Our Guest: Nancy Kelly of Sage Parnassus- we are so grateful that she was able to have the energy to visit with us while she recovered from a round of the Rona!
Nancy has so generously compiled a list of her family’s favorite Christmas books- over 150 titles, in a free pdf that can be found here: Kelly Family Christmas Book List.
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Featured books in this episode:
The Gospel of John read alongside the Scale How Meditations by Charlotte Mason
Charlotte Mason Home Education Series (Nancy’s favorite volume is no. 4 Ourselves)
Sir Gibbie by George MacDonald
The George MacDonald Christmas Collection selected by David Jack
Hannah Coulter by Wendell Berry
Zao’s Tales by J. A. Sommer
The Gift of the Magi a short story by O. Henry
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson
The Nutcracker and the Mouse King by E. T. A. Hoffmann
The Story of Us by Mitali Perkins
Mousekins's Christmas Eve by Edna Miller
Forever Christmas by Harry Davis
The Tall Book of Christmas by Dorothy Hall Smith
A Certain Small Shepherd by Rebecca Caudill
Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree by Robert Barry
The Year of the Perfect Christmas Tree by Gloria Houston
The Tailor of Gloucester by Beatrix Potter
Take Joy! The Tasha Tudor Christmas Book by Tasha Tudor
On That Night by Elizabeth Yates
A Grandma for Christmas by Alta Halverson Seymour
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Papa Panov's Special Christmas translated into English by Leo Tolstoy
The Other Wise Man by Henry van Dyke
The Chimes by Charles Dickens
The Cricket on the Hearth by Charles Dickens
The Art of Advent: A Painting a Day from Advent to Epiphany by Jane Williams
The Glorious Impossible by Madeleine L'Engle
Wounded in Spirit: Advent Art and Meditations by David Bannon
Christmas Is Coming!: Celebrate the Holiday with Art, Stories, Poems, Songs, and Recipes by The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Man Who Invented Christmas: How Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol Rescued His Career and Revived Our Holiday Spirits by Les Standiford
The Dean’s Watch by Elizabeth Goudge
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder
The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
Corrie’s Christmas Memories by Corrie ten Boom
A Christmas Book by Elizabeth Goudge
Maple & Willow’s Christmas Tree by Lori Nichols
Maple & Willow Apart by Lori Nichols
Christmas Around the World series by Alta Halverson Seymour
Turkey for Christmas by Marguerite de Angeli
The Lion in the Box by Marguerite de Angeli
The Box of Delights by John Masefield
Christmas audio programs:
Three Wise Men and a Baby by Jungle Jam and Friends the Radio Show
The King Has Arrived by Michael J. Tinker
Resources mentioned in this episode:
Belvedere Mansion and Gardens in Galena, Illinois. Houses a beautiful collection of Christian art.
Kelly Family Christmas Book List- free pdf of over 150 Christmas titles
Join the conversation! We would love to hear what your favorite Christmas books and family holiday traditions are!
025 Christmas Stories with Nancy Kelly