Resources in the St. Luke Library

Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa (PDF)

Advent and Christmas:
For Children
B is for Bethlehem: A Christmas Alphabet by Isabel Wilner.
Christmas Menorahs: How a Town Fought Hate by Janice Cohn (a true story).
Mary, the Mother of Jesus by Tomie de Paola.
My Very Own Christmas: Book of Cooking and Crafts by Robin West (daughter of St. Luker, Walt West).
The Nativity by Julie Vivas.
Uncle Vova’s Tree and The Trees of Dancing Goats by Patricia Polacco.

For Teens and Adults
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Jo Robinson
Unplug the Christmas Machine by Jo Robinson
Blessed One: Protestant Perspectives on Mary edited by Beverly Roberts Gaventa
Born of a Woman: A Bishop Rethinks the Virgin Birth by John Shelby Spong
Cup of Christmas Tea by Tom Hegg
The First Christmas: What the Gospels Really Teach about Jesus's Birth by Marcus Borg and John D. Crossan
Honest to Jesus by Robert Funk
Kneeling in Bethlehem by Ann Weems
Mary: Glimpses of the Mother of Jesus by Beverly Roberts Gaventa
Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time by Marcus Borg
Night Visions: Searching the Shadows of Advent and Christmas by Jan Richardson
Simplify and Celebrate by Alternatives
Who Is Jesus? by John Dominic Crossan

Hanukkah:
For Children
Jewish Days and Holidays by Greer Fay Cashman.
The Story of Chanukah by Beverly Charette.
Christmas Menorahs: How a Town Fought Hate by Janice Cohn (a true story).
My First Chanukah by Tomie de Paola.
Family Treasury of Jewish Holidays by Malka Drucker.
A Jewish Holiday Book by Wendy Lazar.
There’s No Such Thing as a Chanukah Bush, Sandy Goldstein by Susan Sussman.

Kwanzaa:
For children
Kwanzaa; and My First Kwanzaa Book by Deborah Chocolate.
Kwanzaa by A.P. Porter.
Kwanzaa by Dana Meachen Rau.
The Story of Kwanzaa by Donna Washington.