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12 books with a reading profile close to 'Twas the Night before Christmas by Clement Clarke Moore, Anonymous, Jon Goodell, Jessie Wilcox Smith, Mark Marshall, Raquel Martin Peinado, Jessie Smith, Applewood Applewood Books, Erwin Hess, Birchall Publishing. Practical and clear-cut; an easy read.

1

A Child's Garden of Verses

by Robert Louis Stevenson

Also practical and clear-cut · accessible, classic literature

Robert Louis Stevenson’s collection of sixty-four poems captures the solitary play and vivid internal life of a Victorian child.
2

Little Lord Fauntleroy

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Also practical and clear-cut · accessible, classic literature

Seven-year-old Cedric Errol lives a modest life in New York City with his widowed mother, bonding with neighborhood tradesmen like Mr.
3

Blueberries for Sal

by Robert McCloskey

Also practical and clear-cut · accessible, classic literature

Little Sal and her mother climb Blueberry Hill to gather fruit for winter canning.
4

Cozy Classics

by Jack Wang, Holman Wang

Also practical and clear-cut · accessible, classic literature

Jack and Holman Wang condense monumental literary works like Pride and Prejudice, Moby Dick, and Les Miserables into twelve-word narratives designed for infants.
5

The Complete Tales

by Beatrix Potter

Also practical and clear-cut · accessible, classic literature

This 1986 collection brings together all twenty-three of Beatrix Potter’s original Peter Rabbit stories alongside her shorter nursery rhymes and lesser-known tales.
6

The Mitten

by Jan Brett

Also practical and clear-cut · accessible, classic literature

In this retelling of a Ukrainian folktale, a young boy named Nicki asks his grandmother, Baba, to knit him a pair of mittens as white as the fallen snow.
7

Make Way for Ducklings

by Robert McCloskey, David Crommett

Also practical and clear-cut · accessible, classic literature

Mr.
8

Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears

by Verna Aardema

Also practical and clear-cut · accessible, classic literature

This West African folk tale begins with a mosquito telling a lie to an iguana about a stalk of yams.
9

Caps for Sale: A Tale of a Peddler, Some Monkeys and Their Monkey Business

by Esphyr Slobodkina

Also practical and clear-cut · accessible, classic literature

The story follows a peddler who travels from town to town carrying his entire inventory of colorful caps stacked precariously atop his head.
10

The Night Before Christmas

by Clement Clarke Moore

Also practical and clear-cut · accessible, classic literature

On a quiet Christmas Eve, a father is startled by a clatter on his lawn and watches from his window as Saint Nicholas arrives in a miniature sleigh pulled by eight named reindeer.
11

The Real Mother Goose

by Blanche Fisher Wright

Also practical and clear-cut · accessible, classic literature

Blanche Fisher Wright's 1916 collection serves as a definitive visual and textual archive of over three hundred traditional English nursery rhymes.
12

The tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck

by Beatrix Potter, Colin Twinn

Also practical and clear-cut · accessible, classic literature

Jemima Puddle-Duck is an earnest farmyard bird determined to hatch her own eggs despite the farmer’s wife constantly confiscating them.

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