Christmas in Texas Picture Books

CHRISTMAS PICTURE BOOKS

Baurys, Florence. Spur for Christmas / illus by Gerald L. Holmes. Gretna: Pelican, 1999. Augie the Armadillo and friends make their own Christmas prickly pear tree. http://www.pelicanpub.com

Childers, Clark L. Snow: The South Texas Christmas Miracle / illustrations by William Wilhelmi. Corpus Christi, Texas: Red Cab Productions, 2005. With 300 photos about this Christmas Eve of 2004. http://www.texassnowbook.com/

Childers, Clark L. More Snow / illustrations by William Wilhelmi. Corpus Christi, Texas: Red Cab Productions, 2006. 300 more photos.

Childers, Clark L. More snow for kids: the true story of the South Texas Christmas miracle / illustrations by William Wilhelmi. Corpus Christi, Texas: Red Cab Productions, 2006. Yet a third volume with the story of how all the snow happened. And there are some CDs of related information.

Harris, Leon A. Night Before Christmas in Texas, That Is / illus by Meg Wohlberg. Gretna, La: Pelican, 1952, 2006. In rhyme and rhythm. Cowboy Santa delivers in a flying buckboard wagon. Traditional charm. Wohlberg obit at: http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CE4D81339F935A25751C1A966958260

Joyce, William. Santa Calls / New York : HarperCollins, 1993. Brothers and sisters in Abilene. This is the book that sparked the National Center for Children's Literature in Abilene. http://www.harperchildrens.com/ http://www.williamjoyce.com/

Rice, James. Texas Night Before Christmas / Gretna: Pelican, 1986, 2003. In rhyme and rhythm, Texas Jack the jackrabbit figures throughout while a cowboy Santa delivers from a cargo wagon pulled by longhorns which are in nearly in revolt. Usual Rice humor.

Smith, Catherine. Night Before Christmas in Texas / illus by Steve Egan. Salt Lake City: Gibbs-Smith Pub., 1992. Rhythm and rhyme hold consistent. Illustrations only on each 4^th page spread. Traditional Santa Claus in sleigh with reindeer. Rangers help deliver gifts of hats, boots, footballs, and other toys. Book size: 3 ½ x 4 ½ inches. http://www.gibbs-smith.com/