This list features easy Christmas readers for newer readers. This time the focus is on slightly more difficult readers --Accelerated Readers at the 3 Level !
by Dr. Seuss
Description: Were you wondering where the Grinch was in the context of all our lists? Well, he's an AR 3... AR 3.0 to be precise. And if you didn't know it, in this book the Grinch tries to stop Christmas from arriving by stealing all the presents and food from the village, but much to his surprise it comes anyway. Could Christmas be about more than presents?
Description: Were you wondering where the Grinch was in the context of all our lists? Well, he's an AR 3... AR 3.0 to be precise. And if you didn't know it, in this book the Grinch tries to stop Christmas from arriving by stealing all the presents and food from the village, but much to his surprise it comes anyway. Could Christmas be about more than presents?
- Hardcover: 64 pages
- Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
- ISBN-10: 0394800796
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Technical Stuff:
Word Count: 1,355
Reading Level: 3.0
Accelerated Reader: reading level: 3.0 / points: 0.5 / quiz: 9025
Stanley's Christmas Adventure (Flat Stanley)
by Jeff Brown, Macky Pamintuan (Illustrator)
Description: When Santa quits his job a few days before Christmas because of too many greedy children, his daughter whisks young Stanley and his family off to the North Pole to help change the old man's mind.
- Paperback: 96 pages
- Publisher: HarperCollins
- ISBN-10: 0064421759
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Technical Stuff:
Word Count: 4,721
Reading Level: 3.2
Accelerated Reader: reading level: 3.2 / points: 1.0 / quiz: 73321
Snowmen at Christmas
by Caralyn Buehner, Mark Buehner (Illustrator)
Description: Have you ever wondered what snowmen do for Christmas? A continuation of this wonderful series about the jolly guys.
- Hardcover: 32 pages
- Publisher: Dial
- ISBN-10: 0803729952
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Technical Stuff:
Word Count: 384
Reading Level: 3.5
Accelerated Reader: reading level: 3.5 / points: 0.5 / quiz: 102271
Snowmen at Night is also fun.
We haven't read Snowmen All Year, but it's probably worth checking out.
The Polar Express
by Chris Van Allsburg
**Booklist Editors' Choice**
**Horn Book Fanfare Selection**
**New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Books of the Year**
**Reading Rainbow Review Book **
Description: Late one Christmas Eve after the town has gone to sleep, the boy boards the mysterious train that waits for him: The Polar Express bound for the North Pole. When he arrives, Santa offers the boy any gift he desires. The boy modestly asks for one bell from the harness of a reindeer. The gift is granted. On the way home the bell is lost. On christmas morning the boy finds the bell under the tree. The mother of the boy admires the bell, but laments that it is broken—for you see, only believers can hear the sound of the bell
Movie: Okay, we don't usually suggest movies, but our children love this one. So read the book and then share the movie. Blu-ray | Regular DVD
Movie: Okay, we don't usually suggest movies, but our children love this one. So read the book and then share the movie. Blu-ray | Regular DVD
- Hardcover: 32 pages
- Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
- ISBN-10: 0395389496
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Technical Stuff:
Word Count: 1,054
Reading Level: 3.8
Accelerated Reader: reading level: 3.8 / points: 0.5 / quiz: 5240
Christmas in the Big Woods (Little House)
by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Description: Ma and Pa, Mary and Carrie and their good old bulldog, Jack, celebrate Christmas in their log cabin in the Big Woods.
- Paperback: 32 pages
- Publisher: HarperCollins
- ISBN-10: 0064434877
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Technical Stuff:
Word Count: 547
Reading Level: 3.8
Accelerated Reader: reading level: 3.8 / points: 0.5 / quiz: 11163
If you don't understand what the Accelerated Reading level designation means, do check out Wikipedia's explanation. Basically though, it's a wonderful tool for adults and kids to use to choose books that won't frustrate children by being too difficult.
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