Irresistible Christmas Books from Usborne

Deck the halls..with glorious, fantastic BOOKS!

It's getting closer and closer to Christmas and what bibliophiles would we be if we weren't sharing our favourite children's festive reads with you? Picking the best Christmas books can be a tough task. So many titles to choose from, so many new releases. But a total guarantee for us as parents will always be Usborne Books, as they've specialised in books for children over 50 years. Toppsta readers have reviewed so many books from their That's not my... and Sticker Dolly Dressing collections and there's more...

Usborne also have some of the best seasonal books in our opinion. You will have read our review of

Usborne Activity Books To Keep the Kids Busy On Holiday or our Halloween books round-up, and we've got another selection of our favourite books for you for the festive season. What makes many of the books we've shared below so special is that they've got loads of novelty elements, from touchy-feely patches and watercolour pages, to stickers, sounds and puzzles.

Read on to discover our very favourites for the Christmas holidays.

Georgina Atwell

Toppsta

2023-09-30

2023-09-26

Irresistible Christmas Books from Usborne

That's not my... Christmas Tree: A Christmas Book for Babies and Toddlers

Starting our list of favourites strong with an extra special That’s not my... Christmas edition, we just love this touchy-feely board book series for toddlers.

We’ve collected so many of the That’s not my… books over the years, but this one is extra special. If you look at the picture below, you’ll see it’s a bigger format, so perfect to be held by more hands around the Christmas tree. Inside the book, children can touch and feel prickly branches, sparkly decorations and shiny presents!

As just like with all the other books in this fantastic series, you can try and spot the little white mouse on every page. Such a sweet series, and a special addition for the festive period.

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Two books stacked on top of each other: That's Not My Donkey and That's Not My Christmas Tree. The difference in size between the two is visible. — If you're wondering just how much bigger this special book is compared to other That's Not My... books, this picture should show the difference accurately.

Sticker Dolly Dressing The Nutcracker

Another series we have trusted and loved over time is the Sticker Dolly books, and this Nutcracker ballet edition is especially glamorous.

How dreamy are the outfits in this book? Such gorgeous colours, sparkly dresses and dreamy textures! While dressing up the dolls in the book, we do love that we get to sneak in a classic story that’s been part of our very own childhood. We’ve got the Mouse King, the prince, the Sugar Plum Fairy, and all our favourite characters and settings.

This is a great way to engage our little ones in stories we loved as children ourselves.

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An interior spread of stickers from Sticker Dolly Dressing The Nutcracker, with sticker outfits for The Sugar Plum Fairy scene and the Grand Banquet scene. So many glittery, patterned and shiny outfits to marvel from. — Shimmers and patterns galore with the stickers in this beautiful Nutcracker Sticker Dolly story. The outfits in this book are especially festive, so if you've got Sticker Dolly fans like we do, you won't want them to miss out on this one.

Magic Painting Countdown to Christmas

For our Toppsta artists, we’ve got a special festive bookish treat, where you get a painting to fill in with watercolours for every day of December.

Snowflakes, baubles, ice-skating, gingerbread houses, elves… we just love the month of December and all the magic it brings. And what a brilliant idea to celebrate the best month of the year, a painting a day. Our favourite thing about this book is that it’s very simple and mess-free, as all you’ll need is some water and a water painting brush. Once in contact with the water, the painting will automatically colour itself.

A great way to keep the little ones busy and the house mess-free.

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A picture of one of the pages in the book, once watercoloured. — If you're wondering whether you should buy this for your little one, take a look at what one of its pages looks like once watercoloured. We might just be keeping a few pages from our children to colour in ourselves...

The Dinosaurs who met Santa Claus

We’ve answered your Christmassy picture book prayers with this wonderful one in which dinosaurs meet SANTA! But he’s not just any Santa… he’s a DINOSAUR Santa, too.

Who else has children whose Christmas wishlist is SUPER long with all the toys? We’ve definitely got some ourselves. In this picture book, main character Sid’s niece and nephew have that very same problem. We won’t spoil anything else, but we can guarantee there’s so much dino fun to be had.

This book is part of the wider series ‘Dinosaur Tales’ which we also highly recommend for little readers aged 2+.

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An interior spread of the book The Dinosaurs who Met Santa Claus where all the dinosaurs go meet Santa dinosaur sitting on his throne. — So many dinosaurs of all kind and age on each page, with vibrant colours and easy-to-read speech bubbles.

Christmas Sticker Book

We love a good boredom buster, and around Christmas time they come in especially handy. This Christmas Sticker Book is perfect for this time of year.

This sticker book is a great way to get into the holiday spirit, and even to spark lovely conversations about winter and Christmas. Each scene in the book has so many matching stickers to fill it up with. We especially love the busy bears baking Christmas treats and the penguin party, but you can also help little mice build big snowmen, make and wrap presents with Santa's elves and add stickers to an advent calendar in the countdown to Christmas.

A really fun activity book packed full of stickers, we highly recommend!

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A photo of an interior spread in the Christmas Sticker Book full of cute winter stickers. — Seeing the sheer amount of stickers you get with this book in person will blow you away, but we hope this picture of some stickers does it justice.

First Sticker Book Christmas: A Christmas Sticker Book for Children

For little ones who haven’t yet experimented with the joy of stickers for themselves, we’ve found a very special First Sticker Book for Christmas.

With big scenes, large stickers and lots of space for sticking, this is a great choice if you’re not quite sure what sticker book to pick out of the many, many choices of sticker books out there. In this sweet sticker book, there are lovely scenes in which your child can decorate trees, deliver gifts to Santa and join in with the town to celebrate Christmas.

The book has over 150 stickers, so lots and lots of sticking fun.

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An interior spread of First Sticker Book Christmas: A Christmas Sticker Book for Children showing a Black Santa about to bard the sleigh led by reindeer. — The sweetest Santa you could ever imagine hopping aboard his sleigh, with so much space to fill in with stickers on the page.

Sparkly Winter Sticker Book

Because we know sticker books are so popular and well-loved, we’ve got just one more sticker book recommendation, which is also perfect throughout the whole winter season.

Animals are always a big hit with children, so what better than a sticker book all about wintry animals? This is a really delightful sparkly winter book, with scenes of snowmen competition, ice sculpture making, snowball fights and more. And each scene is packed full of winter animals.

This book has a wonderful selection of over 180 stickers, perfect for those rainy, extra cold winter days indoors.

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An interior spread of stickers -- all stickers are woodland animals dressed up and ready for the winter with scarves, hats, mittens and goggles. — Scarves, hats, mittens and goggles for the lovely woodland animals in this winter-themed sticker book. We love how the animals in this book do all the best winter activities, from skiing slopes to making snow angels.

Christmas Sound Book

Back to novelty with a lovely sound book. We especially love this one because its sounds sum up the cosy Christmas spirit.

Sound books are a great way to support hand-eye coordination and what better way to do this than getting cosied up in the festive spirit? This book’s sounds are so comforting, with jingling bells, reindeer whooshing and crackling fires. It’s also a lovely way to get the little ones excited about setting up the Christmas tree and…unwrapping their presents.

There are five sounds in total, the perfect number to help little ones with recognition and repetitive work.

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A photo of an interior spread in the book, showing a hippo, a tiger, a mouse, an elephant, an alligator a a bear around a Christmas tree. — Winter animals, snowy homes and lots and lots of Christmas trees... what a perfect cosy Christmas book to snuggle up with out little ones!

The Little Board Books: A Christmas Carol

This is a really special and contemporary board book if you’re looking for a classic story to share with your little one this Christmas.

If you’re looking to fill your little child’s or class library with some trusty classics, this is a fantastic option with bright, vivid illustrations and an inclusive cast of characters. We really love how the timeless story has been packaged in such a trendy way and the text has been rewritten in a much more friendly manner for little readers to digest more easily.

This great story is bound to be picked up over and over again, so the sturdy board book format comes in especially handy with this book.

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A photo of the open book showing the final scene when Scrooge celebrates Christmas with the townfolk — These bright and vivid illustrations give a really fresh feel to a story we've read and loved since we were little.

Usborne Book and Jigsaw Christmas Maze

Finishing off with a banger, the best Christmas boredom buster or Christmas gift is definitely this boxed book and jigsaw set for children aged 5+.

Need something to keep the kids busy while you get on with all the Christmas prep? Or an impressive gift to give to a child you know? We really think this boxed book and puzzle set will hit the mark. It comes in a sturdy box and the jigsaw is made up of 300 pieces and measures up to 59x44cm, meaning it will keep children busy, busy at work.

And the book has a Christmassy maze on each page, so children will be using their logic with every element of this lovely package.

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