Advent Books for You and Your Family
If you are looking for a daily practice to ground you and/or your family in the meaning of Christmas, consider purchasing a few advent books to guide you throughout the holiday season. Some links are affiliate links.
Advent Books for You and Your Family
Advent Books for Young Children
Welcome Baby Jesus: Advent and Christmas Reflections for Families: This guided book for families includes daily scripture, a short reading and an activity to do together.
Truth in the Tinsel: I LOVE this resource for families. With this ebook, you’ll get 24 days of Scripture reading, ornament crafts, talking points and extension activities. Plus fun printables and templates!
The Jesus Storybook Bible-A Christmas Collection: This adorable book celebrates the advent and provides a button for each day that plays 20 seconds of classic Christmas music or narration.
Jingle, All the Way Home: This is such a fun book that kids get to read and enjoy chapter by chapter during the Christmas season. Each day’s pages are stickered together, so your child will rip the sticker to read the chapter of the day
The Christmas Contest: We love that this Advent book has perforated pages to rip open and read each day in December. The illustrations are wonderful too.
For Families
Unwrapping the Greatest Gift: A Family Celebration of Christmas: I think this might be one of the most gorgeous Christmas devotionals ever to be published. Every page is stunning. It will be a book you look forward to opening as a family every year. Filled with Ann’s poetic prose and beautiful illustrations, the book guides families through the timeless Advent tradition of the Jesse Tree.
The Wonder of the Greatest Gift: This book comes with a 13 inch tree, an ornament and hanger, and a simple reading for each day.
Merry Murdle: Make family time a little more magical with nightly mini mysteries. This book includes 25 festive puzzles that turn cozy evenings into a fun, low-key team challenge.
All Creation Waits: This is perfect for animal lovers. Read about a familiar animal and how they react when darkness and cold descend with a short, daily reflections.
The Advent Jesse Tree: This devotional has two versions each day, one for kids and one for adults. Each devotional is paired with a symbol that traces the heritage of Jesus.
25 Days of the Christmas Story-An Advent for Families: This book features a different person, place or object from the original Christmas story. Each day provides a short story, character trait and activity to enforce the main theme of the day.
Christmas is Coming: This Advent keepsake book provides recipes, crafts, stories, games and other fun ideas to share with the whole family.
Advent Books for Busy Moms
A Moment of Christmas: This is a devotional for busy moms that I am so excited to try this year.
Advent Books for Adults
The Greatest Gift: Ann Voskamp’s daily Jesse Tree Advent devotional ushers in the meaning of the season through an exploration of the Old Testament to understand the lineage of Jesus. Each day features its own exquisite ornament highlighting the day’s biblical story.
Shadow and Light: This book has something for everyone, and helps you to reconnect to the magic of the Season. Each day features scripture, a reflection, a question and a simple activity.
Come, Let Us Adore Him: A Daily Advent Devotional: This book has a daily reading for the month of December to help us slow down and enjoy the true meaning of Christmas.
Honest Advent: This is a great Advent calendar for those of you who want to dig deeper into the Christmas holiday. Each day provides images and meditation prompts to rekindle the wonder of “God-With-Us” during this special season.
Emmanuel: A beautifully illustrated 25-day Advent devotional by Ruth Chou Simons that helps you slow down and reflect on the true meaning of the season. Perfect for daily inspiration, it’s a gift that can be treasured year after year.
For Colorers
If you like to color, I also found these adult Advent coloring books:
I hope this helps you identify what Advent resources are right for you and your family. We will be doing a combo of religious and fun in our home. I love cultivating daily habits during the holiday season. I believe they help ground us in what really matters.
Disclosure: Some links are affiliate links.
Thank you Jessica! I purchased Search for the Shepherd from Daysoring this year and just signed up to their site that offers daily advent ideas to go along with it. I’m pretty impressed with the “ease” of each activity. Excited to add it in.
Merry Christmas!
Lena