In Linda Bailey's When Santa Was a Baby (Tundra), Geneviève Godbout's cozy, warm illustrations are positively edible-the perfect accompaniment to this charming, well-told holiday story about a generous-spirited little boy who was born to be the jolly man in the red suit.

Santa coos like a baby, loses his elves and runs from ninjas in this very merry collection of Santa books. Find more holiday titles in That's the Spirit! Holiday Picture Books. In these holiday picture books, readers are transported to Scandinavia, where a girl raises a baby reindeer to a Hanukkah celebration in Brooklyn where a parakeet crashes the party and to Prague, the home of Tom's Christmas Fish (Floris Books), a heartwarming Swedish import about a boy, his grandfather, and a carp named Peppo who narrowly escapes his fate as Christmas dinner. Find more snowy picture books in Let It Snow. A rubber ball named Plastic says snow is 'what rain becomes when the temperature is freezing,' but we all know the white, sparkly stuff holds more magic than that. Zelinsky reintroduce Little Girl's beloved toy characters from their Toys trilogy in the gorgeous Toys Meet Snow (Schwartz & Wade/Random House). Emily Jenkins and Caldecott artist Paul O. It doesn't snow everywhere in December, but it's always a winter wonderland between the covers of these splendid picture books. Before leaping to that list of brand-new reviews, take a moment to browse through these three bonus shelves of hand-picked holiday picture books. We've sifted through many colorful stacks of 2015 children's books to recommend 20 outstanding gift titles for the holiday season.

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