1. Of Thee I Sing: A Letter to My Daughters, by Barack Obama, Loren Long (Illus.), Knopf Books for Young Readers
2. Llama Llama Holiday Drama, by Anna Dewdney, Viking
3. Goodnight Moon, by Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper
4. The Polar Express, by Chris Van Allsburg, Houghton Mifflin
5. It's a Book, by Lane Smith, Roaring Brook
6. How the Grinch Stole Christmas, by Dr. Seuss, Random House
7. It's Christmas, David!, by David Shannon, Blue Sky
8. Snowmen at Christmas, by Caralyn Buehner, Mark Buehner (Illus.), Dial
9. Children Make Terrible Pets, by Peter Brown, Little Brown
10. Old Bear and His Cub, by Olivie Dunrea, Philomel
11. Art & Max, by David Wiesner, Clarion
12. Olivia Goes to Venice, by Ian Falconer, Atheneum
13. The Night Before Christmas, by Clement C. Moore, Eric Puybaret (Illus.), Imagine
14. Knuffle Bunny Free, by Mo Willems, Balzer & Bray
15. Where the Wild Things Are, by Maurice Sendak, Harper
