The 2020 Virtual Advent Tour: Let's Read Some Wonderful Children's Holiday Picture Books

What is the Virtual Advent Tour?

Has there ever been a year that is better suited for a Virtual Advent? 

2020 has been a hard year for everyone, and the current world scenario doesn’t suggest the upcoming holidays are going to be any easier. We’re all thinking about how to celebrate differently at a time when tradition is particularly dear. But there are some annual events that can continue unabated, and the Virtual Advent Tour is one of them, hosted for the sixth time by Sprite Writes. 

As you likely know, the typical Advent calendar is a season-marking device, often paper, but sometimes crafted of other materials, to count down from December 1st until Christmas. Each day, you open a door to unveil a hidden scene or piece of chocolate or some other delight. The Virtual Advent Tour is a bloggers’ take on that. In our version, each morning Sprite Writes will point you to a post at someone’s blog in which they share something about their holiday season.

Let's Read Some Wonderful Children's Holiday Picture Books

I'm a retired librarian and one of the things I love to do every Christmas is to read aloud children's holiday picture books. 

One year, the staff at my school---the principal and assistant principal, the counselor, a school police officer, the school librarian (me!) and others---were invited to read Christmas books aloud as I videotaped them. These were shared so that the whole school could view them each morning at the beginning of the day.

Here are some more wonderful holiday stories.

Mrs. Graham Reads Santa Claus: The World's Number One Toy Expert

Mrs. Robertson Reads Pete the Cat Saves Christmas

Mrs. Ruiz Reads Deseos de Navidad (in Spanish)

Mrs. Ruiz Reads There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Bell

Mrs. Geissen Reads Mooseltoe

Mrs. Rieves Reads Bear Stays Up For Christmas

Mrs. Vargas Reads A Pinata in a Pine Tree: A Latino Twelve Days of Christmas 

Mrs. Recendez Reads Si llevas un ratón al cine (in Spanish)

Mr. Starkey Reads How Do Dinosaurs Say Merry Christmas

Officer Jackson Reads Lego City: Save This Christmas

Ms. Sarah Reads Clifford's First Christmas

My Virtual Advent Tour posts from the past:

2009 Virtual Advent Tour: Children's Picture Books

2010 Virtual Advent Tour: Walk-a-Mile

2012 Virtual Advent Tour: Uff da! Norwegian Fattigmands!

2013 Virtual Advent Tour: The Last Year We Decorated Christmas Cookies with My Mom

2015 Virtual Advent Tour: Walk-a-Mile: 6 Churches, 1 Mile

2016 Virtual Advent Tour: No Traditions? Start One!