when Gerda starts looking for him, tireless, but it will not be so easy to find him.

Price: 15.20 euros on Amazon

The first afternoon after Christmas

Author: Marta Rivera de la Cruz Illustrator Rafa Vivas

Editorial: Anaya children and youth

Age: 6-11 years

A story of adventure and mystery, which was made with the Anaya Children's Prize.

The first day after Christmas, Marta and Nacho receive a surprise: they will go to Aunt Melinda's house, which they have never seen. Marta knows that she keeps a great secret, then, hidden behind the sofa, she heard a strange conversation between her grandmother and her mother, and wants to discover it.

When they arrive at Melinda's house, the clocks stop and the adventure begins: wishes fulfilled, mysterious doors, fantastic characters and a key.

Price: 9.40 euros, on Amazon

It's Christmas, Stilton

Author: Geronimo Stilton

Editorial: Child & Youth Destination

Age: + 7 years

Everything seemed ready for Christmas dinner with my family. Instead, poor of me, what an amazing Christmas Eve I expected! I picked up hundreds of thousands of chocolate cheeses, a trailer crushed my tail, and my house caught fire.

But how many rodents helped me! Yes, at Christmas we all feel better. How beautiful it would be if the same thing happened all year long!

Price: 8.50 euros in El Corte Inglés

Christmas stories for children over 9 years old

Everything is possible at Christmas

Author: Vanessa Gonzalez Villar

Editorial: Independently published

Age: + 13 years

Have you ever wondered what would happen if someone gave you an advent calendar with twenty four Christmas purposes and you had to fulfill all of them? Maybe your life would change, maybe you would believe again that the wishes are fulfilled, maybe, just maybe, you would discover that everything is possible at Christmas.

Pablo, a sarcastic and introverted publicist. Gabriela, a cheerful and eccentric psychologist. Julia, a very smart and friendly girl. Together they will open that calendar hoping to fulfill their wishes. Will they come true? A novel full of love and much hope. Feel the magic of Christmas again.

Price: 9.88 euros on Amazon

Christmas days: stories and recipes

Author: Jeanette Winterson

Editorial: Lumen

Age: + 11 years

Book of the year 2018 according to 'The Sunday Telegraph' and one of the best books of the year according to 'The New York Times'.

For years Jeanette Winterson has written a story every Christmas: stories full of ghosts and icicles, sleds and mistletoe, but with that dose of irony and reflection that only she is capable of transmitting.

On Christmas Days twelve of them meet: stories to be read aloud, as a family, in front of the fire in the fireplace, and that accompany beautiful illustrations and festive very personal recipes.

The boy who saved Christmas

Author: Matt Haig and Chris Mold

Editorial: Child & Youth Destination

Age: + 9 years

Nicolás was a boy who had no gifts at Christmas, and although he lived very humbly, he was happy. Until his father decided to take a long trip to get a reward and get out of poverty.

Engaged in reuniting with his father, Nicolás crosses forests and snowy mountains on a fascinating journey that will take him to the land of the Elves. There you will meet amazing characters and live adventures that will challenge your imagination, to finally understand what the magic of Christmas is and how to save it.

Price: 14.21 euros on Amazon

Auggie Wren's Christmas Tale

Author: Paul Auster

Editorial: Booket

Age: + 12 years

One day, Paul Auster is commissioned by the New York Times to write a Christmas story. Overwhelmed by the task ("What did I know about Christmas?", He wonders), he decides that the narration he writes will flee the common sensibility that permeates that hibernation.

In search of inspiration, he goes for a walk and goes to the tobacconist in Brooklyn run by his friend Auggie Wren, a peculiar photographer who portrays, daily, the same corner of the neighborhood and the passage of time. It will be he who offers the author this peculiar story, which begins with the casual discovery of a lost portfolio, and which was the seed of the script for the movie 'Smoke'.

Price: 12.30 euros in El Corte Inglés

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