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A SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF
CHILDREN’S INTERACTIVE NATIVITY BOOKS
Movable Books
Pop-ups, Panoramas, Carousels, and Crèches to Create,
plus, Additional Activity Books and Videos
Notes on using this Bibliography
To add to your enjoyment and understanding of the movable books
portion of this Bibliography, we offer below a series of definitions
for the terms used in the descriptions.
POP-UP. A three-dimensional construction which rises, or pops-up,
when the page to which it is attached is opened or turned.
DOUBLE-PAGE POP-UP. A three-dimensional construction which
is attached to two contiguous pages.
FANFOLDED POP-UP. A three-dimensional construction formed by
making slits in the page or pages from which it rises and then folding
the slit parts into the desired form.
ROTATING WHEEL. A disc, mounted between two pages, which, when
rotated, reveals special pictures or words through cut-outs in the page.
TAB-OPERATED MECHANICAL. A picture which changes when the
attached tab is pushed or pulled.
CAROUSEL. A circular scene created by tying the covers of a book
together, front to back, revealing multiple pop-ups.
PANORAMA. A “book” that stretches out in an accordion shape and
stands up to reveal a scene on either one or both sides.
MOVABLE BOOKS
Adams, Lynn, Illustrator
Bethlehem’s Busy. What’s Going On?
A Reader’s Digest Young Families Book
Westport, Connecticut: Published by Joshua Morris Publishing, Inc., 1996
(doors and windows open, curtains pull back, tabs lift)
Adams, Lynn Illustrated by
Boniface, William Written by
Five Little Christmas Angels
Printed in Thailand
New York: Price Stern Sloan, a division of Penguin Young
Readers Group, 2003
(1 double-page pop-up, cutout circles, 5 miniature
angels in countdown to Christmas)
Andrews, Michelle
The Shepherd’s Christmas
Illustrated by John Gurney
Paper Engineering by Bruce Foster
Baltimore, Maryland: Allan Publishers, Inc.
Created and manufactured for Western Publishing Company, Inc.,
by arrangement with Ottenheimer Publishers, Inc., 1992
Printed and bound in Colombia
(3 double-page, fan-folded pop-ups)
Ashley, Elizabeth
The Christmas Story Pop-Up Book
London: Dean & Son Ltd., 1969
(3 double-page, fan-folded pop-ups)
Ashley, Elizabeth
The Story of Jesus Pop-Up Book
London: Deans International Publishers, 1985
(3 double-page, fan-folded pop-ups)
Barker, Stephen
My First Christmas
Paper Engineering by Martin Taylor
London: The Coda Centre, 2010
Text copyright Caterpillar Books Ltd, 2010
(double-page pop-up Nativity at end of story)
Barnes, Catherine, Designer of Nativity
The Fold-Away Nativity Book
New York: Rudolph J. Gutmann, Garden City Books, 1951
(stable scene pops up with some figures in place –
others to add are separate)
Bartocci, Barbara
Christmas in Many Lands. Stories and Fun from Around
the World. A Hallmark Pop-Up Book
Illustrated by Judy Griffith
Paper Mechanics by Howard Lohnes
Kansas City, Missouri: Hallmark Cards, no date, c. 1976
(8 double-page pop-ups – Nativity sets are part of
scenes in United States and Italy)
Beck, Ian, Illustrator
Away in a Manger: A Christmas Carousel Book
New York: Hyperion Books for Children, 1994
(carousel – folds out to 4 scenes and ties)
Birth of Jesus, The. A Pop-Up Book
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Ashland, Ohio, USA:
Brendon Creative Publishing, a division of
Transglobal Communications Group, Inc., 2001
(5 double-page pop-ups)
Bishop, Roma, Illustrator
Christmas Nativity. Little Christmas Pops
Ruth Mawdsley, Paper Engineer
Designed and Conceived by Graham Brown
New York: Little Simon Merchandise. An imprint of Simon &
Schuster Children’s Publishing Division
London: Brown Wells & Jacobs Ltd., 1994
(5 double-page pop-ups)
Bishop, Roma, Illustrator
Christmas Songs. Little Christmas Pops
Ruth Mawdsley, Paper Engineer
Designed and Conceived by Graham Brown
New York: Little Simon Merchandise. An imprint of Simon &
Schuster Children’s Publishing Division
London: Brown Wells & Jacobs Ltd., 1994
(5 Christmas carols – 5 double-page pop-ups)
Bonn, Franz
The Children’s Theatre: A Reproduction of the Antique
Pop-up Book
Harmondsworth, Middlesex; London: Kestrell Books,
Penguin Books Ltd., New York: Viking Press, 1978
First published in 1878 by J. F. Schreiber, Esslingen, Germany
(“4 scenes on stage, one showing the Nativity scene”)
Bowden, Joan
A Pop-Up Book for Christmas. A Treasury of Celebrations
Around the World with an Advent Calendar to Count the
24 days until Christmas
Designed and Engineered by Pat Paris – Illustrated by Robin Richesson
New York: Clarion Books, a Houghton Mifflin Company imprint, 1994
(4 double-page pop-ups – one is a Nativity scene –
+ 4 flaps and Advent Calendar)
Bowman, Pete, Illustrator
The Christmas Songbook: Favorite Carols with Changing Pictures
Claire Littlejohn, Paper Engineer
New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1990
(5 pictures change with slats, one tab)
Britt, Stephanie
My Little Christmas Calendar – A Flap Book and Lantern
Mark Walter, Illustrator
Dallas: Work Publishing, 1995
Brooks, Felicity
Usborne Lift-the-Flap Nativity
Designer and model maker: Jo Litchfield
Managing designer: Mary Cartwright
Photography: Howard Allman
London: Usborne Publishing
Tulsa: EDC Publishing, 2003
Brooks, Phillips
O Little Town of Bethlehem. A Stocking Stuffer Pop-Up Book
Illustrated by Karen Barnes
Paper Engineering by Bruce Foster
Baltimore: Ottenheimer Publishers, Inc., 1994
(covers open to reveal one pop-up Nativity stable scene,
with 14-page small book at bottom)
Brown, F. Lucy Rudston
The Story of Jesus
Illustrations by Eileen M. Watts – Produced by S. Louis Giraud
North Finchley, England: Strand Publications, no date, c. 1938
Bookano Living Pictures Series
(9 double-page pop-ups – one is a Nativity scene)
Brown, Sue Ellen, Illustrator
The Nativity. A Bible Story Pop-Up Book
Designed by Leslie McGuire
Paper Engineering by Bruce Reifel
New York: Thomas Nelson, Inc., 1993
Produced by Intervisual Books, Inc., Santa Monica
(5 pop-ups – 3 pull tabs – 2 lift-the-flaps)
Burgard, Anna Marlis (Retold by)
Holy Night. An Illuminated Nativity Story with Fold-Out Crèche
Illustrated by Bradley H. Clark
Paper Engineering by Bruce Foster, Ed Golm, and B. H. Jackson
New York: Victor Books, 1994
Created and manufactured by arrangement with Wild Honey, a
Division of Ottenheimer Publishers, Inc.
(fold-out, 3-dimensional scene, 2 changing wheels; a
pull-out panel tells Christmas story)
Burrow, Barbara (Story adaptation by)
The Very First Christmas: The Story of the Nativity Adapted
from the Scriptures
Illustrated by Arlene Noel
Kansas City, Missouri: Hallmark Cards, Inc., Hallmark Children’s
Editions, no date, c. 1974
(7 double-page pop-ups, 1 wheel to turn, 1 pull-tab)
Byj, Charlot
Christmas on Stage – A Book of words in rhyme and reason,
to greet the Magic Christmas Season
New York: Polygraphic Company of America, Inc., 1950
(5 pop-ups, one is a Nativity)
Carlstrom, Nancy White
Ten Christmas Sheep
Illustrated by Cynthia Fisher Paper Engineering by Jane McTeigue
Grand Rapids, Michigan: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1996
Produced by White Heat Ltd.
(3 double-page pop-ups – tab-operated mechanicals)
Chamberlain, Margaret, Illustrator
The Little Christmas Fold-Out Book
Batavia, Illinois: Lion Publishing Corp., 1986
Printed and Bound in Singapore
(slip case- book unfolds to strip of 28 scenes of first Christmas)
A Christmas Panorama. The Friendly Beasts &
A Partridge in A Pear Tree
Illuminated by Virginia Parsons
Calligraphy by Sheila Waters
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1966
(3 ½ x 4 ¾ booklet unfolds into 70”, 18-scene
panoramas, one each side)
Christmas Star, The A Light-Up Shadow-Box Book
Illustrations by José Miralles
Paper engineering by Jane McTeigue
New York: Dorling Kindersley Publishing, Inc., 1995
(5 fan-folded pop-up scenes – star lights at end)
Christmas Story, The. A Pop-Up Book
Baltimore, Maryland: Allan Publishers, Inc., 1989
Port Washington, New York: Publishers Clearing House,
Originally published and distributed by Stoneway, Ltd.
Created and manufactured by arrangement with
Ottenheimer Publishers, Inc.
(3 double-page pop-ups)
Church, Peter, Illustrator
Silent Night. A Christmas Pop-Up
Music and Words by Joseph Mohr and Franz Gruber
Paper Engineering by Bruce Foster
Baltimore: Allan Publishers, Inc., 1992
(each of 3 double-page pop-ups contains
& illustrates a verse of “Silent Night”)
Coville, Katherine Dietz, Illustrator
The Friendly Beasts
Paper engineering by Dick Dudley
New York: Dial Books, A Dial Stockingstuffer, 1991
(1 pop-up scene + 12-page illustrated story, music score)
Cowern, R. T. Illustrator
The Birth of Jesus - A Peepshow Book
London: Folding Books, Ltd., no date, c. 1947, 1952
(unfolds into carousel of 6 scenes)
Cremins, Bob, Illustrator
The First Noel
Paper engineering by Dick Dudley
New York: A Dial Stockingstuffer, Dial Books for
Young Readers, 1991
(1 pop-up scene + 12-page story book, music score)
Crespi, Francesca, Illustrator
An Advent Carousel
London: Frances Lincoln Limited, 1999
(5 pop-up carousel/Advent Calendar)
Crespi, Francesca, Illustrator
A Christmas Carousel
London: Frances Lincoln Limited, 1999
San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1999
(5-pop-up carousel/Advent calendar)
Crespi, Francesca Illustrator
Ding Dong! Merrily on High: A Pop-Up Book of Christmas Carols
New York: Little Simon – Simon & Schuster Children’s
Publishing Division, 2008
London: Frances Lincoln Limited, 2008
(5 fanfolded, double-page pop-ups – 2 mechanical
wheels, a lift-the-tab, and one pull tab)
(Reprint of Crespi book, “Make A Joyful Noise”, but with the
substitution of “Ding Dong! Merrily on High” for “Joy to
the World”, the last carol in each book)
Crespi, Francesca, Illustrator
Make a Joyful Noise: A Pop-Up Book of Christmas Carols
New York: Little Simon – Simon & Schuster Children’s
Publishing Division, 1997
London: Frances Lincoln Limited, 1997
(5 fan-folded, double-page pop-ups – 2 mechanical
wheels, a lift-the-tab, and one pull tab)
Crespi, Francesca, Illustrator
The Nativity - A Glorious Pop-Up book
Text by Veronica Heley
New York: Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, Inc.,
A Rooster Book, 1994
London: Frances Lincoln Limited, 1994
(6 glorious fan-folded scenes)
Crespi, Francesca, Illustrator
Silent Night
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1987
Originally published in Great Britain by Methuen Children’s
Books Ltd.
(a pop-up book – 4 fan-folded scenes)
David, Juliet Written by
The Busy Christmas Stable
Illustrated by Sarah Pitt
Oxford, England: Candle Books, imprint of Lion Hudson plc/
Tim Dowley Associates, 2010
(board book – a question asked on each page – levers
to pull so that answers pop-up)
David, Juliet, Author and Ward, Sylvia, Illustrator
Lift the Flap Nativity
Oxford, England: Candle Books, 2007
(flaps to open on every page)
David, Juliet
The Very First Christmas. Changing Pictures
Pauline Siewert, illustrator
Oxford. England: Candle Books, imprint of Lion Hudson plc/
Tim Dowley Associates, 2010
(lift the cover, then each flap, to see six changing pictures)
deGraaf, Anne Story retold by
The First Christmas. Little Children’s Bible Books
Illustrated by José Perez Montero
Design by Ben Alex
Conceived, designed and produced by Scandinavia Publishing House
Nashville: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 1998
(jumbo foldout, with interactive text)
deKlerk, Roger, Illustrator
Baby Jesus Is Born. Little Bible Story Pop-Ups
Montreal, Canada: Tormont Publications, Inc., 1999
(small format with 5 pop-ups)
DePaola, Tomie Text and Illustrations
The First Christmas - A Festive Pop-up Book
Keith Moseley, paper engineer
New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1984
(6 pop-up scenes / one is a Nativity – tab-operated
mechanicals and 1 transformational slat)
De Paola, Tomie
Pop-Out Advent Calendar
New York: WJ Fantasy, Inc., 1983
(large stable with 24 figures, ornaments)
Deverell, Christine Written by
The Ultimate Christmas Pop-Up
Paper engineering by Tim Bullock
Illustrated by Richard & James Deverell
Designed by Julian Deverell
Trowbridge, Wiltshire: Eagle Publishing Ltd., 2003
(opens to 22” across front x 11 ¾” high + 2 story pages)
DeVries, Catherine Written by
Come and See Baby Jesus. A Lift-the-Flap Book
(The Beginner’s Bible series)
Illustrated by Kelly Pulley
Grand Rapids: Zondervan/Zonderkidz, board book edition, 2009
(50 fun flaps to lift)
Doney, Meryl
The Advent Calendar Pop-Up Book
Illustrated by Maggie Downer
Old Tappan, New Jersey: F. H. Revell Co., 1990
(tabs lift for first 24 days of Advent – 25th is
double-page pop-up of Nativity scene)
Doney, Meryl
The First Christmas: A Pop-Up and Play Pack
Illustrated by Nick Ward
Oxford, England: Lion Publishing, 1994
(stable– 4 sheets press-out characters)
Dowley, Tim
On That Christmas Night
Oxford, England: Candle Books, 2008
(pop-ups, pull tabs, lift flaps)
Downer, Maggie, illustrations by
The Christmas Story
Twickenham, England: Tucker Slingsby Ltd., 2004
(lift the flaps, pet the animals, and see star sparkle!)
Downer, Maggie, Illustrator
The First Christmas. An Advent Calendar to Treasure
Written by Wendy Madgwick
Designed by Mike Jolley
Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1992
(spreads out to 9 feet)
Egan, Louise Betts
Christmas Angels. A Pop-Up Book
John Berkey, William G. Orr, Robyn Officer, Karen Pritchett,
Illustrators
William C. Wolff, Paper Engineer
Kansas City, Missouri: Andrews and McMeel, 1994
(carousel book – 4 three-dimensional scenes)
Eisen, Armand
Silent Night. A Pop-Up Book
Illustrations by James J. Himsworth III
Pop-Up Design by William C. Wolff
Kansas City: Ariel Books, Andrews & McMeel,
a Universal Press Syndicate Co., 1995
(3 pop-up carousel)
Ellis, Gwen, Author and Smallman, Steve, Illustrator
Christmas Angels, Read and Share
Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2007
(center-spread pop-up Nativity shows the coming and
going of angels connected with the birth of Jesus)
Faulkner, Keith
Christmas Story. Includes a Pop-Up Stable for your Nativity Display
Illustrated by Jonathan Lambert
Brookfield CT: The Millbrook Press, 2000
(5 crèche figures set into cover to use with pop-up stable)
Ferntheil, Carol.
If You Had Been in Bethlehem. A Diorama Story Book
Illustrated by Irana Shepherd
Designed by John Strejan
London: Scripture Union, 1977
(unfolds to a 3-dimensional Nativity scene)
Finch, Hilda M. (Written and Adapted by)
Christmas Time
Cover and “The Very First Christmas” illustrated by Charlot Byj
No publisher, no date, c. 1950s?
(4 pop-ups – one is a Nativity scene)
First Christmas, The
Twickenham, England: Tucker Slingsby Ltd, 2006
(8-page board book – 4 pages are 12-piece puzzles)
First Christmas, The. A Christmas Mini Pop-Up
Ashland, Ohio: Landoll, Inc., 1999
(5 fan-folded pop-ups)
First Christmas, The - A Christmas Pop-Up
Ashland, Ohio: Landoll, Inc., 1995
(5 fan-folded pop-up pictures)
First Christmas, The – A Christmas Pop-Up
Ashland, Ohio: Landoll, Inc., 1996
(5 fan-folded pop-up pictures – cover & text differ from 1995)
First Christmas, The. Lift-a-Flap
Ashland, Ohio: Landoll, Inc., 1997
First Christmas, The - A Mini Pop-Up Storybook
Ashland, Ohio: Landoll, Inc., 1997
(5 fanfolded pop-ups)
First Christmas, The – A Mini Pop-Up Storybook
Ashland, Ohio: Landoll, Inc., 1999 (one in a series of 6)
(5 fan-folded pop-ups)
First Christmas, The A Pop-Up Picture Story
Leicester, England: Brown Watson Ltd., 1991. 1993.
Printed in Czechoslovakia
(6 fan-folded pop-ups – tab pull on each)
Fischer, Chuck
Christmas Around the World. A Pop-Up Book
Text by Anne Newgarden
Paper Engineering by Bruce Foster
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, no date
(7 pop-ups including Italy, with pop-up Nativity – lift the flap
on left for Nativity story)
Fischer, Chuck
Christmas In New York. A Pop-Up Book
New York: Bullfinch Press, 2005
(6 large pop-ups, 1 is Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Angel
Tree with Nativity)
Friskey, Margaret, Editor
The First Christmas
Designed and Edited by L. B. Wuerfel and Associates
Motion by Victor Havel
Chicago: Children’s Press, Inc., 1950
(a panorama book which extends to 28”)
Froeb, Lori
One Special Night. The Christmas Story Pop-Up Book
Reader’s Digest Children’s Publications, Inc., 2010
Published by Standard Publishing, Cincinnati, Ohio
(5 pop-up dioramas/shadow boxes – 2 pull tabs move
figures in various scenes)
Galkin, Simon, Illustrator
The First Noel. A Traditional Carol.
A Stocking-Stuffer Pop-Up Book
Paper Engineering by Bruce Foster
Produced by Ottenheimer Publishers
Baltimore: DreamHouse, 1995
(1 double-page pop-up + 12-page small book at bottom)
Gillio, Alma
A Special Baby: Flip & Find Book
Illustrations by Berthold Tiedemann
Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Book House, 1986
Gray, Carole, Illustrator
A Christmas Diorama
Designed by Graham Brown
Paper engineering by Paul Wilgress
New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 1992
(unfolds into carousel – 4 pop-up Nativity scenes)
Gruber, Franz and Mohr, Joseph
Silent Night. A Pop-Up Book
Illustrated by J. Himsworth III
Designed by William C. Wolff
Kansas City, Missouri: Andrews and McMeel, 1995
Harrast, Tracy, Author and Corke, Estelle, Illustrator
Long Ago in Bethlehem
Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2008
(pull-down manger, pop-ups, pull tabs)
Harrast, Tracy, Author and Doherty, Paula, Illustrator
My Giant Fold-Out Book – Christmas
St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 2008
(scripture references, colorful pictures, fold-out pages)
Hecht, Johanna
The Nativity. Adapted from an eighteenth century Neapolitan
Christmas Crèche
Watercolors by Borje Svensson
Paper Engineering by James Roger Diaz
New York: Delacorte Press, 1981
Produced by Intervisual Communications, Inc., Santa Monica
(opens to display a 3-foot, 3-dimensional scene inspired
by the Nativity of The Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Herrmann, Reinhard, Illustrator
We Have Seen His Star
Lahr/Schw., West Germany, Verlag Ernst Kaufmann, Abingdon, 1980
Abingdon, 1980
(miniature, zig-zag fold-out to 27”)
Himsworth III, James J.
Story of the First Christmas
Kansas City: Ariel Books, Andrews & McMeel,
a Universal Press Syndicate Co., 1994
(miniature carousel with 4 scenes)
Howie, Vicki
Who’s Hiding? A Lift-the-Flap Book
Illustrated by Krisztina Kallai Nagy
Liguori, Missouri: Liguori Publications, 2010
(lift the flaps and bring the Nativity story to life)
Johnstone, Janet and Anne Grahame, Illustrations by
Christmas Carols Pop-Up Book
London: Deans International Publishing, A Division of The
Hamlyn Publishing Group Limited, Reprinted 1986, 1984,
First published 1972.
(3 double-page pop-ups: God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen;
Away In A Manger; While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks)
Johnstone, Janet and Anne Grahame
Little Jesus Pop-Up Book
London: Dean & Son, Ltd., 1976
(3 double-page pop-ups, one of which is a Nativity)
Kondeatis, Christos, Illustrator and Designer
Scenes from the Life of Jesus Christ. A Three-Dimensional Bible
Storybook
New York: Dial Books for Young Readers, A Division of
Penguin Books USA Inc., 1994
(4 double-page pop-ups, including a Nativity scene +
1 transformational circle, 1 pull-tab)
Krahé, Hildegard (Text by)
Christmas Crèche, The. A 3-Dimensional Picture Book
Bridgeport, Connecticut: WJ Fantasy, Inc., no date c.1992/3
(reproduction of children’s theatre scene created by
Paul Wagner for the publisher, J.F.Schreiber, in 1888)
Kubasta, V.
A Christmas Tale – with Pop-Up/Fold-out Crèche Scene
Westminster: Westminster Books, Bancroft & Co. Publishers, Ltd.
Prague: ARTIA, 1961
Printed in Czechoslovakia
(story pp.1-8 + elaborate fold-out double-page Nativity scene
inside back cover)
Lanza, Barbara, Illustrator
The First Christmas
Concept design by White Heat Ltd.
Racine, Wisconsin: Western Publishing Company, Inc., 1993
A Golden Pop-Up Book
Produced by White Heat Ltd., Santa Fe
(a 4-pop-up carousel)
Lipking, Ron, Illustrator
Away in a Manger. A Pop-Up Christmas Carol Book
Concept and design by Jon Z. Huber
Paper Engineering by Roger Culbertson
Produced by Intervisual Communications, Inc.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, Inc., a member of
The Putnam Publishing Group, 1989
(4 fan-folded scenes)
Maine, Lee (Retold by)
The Three Wise Men
Illustrated by Randie M. Wasserman
Baltimore: Allan Publishers, 1991
Produced by Ottenheimer Publishers, Inc.
(3 double-page pop-ups)
Mann, P. Z.
Christmas Angels. A Stocking Stuffer Pop-Up Book
Illustrated by Laura Francesca Filippucci
Paper Engineering by Bruce Foster
Baltimore: DreamHouse, 1994
Produced by Ottenheimer Publishers
(1 double-page pop-up – small 12-page book below)
Mayer, Carla Whitacre
The First Christmas
Illustrated by Gillian Hurry
The Netherlands: Pablo Print
Wheaton, Illinois: Tyndale for Kids, Tyndale House Publishers, 1994
(6-page booklet folds out to form stable background for
figures of the Nativity)
McGuire, Leslie Written and Designed by
The First Christmas
Illustrated by Kathy Mitchell
Paper Engineering by Bill Bahr
Los Angeles: Price Stern Sloan, Inc., 1992
Produced by Intervisual Books, Inc., Santa Monica
(a miniature three-dimensional carousel book, with 5 pop-ups)
McLean, Don, Illustrator
My Own Manger. The Read and Play Christmas Story
Designed by Patti Matthews
The Zondervan Corporation, Zonderkidz, 2000
(board book opens as stable for 3 Nativity figures)
Michel, François
My Christmas Crèche Pop-Up Book
Illustrations by Michèle Trumel
Concept and Execution by Carla Assante/Jeux Delta
Paris: Editions Presses de la Cité
Mt. Vernon NY: Lillian Vernon Corp., 1989
(covers open, crèche folds down – rotating wheel inside left
front cover – transformational slat picture inside right)
Miller, Albert G.
The Story of the Nativity
Designed by Bill Ayton
Illustrated by Marvin Brehm
New York: Random House, no date, c. 1970
(3 double-page pop-ups + tab-operated mechanicals)
Mills, Elise B.
The Boy Jesus
London: Purnell & Sons Ltd., 1969
(3 double-page, fanfolded pop-up scenes)
Mitchell, Kathy, Illustrator
Silent Night. A Christmas book with lights and music
Designed by Jon Z. Haber
Paper Engineering by Rodger Smith
New York: Aladdin Books, Macmillan Publishing company, 1989
Produced by Intervisual Communications, Inc., Los Angeles
(pull tab for lights and music – double page pop-up
Nativity at end of book)
Moerbeek, Kees
The First Christmas. A pop-up Nativity surprise
Swindon, England: Child’s Play (International) Ltd., no date
(opens to reveal story and pop-up Nativity)
Moore, Gary
A Child Is Born
Illustrated by Michael Hampshire
Paper Engineering by Samantha Smith
New York: Derrydale Books, 1994. A Treasury Collection of
Christmas Pop-Ups. Created and manufactured by arrangement
with Ottenheimer Publishers, Inc.
(3 double-page pop-up scenes)
Morris, Susan, Illustrator
Jesus Was A Child Like You. A Kaleidoscope Book
Paper Engineering by James Diaz
no place: Chariot Books from David C. Cook, 1981
(ribbon pull tabs show changing scenes in life of Jesus)
Moseley, Stuart and Smith, Sarah
The First Christmas. Giant Pop-Up Nativity and
Lift-the-Flap Advent Calendar
Pop-up engineering by Stuart Moseley
Illustrations by Sarah Smith
Nashville: Broadman & Holman Publishers
Copyright 1999 Ottenheimer Publishers, Inc.
(covers open to reveal 23 ½” x 12 ½” pop-up Nativity
scene and calendar flaps – Nativity story on back cover)
Moxley, Sheila Pictures by
The Christmas Story. A Lift-the-Flap Advent Calendar
New York: Dial Books for Young Readers, 1993
(lift the tabs until final, Nativity, scene)
My First Pop-Up Book About Jesus.
London: Dean & Son, Ltd., 1974
(3 fanfolded pop-ups)
Nativity Advent Calendar. Pop-Up with Biblical References
Ruislip, Middlesex, England: Caltime Ltd., College House, no date
(opens to reveal pop-up Nativity scene on center
divide, with windows to open on either side)
Neeves, D’reen, Illustrator
The Christmas Baby
Oxford, England – Batavia, Illinois: Lion Publishing, 1992
(panorama book extends to 3 ft. – crèche figures
can be removed and placed against scenery)
(Reprint of Neeves’ “The First Christmas Presents”, 1987)
Neeves, D’reen, Illustrator
The First Christmas Presents
Oxford, England – Batavia, Illinois: Lion Publishing, 1987
(panorama book extends to 3 ft. – crèche figures can be
removed and placed against scenery)
O’Neal, Debbie Trafton
Christmas Pop-Up Counting Book
Illustrated by Carolina Ewen
Paper Engineering by Paul Wilgress
Elgin, Illinois: Chariot Books, 1983
(5 double-page pop-ups)
Osborne, Richard N., Illustrator
A Child’s Book of the Nativity
New York: Triad Binding Corp., no date, c. 1950s
(sets up as easel, with page overlays, to form Nativity)
Owen, Sally
The Story of Christmas
Illustrated by John Haysom
Wheaton, Illinois: Tyndale, 1994
(5 fold-out pop-ups/outs – also lift-the-flaps)
Paris, Pat, Illustrator
The First Noel. A Holiday Pop-Up Book
Cover design by Susan Chamberlain
Paper engineering by Evan Mack and Andrew Murphy
Nashville: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 1998
(5 double-page pop-ups with crèche scene on fourth page)
Parry, Linda and Alan
The Greatest Story Ever Told. A Pop-Up Activity Book
Paper Engineering by Paul Wilgress
Printed in Hong Kong / China
Alresford, Hants, England: John Hunt Publishing Ltd., 1993/2003
(5 double-page pop-ups, 8 pull tabs, 1 Nativity scene)
Parry, Alan (Illustrations) and Linda (Text)
What Happened at Christmas? A Musical Christmas Book with
Flaps and Pull Tabs
Wheaton, Illinois: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., 1995
(a musical book with 4 flaps to lift and 5 pull tabs)
Passmore, Aileen E.
My Baby Jesus. A Pop-Up Book
Illustrations by Janet & Anne Grahame Johnstone
London: Dean & Son, Ltd., 1970
(3 double-page, fanfolded pop-ups)
Patience, John, Illustrator
The First Christmas. A Pop-Up Christmas Classic
Bridlington, England: Peter Haddock Limited, no date
(6 fanfolded pop-ups)
Patience, John Illustrations by
The First Christmas. A Pop-Up Christmas Classic
New York: Playmore Inc., Publishers and Waldman Pub. Corp.
Bridlington, England: Peter Haddock Limited, no date
(miniature book with 5 fanfolded pop-ups)
Petersham, Maud and Miska
Christ Child Crèche , The
No place: No publisher, 1933
(fold-out crèche with figures to place inside)
Pieńkowski, Jan
The First Noël. A Christmas Carousel
Cambridge, Massachusetts: Candlewick Press, 2004
(carousel – folds out to 5 pop-ups and ties)
Pierce, Martin
Pictures by
Once in Bethlehem. The Nativity Story with Fold-Out Manger
Text by Sadie Fields
London: Tango Books, an imprint of Sadie Fields
Productions, Ltd., 1994
(pop-up crèche inside back cover/back page)
Pinkney, Debbie, Illustrator
The First Christmas. Lift-A-Flap
Lincolnwood, Illinois: Publications International Ltd,
Leap Frog Lift-A-Flap, 1996
Pritchett, Karen Illustrator
Pop-Up Bethlehem – A Biblical Advent Calendar
Designed by Jim Deesing
Paper Engineering by Intervisual Books, Inc.
New York: Thomas Nelson, Publishers, Inc., 1993
(opens to 4-section Nativity scene)
Ray, Jane
The Nativity
Paper Engineering by Mat Johnstone and Richard Ferguson
London: Orchard Books, 1999
(the story of Christmas, with a fold-out Nativity scene and
8 stand-up characters)
Riley, Annabel
The Birth of Jesus. Mini Pop-Up Bible Stories
Illustrated by Graham Round
Paper engineering by Paul Wilgress
Elgin, Illinois: Chariot Books, 1994
(3 double-page pop-ups)
Sabuda, Robert
The Christmas Alphabet
Kingswood, Bristol, England: Barefoot Books, Ltd., 1996
(M = Manger - W = Window of Mother and Child)
Sacks, Janet
The Christmas Story
Illustrations by Luana Rinaldo
New York: A Sterling/Pinwheel Book. Sterling
Publishing Co., Inc., 2005
(pull the tabs, see colors change)
Sanderson, Ruth, Illustrator
The Story of the First Christmas
Designed by Christopher Scott Peck and Ruth Sanderson
Atlanta: Turner Publishing, Inc., 1994
(A Carousel Book – 5 pop-ups)
Sandland, Reg, Illustrator
The First Christmas. A Pop-Up Book and 3-D Scene
New York: Little Simon, Simon & Schuster, Children’s Publishing
Division, 1997
(a pop-up book with 6 double-page pop-ups)
Scheck, Joann
When Jesus Was A Baby
Designed and Illustrated by Jim Roberts
Minneapolis: Augsburg Publishing House, no date
Designed and produced in cooperation with Zigzag Productions,
Zigzag, Oregon
(5 single and double-page pop-ups; 1 lift tab)
Schindler, Max, Illustrator
The Mediaeval Nativity – A Pop-Up Nativity Scene
Based on Paintings by the Old Masters
Design and Paper Engineering by Mark Hiner
Created by Van der Meer Publishing
Distributed by Abbeville Publishing Group, Incorporated, 1999
(opens to 15 ¼” wide x 12 3/8” high)
Schroeder, Binette
Silent Night
New York: North-South Books, 1995
(Advent calendar, stretches to more than 3 feet wide)
Schweninger, Ann Illustrator
Silent Night. A Golden Melody Book
Racine, Wisconsin: Western Publishing Company, 1983
(panorama with 4 fold outs--verse 1 on front--verse 2, on back
Shapiro, Arnold
The First Christmas (Diorama Pop-Up Books)
Illustrated by Reg Sandland
New York: Little Simon Merchandise. An imprint of Simon &
Schuster Children’s Publishing Division, 1997
Printed in China
(pop-up book and 3-D scene - 6 double-page pop-ups)
Smath, Jerry Illustrated by
Long Ago in Bethlehem
Colorado Springs: Reader’s Digest Children’s Publishing, Inc., 2002
(pull the tab to build the story and produce the
Nativity scene)
Smee, Nicola
The Christmas Story
New York: Tupelo Books, An imprint of William Morrow & Co., 1994
(with fold-out pages)
Soderlind, Kirsten, Illustrator
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing. A Traditional Christmas Carol
Paper Engineering by Bruce Foster
Baltimore: A Treasury Collection Pop-Up, Ottenheimer Publishers, Inc.,
1993
(3 fan-folded pop-up scenes)
Stanley, Mandy, Illustrator
Lift and Look Nativity
Cincinnati, Ohio: Standard Publishing Company, 2005
(foam puzzle pieces to lift and view pictures underneath)
Story of Christmas, The. A Pop-Up Book
New York: GoodTimes Publishing, 1994
(3 fan-folded pop-ups – audiocassette)
Story of Jesus, The
Ashland, Oregon: Landoll, Inc., 1999
(miniature with 5 double-page pop-ups)
Story of Jesus, The, Pop-Up Storybook
Ashland, Ohio: Landoll, Inc., 1997
(5 double-page pop-ups)
Story of the Nativity
Kenosha, Wisconsin: Samuel Lowe Company, no date
(3 “peepshow” tableaux, like a carousel,
but it does not open all the way around)
Story of the Nativity. A Bonnie Merry-Go-Round Book
Kenosha, Wisconsin: James & Jonathan Company, 1951
Stowell, Gordon
The Animals’ Christmas
Oxford, England: A. R. Mowbray & Co., 1972
(3 double-page, fanfolded pop-ups)
Strejan, John (Designed by)
The Shepherds’ Surprise – A Pop-Up Book
Illustrated by Linda Griffith
Paper engineering by Tor Lokvig
Elgin, Illinois: David C. Cook Publishing Company, no date
(6 pop-ups, 4 pull tabs)
Svensson, Borje Illustrator
The Christmas Story – A Carousel Book
Elgin, Illinois: David C. Cook Publishing Company, 1980
Produced by Intervisual Communications, Inc., Los Angeles
(A Carousel Book – 5 three-dimensional scenes)
Swain-Smith, Justine and Marie Greenwood, Written and
Edited by and Peterson, Ingela, Illustrator
The First Christmas – A pop-up Nativity book
Gardner, Alison, Paper Engineering and Design
New York: Dorling Kimberley Limited, 2007
(Advent Calendar and 16 novelty-filled pages – 1 one-page
pop-up, 5 double-page pop-ups, pop-out Wise Men to
assemble and put in stable)
Tazewell, Charles
The Littlest Angel – A Pop-Up Book
Illustrated by Borje Svennson
Design and paper engineering by Dick Dudley
Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Ideals Publishing Corporation, 1985
Produced by Intervisual Communications, Inc.
(5 double-page pop-ups – 8 tab-activated movables)
Thatcher, Fran, Illustrator
The First Christmas. Pop-Up Book With Light and Music.
Complete With Press-Out Characters and 20-Page FullColor Story Book
Nashville: Nelson Regency: no date (purchased 11-93, new)
(unfolds 27 inches into a panoramic multilevel Bethlehem
manger scene with 33 press-out pieces – pull a tab,
hear ‘Silent Night”)
Thatcher, Fran, Illustrator
The Wonderful Pop-Up Christmas Crib
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1993
Produced by Van der Meer Books
(3-part panorama pop-up – booklet tells story)
Tinies Pop-Up Book About: Jesus
London: Dean & Son, Ltd., 1963
(3 double-page pop-ups, one of manger scene)
Tudor, Tasha
A Book of Christmas
New York: William Collins Publishers Inc., 1979
(6 double-page pop-ups, 3 of which are Nativity-related)
Tudor, Tasha
Seasons of Delight
New York: Philomel Books, a division of The Putman Publishing
Group, 1986
(6 double-page pop-ups – crèche scene on last page)
Vardon, Beth
Davey and the First Christmas
Illustrated by Charlot Byj
no publishing information – c. 195?
(top-of-page pop-ups – toy inside front cover – game
“Going to Egypt” inside back cover)
Vardon, Beth
Larry’s Little Lamb
Illustrated by Charlot Byj
no publishing information – 1950s
(1 top-of-page pop-up – lift the flaps)
Vardon, Beth
The Shiniest Star
Illustrated by Charlot Byj
no publishing information – c. 195?
(2 top-of-page pop-ups – removable Wise Man – fish-shaped
toy whistle + separate manger scene and 12 figures)
Visions of Christmas. A Renaissance Nativity with
Triptych Paintings
New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 1997
(lift the flaps - paintings underneath)
Vitarisi, Marie (Text adapted by)
The First Christmas. A Christmas Treasury Pop-Up
Illustrated by Holly Jones
Paper Engineering by Bruce Foster
London: Binky Books, 1991
Ottenheimer Publishers Inc.
(3 double-page fan-folded pop-ups)
Waldman, Bryne, Illustrator
The First Christmas. A Christmas Treasury Pop-Up
Paper Engineering by Dud Moseley
New York: Derrydale Books, 1991
Created and manufactured by arrangement with Ottenheimer Publishers
(6 double-page, fan-folded pop-ups)
Wildsmith, Brian
The Christmas Crib: A Nativity Pop-Up and Story
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003
(Another edition: London: Marks and Spencer p.l.c., c. 2005)
Williams, Sophy Illustrator
The First Christmas
Designed by Janie Louise Hunt
Oxford, England: Templar Books, an imprint of Candlewick
Press, 2010, First U.S. Edition
(lift cover, four flaps, to change images to watch story)
Wilson, Martin (Text by)
The Nativity. Christmas retold with pop-up Nativity scene
Illustrated by Sue Faulks
London: Electric Paper, 1998
(opens to double-page pop-up of the Nativity, with small
book telling the story)
Wood, Tim and Jenny (Adapted by)
The Christmas Story: Book & Pop-Up Diorama
Designed and Illustrated by Katy Rhodes
New York: Little Simon, An imprint of Simon & Schuster
Children’s Publishing Division, 1996
(book in folder, fold-out Nativity diorama on one side)
Wright, Sally Ann and Ayers, Honor
The Christmas Baby
Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England: Anno Domini Publishing
Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2008
(Christmas storybook, Advent Calendar, double-page
pop-up Nativity scene)
Zobel-Nolan, Allia (Retold by)
Lift the Flap Nativity
Illustrated by Tracey Moroney
Pleasantville, New York: Reader’s Digest Children’s Books, 2001
CRÈCHES TO CREATE
Allan, Nicholas
Jesus’ Christmas Party
United Kingdom: Random House, 1991
(Book and Nativity Playset with 18 pieces to punch out)
Amery, Heather
The Christmas Story Book and Mobile, Usborne Bible Tales
Norman Young, Illustrator
London: Usborne Publishing Ltd., 1999
(pocket on inside back cover holds easy-to-construct
mobile with wise men, shepherds with flocks, Mary
and Joseph on road to Bethlehem, the Nativity scene)
Anglund, Joan Walsh
Children’s Page
Red Oak, Iowa: Good Housekeeping Magazine, Dec 1984
(8 figures to cut out)
Apperley, Dawn, Illustrator
The Christmas Story, with Press-Out Play Set
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, Inc., 1997
(18-piece Nativity to make)
Bailey, Corinne and Bill, Illustrators
The Manger Scene – To Set Up
Akron: The Saalfield Publishing Company, 1933 (No. 989)
(19-piece Nativity to press out and put together)
Barker, Kenneth
Build Your Own Activity Books: Nativity Scene
Nashville: Broadman & Holman, Publishers, 1995
(punch out pieces to build a Nativity)
Beaton, Clare
Make Your Own Christmas Nativity. Pop-Up
Nativity Scene
Design: Louise Miller
Surrey, England: Kew, Richmond, 2004
(story + 19 figures to cut out and color –
7 color figures to press out + stable)
Beckett, Sheila, Illustrator
The Christmas Nativity: A Manger Scene to Cut Out
New York: Happy House Books, 1981
Bethlehem Manger Scene
Colorado Springs, CO: Current, Inc., 1990
(15 figures to punch-out and set up)
Birth of Jesus, The Press-out Crèche Model
Cincinnati: The Standard Publishing Company, 1992
(more than 125 pieces to press out and put together)
Braskey, Rev. Joseph E., originated by
The Crib at Bethlehem. To Cut Out and Set Up.
Authentic Reproduction for Complete Model #986
Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing Company, 1934
Brooks, Felicity Retold by
The Usborne Advent Nativity Book, with 24 pop-out pieces
Models made by Jo Litchfield
Designed by Brian Voakes
Edited by Gillian Doherty
Photography by Howard Allman and MM Studios
London: Usborne Publishing Ltd, 2005; USA edition, 2006
(pop out a piece each Advent day in to create a Nativity)
Bruna, Dick
The Christmas Book (With press-out Christmas crib)
London: Methuen Children’s Books, 1992, 1964
(11-piece Nativity)
Cartwright, Stephen, Illustrator
Ashman, Iain Model designed by
Nativity - Press-Out Model
London: Usborne Publishing Ltd., 1992
(makes an 11 x 17, 3-D Nativity scene
with 60 interlocking pieces)
Chazaud, Jacques
My Very First Nativity Scene
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, Tempo Books, 1976
(figures to color, cut out, stand in front of stable)
Christmas Baby, The
Batavia, Illinois: Lion Publishing Corp., 1987
(read the story, press out figures, arrange against background)
Christmas Cut and Colour Book, The – Plus a delightful cut-outand-build colour crib and Advent calendar
Illustrated by Jim Robins, Hayward Artists, Pauline O’Boyle
London: Kingfisher Books Limited, 1987
(stable + 10 pieces)
Christmas Manger. An easy-to-do press-out scene
Racine, Wisconsin: A Whitman Book, Western Publishing
Company, Inc., 1970 (No. 1916)
(20 pieces to press out)
Christmas Manger, The. Press-Out Book. A Christmas
Scene to Assemble
Racine, Wisconsin: A Whitman Book, Western Publishing
Company, Inc., 1966 (No. 1921)
(7 pages of figures to press out)
Christmas Manger Set
New York: B. Shackman & Co., Inc., 1990
(17 die-cut pieces to cut out)
Christmas Manger Set (No. 743). The Christmas Story in
Beautiful Cut-Out Scenes and Life-Like Figures
Lithographed in U.S.A., no date
Christmas Manger. To Punch Out and Assemble
Golden Funtime Punch-Out Books
Golden Press, Inc., 1959
Printed in USA
(43 pieces to punch out and assemble)
Christmas Nativity Activity Book
Melville, New York: Regina Press, Malhame &
Company, 1997
(learn the Christmas story, create your own Nativity
scene – no glue or scissors required)
Christmas Story, The
Gospel Trumpet Co., A Warner Press Product, 1952
(Manger Set accompanies The Christmas Book and consists
of a background manger scene and three die cut sheets
containing 16 pieces that can be pressed out, assembled)
Christmas Story, The
(#211025)
Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing Company, 1952
(3-D cardboard set with 24 pieces to punch out)
Christmas Story, The. Do-It-Yourself Cutout Nativity Scene
New York: B. Shackman & Co., Inc., 1995
(13 pieces to cut out)
Cox, Charles
Biblical Figures / House and Stable
Nashville: Graded Press, 1983
(stable and 14 pieces to cut out)
Cutting, Edith E. and Hierstein, Judy, Illustrator
Mary In Bethlehem
Carthage, IL: Shining Star Publications, 1986
(Nativity script, black & white paper dolls)
David, Juliet, Author and Denham, Gemma and Scott, Richard,
Illustrators and Keith Moseley, Contributor
A Stable in Bethlehem
Oxford, England: Candle Books, 2007
(3-D Nativity pop-up panorama of Bethlehem,
with figures for setting up Nativity scene)
Davidson, Amanda
Teddy’s Christmas Cut-Out
Mahweh, New Jersey: Watermill Press in association with
London: William Collins Sons & Co., Ltd.
1987
(cut-out includes a small Nativity to cut out and fold)
Deakin, Susan
The First Christmas. Make a 3-D Model Nativity Scene
Woodbridge: Henderson, 1991
(elaborate stable + 14 figures to cut out)
Doney, Meryl
Away in a Manger
Illustrated by Suzy-Jane Tanner
Nashville: Oliver-Nelson Publishers, no date
(Christmas activity book – make a stand-up Nativity)
Ellis, Gwen, Author and Pichon, Liz, Illustrator
The First Christmas. A Book and Playset
Grand Rapids, Michigan: Kregel Kidzone, Kregel Publications, 2007
(17 figures to cut out and put in stable)
Evans, Michael (Retold and illustrated by)
The Nativity With Press-Out Stable, Animals, People & More
Nashville: Ideals Children’s Books, 1993
(30 pieces)
Farah, A. M. W.
How to Build A Christmas Creche
Authors, 2003
(step by step instructions from start to finish)
First Christmas, The
Racine, Wisconsin: Western Publishing Company, Inc.
A Golden Book, 1982
(26 pieces to press out and assemble)
First Christmas, The. A Beautiful Press-Out Nativity Scene
You Can Put Together Yourself
Racine, Wisconsin: Western Publishing Company, Inc., 1979
(boxed – 21 pieces)
Fisher, Sally
The Christmas Journey. An Illustrated Storybook and 15-piece Crèche
Illustrations by Douglas Sardo
New York: Viking Children’s Books, 1993
(15-piece, press-out crèche, separate from book on heavy
cardboard)
Fogle, Robin, Author and Denman, Michael, Illustrator
The Christmas Story. La Historia de la Navidad
Anderson, Indiana: Warner Press, Inc., 2006
(bilingual coloring and activity book with cut-out
characters to make a nativity scene)
Freppon, Lee and Yoshi, Meyake, Artists
The Savior is Born
New Invitation, Grades 3-4, Disciples of Jesus, 1996-1997
(Nativity to make)
Glory to God in the Highest
Fenton, MO: Creative Communications for the Parish, 1996
(small stable with die-cut figures to set up)
Gray, Ruth S.
The Christmas Story
Pictures by Dorothy Handsacker Scott
Anderson, Indiana: Gospel Trumpet Company/Warner Press, 1952
(large, colorful storybook with 16 die-cut pieces to assemble)
Herrmann, Reinhard and Hoffman, Friedrich
A Christmas Crib Book. The Story of Christ’s Coming
A Cut-Out Advent Calendar
Translated from the German DER WEG ZUR KRIPPE
By W. K. Holmes, 1960
London: Blackie & Son Ltd.
Pelham, New York: Merry Thoughts, Inc., 1961
(make a Nativity scene – cut out one portion for each day
of Advent)
Hutchinson, Warner A. Written by
Famous People of the Bible. The Life of Jesus
Designed and illustrated by Ted Menton
Nashville: Abingdon, 1981
(black & white pop-up picture / 4 sets figures to cut out)
Jackson, Peter
Mr. Jackson’s Nativity Play and Christmas Crib in a “gothic”
theatre ready to assemble complete with scenery characters and text
Theatre designed by Peter Jackson who also adapted the text from
The Second Shepherds’ Play in the Wakefield Cycle of mediaeval
Miracle Plays, first performed a little over 500 years ago.
St. Margaret Marleston, Norfolk, England: Tobar Limited, no date
(10 pages of pieces to press out and assemble theatre)
Jackson, Sheila (Scenery and Characters by)
The Bethlehem Story. A Nativity Play adapted from
Irene Gass’s story
London: Pollock’s Toy Theatres Ltd., 1985
(play script – characters & scenes to be cut out)
Ladybird Christmas Crib, The
Leicestershire, England: Ladybird Books, Ltd., no date
(Christmas story and easy-to-assemble Nativity scene)
Lafortune, Claude
Greeting Jesus: Let’s make the Christmas Crib
Ottawa: 1988, c. 1984
Lafortune, Claude Illustrator
Wonderful Story of Christmas, The / Paperback
Ottawa, Canada: Novalis, Saint Paul University, 2003
(only the paperback version of this book has a 24-page
section of cut-out characters from the Nativity story)
Lafortune, Frédérique and Claude
Christmas Crib Book, The
Translation: Jacqueline Gauthier
Photographs: Laforest & Sabourin Photographie, Montreal
Crib Cutouts: Claude and Frédérique La Fortune
Illustration: Frédérique La Fortune
Layout: Christiane Lemire
Ottawa: Novalis and McCrimmon Publishing Company, Ltd.,
St. Paul University, 1992
(52 pieces to cut out)
Lamont, Priscilla
No Room at the Inn. An Advent Calendar and Picture Book
Woodbridge, England: Henderson Publishing Limited, 1991
(32-page picture book + free-standing Nativity scene
with slots in which to insert a piece a day in Advent)
Lane, Leena and Chapman, Gillian
Step by Step Christmas Crèche
Nashville: Abingdon Press, U.S. Edition 2005
Berkhamsted, Herts, Anno Domini Publishing Services, 2004+
Letwenko, Edward
Make Your Own Advent Scene (12-Piece Christmas Scene)
Elgin, Illinois: David C. Cook Publishing Co., 1980
Lowndes, Rosemary
Make Your Own World of Christmas
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1972
(3 large Wise Men + 4 small Nativity
scenes to cut out)
Lutheran Brotherhood Presents…The Nativity Scene
Poem “The Holy Night And The Holy Child”
no place: Lutheran Brotherhood, 1970
(folder with 3 cardboard pieces inside with
8 press-out pieces)
Make Your Own Nativity Scene
Elgin, Illinois: David C. Cook Publishing Co., 1979
(12-piece manger scene with stable backdrop to color or
paint, cut out, fold, assemble)
Manger Scene, The
Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing Company, 1955 (No. 1941)
(25 pieces to punch out, trim, fold, set up)
Manger Scene. Punch-out
Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing Company, 1963 (No. 1941)
(23 pieces to punch out and put together)
Manger Scene, The, to punch out, trim and assemble
New York: Dell Publishing Co, Inc. (Dell 208)
Designed, produced, and copyright by Western Printing &
Lithographing Co., USA 1954
(10 pieces)
Matthews, Derek Art by
Snappy Builder Nativity
Designed by Andy Mansfield
Written by Stella Gurney
Edited by Rachel Williams
San Diego: Silver Dolphin Books, an imprint of the Baker & Taylor
Publishing Group, 2010
(read 10-page story – remove Nativity pages from back of
book – press out 39 pieces – build scene)
Mayer, Danuta Illustrated by
The Nativity. A Christmas Crib to Treasure
Story retold by Jenny Siklos
(full color book, 3 ½” x 4 ½”, hard cardboard fold-out
stable, 8 composition figures, tallest 3”, + Advent Calendar)
Moseley, Jenova and Perkins, Geneva
The First Christmas. Stained Glass Patterns
Okeechobee, Florida: West of the Moon Publications, no date
(full-size patterns to make 22-piece Nativity scene)
Nativity Set. A Beautiful Manger Scene You Can Put
Together Yourself
Racine, Wisconsin: A Whitman Book. Western Publishing
Company, Inc., 1973 (No. 1907)
(23 pieces to press out and put together)
Nelson, Gertrud Mueller, Artist Mazar, Peter, Text
Build Your Own Bethlehem. A Nativity Scene and Activity
Book for Christmas Time
Chicago: Archdiocese of Chicago, Liturgy Training Publications, 2002
(45 punch-out pieces – set up 8 stages during Advent)
Precious Moments
The Christmas Miracle. Create your own Nativity
Scene with press-out figures!
New York: Golden Books Publishing Company, Inc., 2000
(15 press-out pieces, covers become stable Nativity story on flap inside back cover)
Punch Out Nativity Scene
Anderson, Indiana: Warner Press, 1983
(12 pieces to punch out)
Robb, Andy Illustrations by
Make Your Own Nativity Scene. Press out pictures, stickers, activity
pages
Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdon: Autumn
Publishing Ltd., 2004
Lenexa, Kansas: Byeway Books
(13 press-out pieces to make Nativity – 7 double + 2 singlepage pictures to color - 16 stickers to place)
Scholey, Arthur
Christmas Manger Scene – Make a Model
Designed and Illustrated by Sue Shields
Nashville: Ideals Children’s Books, 1989
(21 pieces)
Sewell, Helen
The Golden Christmas Manger
New York: Simon and Schuster Inc.,
Artists and Writers Guild Inc., 1948
(30+ figures to cut out and stand in front of manger –
+ paperback story book)
Shelley, Duke
Things To Make and Do for Christmas
New York: Treasure Books, 1953
(“Make A Nativity Scene” on final 6 pages)
Story of Christmas, The, With a Make-Your-Own Manger Scene
Cleveland: American Greetings Corporation, 1972
(9 pieces to punch out and assemble)
Theobalds, Prue (Idea and Illustrations)
Silent Night. A Traditional Christmas Crib to Press Out and
Slot Together
St. Leonards, E. Sussex, England: Prue Theobalds Ltd., 1989
(11 pieces)
Tierney, Tom
Easy-to-Make Nativity Scene
Mineola, New York: Dover Publications, 2009
(20 figures + stable to press out and set up)
von, Juchen, Aurel
The Trip to Bethlehem
Illustrated by Eva-Johanna Rubin
Originally published as DIE REISE NACH BETHLEHEM
By Verlag Ernst Kaufman, 1966
Bedford Hills, New York: Merry Thoughts, Inc., 1973
(includes poster on which to paste cut-out Nativity figures)
Water, Mark
Build Your Own Nativity
Illustrated by Cathy Shuttleworth
Nashville: Broadman & Holman Publishers, Inc., 1995
(19 pieces – stable and figures)
Werner, Jane
Christmas Manger. Little Golden Cut-Out
Illustrated by Steffie Lerch
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1953
(cut out, set up manger figures)
Weyn, Suz
Make Your Own Christmas Nativity (Playpak)
Nashville: Thomas Nelson, Inc., 2005
(10 punch-out cards to create Nativity scene)
What God Wants for Christmas
Little Rock, Arkansas: Family Life Publishing, 2005
(illustrated story booklet, plus 7 boxes of
Characters from the Christmas story and a popUp manger scene for them to inhabit)
Wild, Anne
Christmas Carousel: The Story of the Nativity in Five
Scenes to Cut out and Make
Stradbroke, Diss, Norfolk, England: Tarquin Publications,
2001
Wood, David and Fowler, Richard
Play Theatre Presents Nativity Play
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1987
(book in center lifts out, box lid folds out to form proscenium
arch and stage; 10 figures + back-ground pieces complete
the presentation)
ADDITIONAL ACTIVITY BOOKS
A Child Is Born. Magnetic Play Set
Houston: Alphabet Alley, 2006
(create the Saviour’s birth over and over again with 17
magnetic pieces + magnetic playboard)
Abvabi, Crista C., Illustrator
The First Christmas
Lincolnwood, Illinois: Publications International, Ltd., 1998
(press a button on each page to hear music and story)
Adams, Lynn Illustrated by
Boniface, William Written by
Five Little Christmas Angels
Printed in Thailand
New York: Price Stern Sloan, a division of Penguin Young
Readers Group, 2003
(1 double-page pop-up, cutout circles, 5 miniature
angels in countdown to Christmas)
Anderson, Sandra Myhr, Author and Carnehl, Jeff, Illustrator
Let’s Get Ready For Christmas
Minneapolis: Augsburg Fortress, 1993
(Advent activities for preschoolers including
instructions for making wooden crèche figures)
Angel Tree, The. An Advent Calendar
New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000
(cover opens to reveal a close-up of the Nativity scene
beneath the tree – 24 windows open to reveal crèche
figures – also inside, a Bible Christmas story)
Away In A Manger Nativity Kit
New York: Thomas Nelson, 1999
(Christmas story board book + 3 stuffed animals
present at the scene)
Baby Jesus. A Bible Story Sticker Book
Grand Rapids, Michigan: Kregel Publications, 2001
Banta, Susan, Illustrator
What Can I Give Him?
Wilton, Connecticut: Designed/Produced by Joshua Morris
Publishing Co., 1994
Cincinnati: The Standard Publishing Company, a division of Standex
International Corporation
(musical window book based on Christina Rossetti’s poem
“In the Bleak Mid-Winter” – plays Gustav Holst’s carol of
same name)
Beylon, Cathy
Easy Nativity Scene Sticker Picture Puzzle
(Dover Little Activity Books)
Mineola, New York: Dover Publications, 2006
(put puzzle together, place 16 stickers in the spaces to
finish the puzzle, learn who is visiting the Holy Family)
Bible People Books
Nativity Set with Plush Figures
Cincinnati, Ohio: Standard Publishing, 2002
(story books with plush figures Mary, Joseph, Jesus –
box, with foldout sides, becomes a stable setting)
Bonaldo, Nadia
The Birthday of Jesus
Boston: St. Paul Books and Media, 1995
(Advent calendar in center of book)
Bowman Crystal
Room in the Stable. The Animals Share Christmas
Illustrated by Beverly Luedecke
Music by Lynn Hodges
Editor: Heather Gemmen
Designer: Dana Sherrer
Colorado Springs: Faith Kids, an imprint of Cook Communications
Ministries, 2002
(CD with story narration, story in song, celebration music)
Box, Su
The Christmas Star: With Play-Along Pop-in Piece
Oxford, England: Lion Hudson plc, 2009
(board book – place die-cut star into the story on each
new page)
Boyle, Alison
The Story of Christmas. A Sticker Book
Illustrated by Rob Chapman
New York: Gallery Books, imprint of W.H.Smith Publishers, Inc.,
The Templar Company, 1990
(20 stickers to complete various scenes)
Bradford, Amy and Bogan, Lyuba
What God Wants for Christmas
Little Rock, Arkansas: Family Life Publishing, 2005
(two parts: hard cover book and paper fold-out Nativity,
with 7 gift boxes to open during Advent – read the
story, place the figures in the crèche)
Bradley, Susannah
Christmas Nativity – Reusable Sticker Book
Illustrated by Victor Ambrus
Nashville: Ideals Children’s Books, 1983
Brawer, Wendy Written by
Christmas Is Here!
Illustrated by Chi Chung
Grand Rapids: Kregel Kidzone, an imprint of Kregel Publications,
2008
(board book with advent calendar + CD with ten
beloved Christmas hymns)
Brooks, Felicity
Nativity Jigsaw Book
Jo Litchfield, Illustrator
London, England: Usborne Publishing Ltd., 2005
(board pages with 6 puzzles of 5 pieces each – each puzzle
has a central piece related to the theme of page – i.e., a
star for the story of the Wise Men)
Brown, Rick
The Christmas Story, Cookie Cutter Set and Recipe Book
Cincinnati: Standard Publishing, 1996
Brown, Rick
The First Christmas. Rubber Stamp Storybook
A Reader’s Digest Young Families Book
Westport, Connecticut: Joshua Morris Publishing, Inc., 1996
(21 rubber stamps, ink pad to complete story in story
book attached to inside front cover)
Browne, Yolanda, Author and Girouard, Patrick, Illustrator
Getting Ready for Christmas. A Daily Prayer and Activity
Book for the Family
St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 2005
(Advent calendar inside back cover)
Buck, Nola
Christmas in the Manger
Illustrated by Felicia Bond
Harper Collins Publishers, 1994
(“A Pat-and-Peek Book”)
Butcher, Sam, Illustrator
Precious Moments – Joy to the World
Selected Scriptures from the International Children’s Bible
Nashville: Thomas Nelson, Inc., 2000
(3 Precious Moments Nativity figurines to help tell story)
Chapman, Suzanne, Illustrator
Christmas Carols to Play and Sing
Musical arrangements by Janet Bunting
New York: Little Simon Merchandise, An imprint of
Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing Division
Children’s Books International, 1988, 1995
(15-key electronic piano keyboard book to “play” 11 carols)
Chawla, Nina Illustrated by
The First Christmas. A Bible Story with Pop-Up Blocks
Long Beach, California: Compass Productions, 1997
(read story then play with 4 pop-up Bible blocks that
match 6 scenes in book)
Child Is Born, A
Houston: Alphabet Alley
(17 Magnetic Pieces to press out)
Christmas Decorations
London: Frances Lincoln Limited, The National Gallery, 1993
(punch-out Nativity ornaments and other decorations)
Christmas Pageant, The
Hallmark Advent Calendar
Kansas City, Missouri: Hallmark Cards, Inc., no date
Christmas Story, The
Racine, Wisconsin: Western Publishing Co., 1977
(sticker book)
Christmas Story, The. A Coloring Book for Children
Auton, 1994
(includes Bible verses for each page)
Christmas Story, The. The Nativity Dress Up Book
Nashville: Integrity Publishers, 2006
(hard-cover book, 2 dolls, 14 fabric pieces, create all
characters in Christmas story)
Christmas Story Advent Calendar, The
Adapted from the Belles Heures of Jean, duc de Berry
Introduction by Barbara Drake Boehm
New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2001
Christmas Story Sticker Fun
London: Covent Garden Books Limited
New York: Snapshot TM, 1995
Civardi, Anne (Retold by)
The Story of Christmas - Picture Puzzle Books
Illustrated by Susan Field
Designed by Anne Warring
San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1997
(book and poster-sized 16-piece puzzle)
Clearwater, Linda, illustrator
Make Your Own Christmas Nativity
Nashville: Thomas Nelson Inc., 2005
(4 punch-out, velvet art character cards, 6 model stable
cards, 8 colored markers)
Corke, Estelle, Illustrator
Christmas Story, The
Racine, Wisconsin: Western Publishing Co., 1977
(sticker book)
Couri, Kathy, Illustrator
First Christmas
Lincolnwood, Illinois: Publications International, 1998
(small 6-page board book)
Cravath, Lynne, Illustrator
Musical Advent Calendar
Brian Watling, Photographer
Lincolnwood, Illinois: Publications International, 1998, for
Cincinnati: The Standard Publishing Company, a division of
Standex International Corporation
(25 carols play – songbook included)
Create Your Own Christmas Ornaments, Level 3
Warner Press, Inc., Made in USA, 1989
(double set of Nativity scene figures to color,
cut out, fold, hang)
Croll, Carolyn Written and Illustrated by
The Story of Christmas: Story Book Set & Advent Calendar
New York: Workman Publishing, 1994
(retelling of the first Christmas through 24 miniature
board books in an Advent calendar format)
Curti, Anna, Illustrator
Little Shepherds, Baby Jesus, Three Wise Kings
Racine, Wisconsin: Western Publishing Co., 1995
(3 ornament books)
David, Juliet, Author and Denham, Gemma, Illustrator
The First Christmas
Oxford, England: Candle Books, 2008
(interactive - peer through peepholes, read stories)
David, Juliet, Author and Prole, Helen, Illustrator
The Very First Christmas: Sticker Activity Book
Oxford, England: Candle Books, 2007
Davis, Mary J.
Celebrate Christmas
Illustrated by Becky Radtke
Cover illustrated by Janet Skiles
Torrance, California: Shining Star Publications, A
Division of Frank Schaffer Publications, Inc., 1998
(activity book)
De Paola, Tomie
Christmas Ornaments and Mobile
Bridgeport, Connecticut: WJ Fantasy, Inc., 1984
DePaola, Tomie
The Christmas Pageant
Minneapolis: Winston Press, 1978 (illustrations 1978, 1981)
(23 paper figures / animals to cut out)
DePaola, Tomie
Make Your Own Christmas Cards
New York: Price Stern Sloan, Inc., member of Penguin
Putnam Books for Young Readers, 1998
(16 punch-out cards of Nativity figures)
Devries, Catherine
Beginner’s Bible – My Christmas Manger
Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan/Zonderkidz, 2008
(board book – peek inside boxes, cradle Baby Jesus,
pet the animals)
Doney, Meryl, Written by
The First Christmas. Sticker Activity Book, With
Press-out Nativity Scene
Illustrated by Caroline Pedler
Bath, England: Parragon Books LTD, 2005 / 2006
Downing, Julie and Kavanagh, Peter, Illustrated by
The First Christmas. Bible Sticker Activity Book
New York: Dorling Kindersley Publishing, Inc., 1998
(puzzles, quizzes, games, activities)
Dress Up the Christmas Story
Berkhamsted, England: Make Believe Ideas, 2005
(14 pieces of fabric and 2 models)
Dumelle, Grace
Fontanini – Heirloom Nativities – Book of Ornaments
Figurines sculpted for the House of Fontanini by
Master Sculptor Elio Simonetti
Roselle, Illinois: Roman, Inc., 1996
(5 ornaments, heavy card stock, printed both sides
to press out and hang)
Dumelle, Grace (Story retold by)
The Nativity Story, featuring the art of Fontanini. A Puzzle Book
Roselle, Illinois: Roman, Inc., 1997
(Nativity story + 4 puzzles)
Everett, Mimi, Illustrator
Silent Night
Kettering, England: Index Books, 1999
(story of a school Nativity play – press button to play)
Face-To-Face With Women of the Bible. Paper Dolls
featuring Mary, Joseph, and Baby Jesus
Colorado Springs: Chariot Family Publishing, 1996
(includes 3 dolls, 16 outfits, manger, 4 accessories)
The First Noel
Norwalk, Connecticut: InnovationKids, A division of
Innovative USA, Inc., 2005
(soft shapes – read story – pop out pieces on
each page – can hang on Christmas tree)
Fukuda, Keinichi
Sunny Origami. The Life of Jesus Christ
Gumma, Japan: Jomo Kagaku Kogyosha, 1969
(instructions and paper to make Bible scenes, including two
nativity scenes)
Ganeri, Anita
Let’s Draw the Nativity
New York: Random House Books for Young Readers, 1995
Gillies, Ed (Written and Illustrated by)
My Own Nativity
Chicago: The Aspen Press Ltd., 1992
(read-along text, narration tape, complete ready-to-color
Nativity scene)
Glen, Jo
30 Days with Mary and Jesus
Jennifer Carter, Illustrator
Hampshire, England: Hunt & Thorpe, with
Carlisle, England: Paternoster Publications, 1998 – Reprint 1998 **
(fold-out pack of pictures, stickers, daily prayers/
readings for the month of December)
(Reprint of same title published in 1998 by Hunt & Thorpe /
Paternoster Publications)
Godfrey, Jan, Author and Saunderson, Chris, Illustrator
Make & Do Christmas Cards and Crib
Abingdon, Oxford, England: Barnabas, 2008
Goodings, Christina
My Nativity Jigsaw Book
Oxford, England: Lion Publishing, 2009
(board book with four puzzles)
Grob, John-Marc, Illustrations by
Bible Kingdom. The Nativity Coloring and Activity Book
Nashville: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 2000
Harrast, Tracy
Peek-A-Bible. The Christmas Story
The Zondervan Corporation, 1998
(lift-the-flaps – discover the story)
Harrast, Tracy
The Story of the Nativity
Illustrations by Estelle Corke
Grand Rapids: Kregel Kidzone, an imprint of Kregel Publications,
2010
(book for 24 days of Advent – readings, Nativity play
scene, removal stickers to place in story)
Hawkesley, Gerald, Written and Illustrated by
To Bethlehem We Go. A Peg Puzzle Book
Produced by Bookworks, LLC. Norwalk, Connecticut
Nashville: Tommy Nelson, a division of Thomas
Nelson, Inc., 2003
(hard board covers – 4 puzzle pieces with pegs on
top to put in place on each page as story is read)
Hazen, Barbara Shook
The Christmas Star
Reader’s Digest Children’s Publications, 2006
(Christmas story in book with die-cut out star that shows
through every page and lights up with press of button)
Henley, Clair, Illustrator
The Baby in the Manger
Oxford: A Lion Jigsaw Book, Lion Publishing, 1992
(4, 6 ¼"square, cardboard puzzles)
Henley, Clair, Illustrator
Come to Bethlehem
Oxford: A Lion Jigsaw Book, Lion Publishing, 1992
(4, 6 ¼"square, cardboard puzzles)
Himsworth III, James J., Artwork by
The Story of the First Christmas. A Holiday Box
By Ariel Books
Kansas City: Andrews McMeel Publishing, 1994, 2003
(box contains 48-page book and three-dimensional
Nativity carousel)
Hissey, Ivan, Illustrator
The Really Active Christmas Book
Batavia, Illinois: Lion Publishing, 1993
(puzzles, games, craft ideas – includes Advent Calendar)
Hunt, Priscilla
The Story of the Nativity
Illustrated by Richard Vranian
Richmond, Virginia: The Dietz Press, Inc., 1949
(a children’s color book)
Jesus’ Bethlehem Birthday. A Jigsaw Puzzle Story Book.
Four Jigsaw puzzles Help Tell the Story of Christmas
London: Binky Books, an imprint of Grange Books, 1993
(heavy cardboard pages)
Jones, Sally Lloyd (Retold by)
The Wise Men
New York: Reader’s Digest Children’s Books, 2002
(3 puzzle pieces – make a stand-up Christmas scene)
Joy to the World. A Sing-Along Pageant Created Just For You
Nashville: Ideals Publications, A Guideposts Company, 2010
Created and published by Smart Kidz Media Inc.
(board book – open cover, hear the music, sing along)
Kelly, Laura
Born in a Stable. The Story of the First Christmas retold by Laura Kelly
Illustrated by Don Page
Cincinnati: The Standard Publishing Company, A division of Standex
International Corporation, 1992
(“Bible Sticker Books”)
Lane, Leena and Bishop, Roma
My First Bible Activity Book CHRISTMAS FUN
Ijamsville, Maryland: The Word Among Us Press, 2003
(stories, pictures, Christmas-related projects)
Larcher, Martha, Author and Clark, Karen, Illustrator
The Manger Where Jesus Lay
Cincinnati: Standard Publishing, 1996
(a rebus story)
Leininger, J. R.
Beginner’s Bible. Birth of Jesus Story Cube
Brentwood, Tennessee: Performance Unlimited (licensed by)
Media, Pennsylvania: Good News Gifts
1998
Let’s Draw the Nativity
Cincinnati, Ohio: Standard Publishing, 1994
(draw along fun for beginning artists)
Letwenko, Edward
Christmas Activity Book
New York: Regina Press, 1989
(advent project to color, cut out, paste figures)
Letwenko Family
Roberta, text - Michael, cover - Edward, text illustrations
The Story of Christmas. A Coloring Book for Children
New York: Regina Press, 1988)
Litchfield, Jo
Nativity Jigsaw Book
London, England: Usborne Publishing Ltd., 2004
(board pages - 6 puzzles, 5 pieces each – each has central piece
related to theme of that page – i.e. star for Wise Men)
Marcaro, Catherine A.
Christmas in Poland
Owen, Wisconsin: Arctic Circle, no date
(a book to color)
Marzollo, Jean, Author and MacDonald, Suse, Illustrator
I See A Star
New York: Scholastic Cartwheel Books, 2007
(A Christmas Rebus Story)
Massey, Jane
My Sparkly Christmas, with five fun sparkly jigsaws!
New York: Backpack Books, by arrangement with Macmillan
Publishers Ltd., 2006
First published 2004 by Campbell Books, an imprint of
Macmillan Children’s Books)
(board book with five, 6-piece puzzles)
McCallum, Jodie, Illustrator
The Happy Time Players Present The First Christmas
Coloring Book
Cincinnati: The Standard Publishing Company, A division
of Standex International Corporation, 1992
McCaughrean, Geraldine
The Story of the Nativity
Conceived and Illustrated by Ruth Wickings
New York: A Doubleday Book for Young Readers, 1998
(4 stained-glass-like illustrations)
McCreary, Jane, Illustrator
The Story of Christmas. A Trim-A-Tree Story with Six Ornaments
Wilton, Connecticut: Joshua Morris Publishing, Inc., 1990
McCue, Lisa
Animals’ Advent. A Lift-and-Peek-A-Board Book
New York: Random House, 1994
(only animals, no Nativity)
Mead, Arden
Look Around the Stable: A Sticker Book of Family
Activities for Advent
Fenton, Missouri: Creative Communications for the Parish, 2004
Mickelson, Melva
Customs of Christmas
Minneapolis: Augsburg Fortress, 1990
(12 full-color paper ornaments, with narration)
Millett, Melanie
Hey Doodle Doodle: The Nativity
Springville, Utah: CFI (Cedar Fort Inc.), 2004
(read the story of the birth of Jesus, and follow the step-bystep instructions to draw each part of the story)
Mills, Elise, Illustrator
The Very First Christmas. Sticker Stories
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 2002
Mochlinska, Ania, Designer
Illuminated Letters of Christmas. A Book of Ornaments
United Kingdom: Labyrinth Publishing
San Francisco: Chronicle Books
1996
Distributed in Canada by Raincoast Books
(the 9 letters in “Christmas” are taken from a 14th-Century
Venetian manuscript in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, they depict lives of St. Anne, the Virgin, the Infant)
Morris, Susan, Illustrator
The Christmas Story, Told in Sticker Pictures
Racine, Wisconsin: A Whitman Book, Western Publishing
Company, Inc., MCMLXXVII (1977)
(12 pages of text with pictures that have outlined portions
to indicate where coordinating stickers go)
Most Wonderful Story, The
New York: Ideal Toy Company, 1958
(box made to look like book, which opens to become a
Nativity scene, with 8 ½” Baby Jesus doll – Christmas
Story on either side)
Nativity, The
New York: The Book Studio, DK Publishing, a member of
Penguin Group USA, Inc., 2007
(4 small stuffed animals glued to front cover – discover
roles they played on the First Christmas)
Nativity, The. Classroom pictures to color
Anderson, Indiana: Warner Press, Inc., 1986
(6 scenes, each with different Bible verse)
Nativity Story, The
New York: The Book Studio, DK Publishing, 2008
(stars twinkle, Silent Night Sing-A-Long)
Newsom, Tom, Illustrator
The First Noël. A Board Book and Play Piece
New York: Dutton’s Children’s Books, 1998
(place the star of Bethlehem in each scene)
Noble, Marty
Nativity. Stained Glass Coloring Book
Mineola, New York: Dover Pictorial Archives, 2004
(15 traditional scenes)
Noble, Marty
Nativity Sticker Activity Book
Mineola, New York: Dover Publications, 2000
(25 stickers to paste on stable scene)
O Little Town of Bethlehem. A Pageant of Lights
Nashville: CandyCane Press. An imprint of Ideals Publications,
a division of Guideposts, c.2004 by Smart Kids Publishing Inc.
(board pages – when book is opened lights / stars blink
and music plays)
O’Malley, Kathleen, Illustrations by
Silent Night. Lights and Music of Christmas
Lincolnwood, Illinois: Publications International, Ltd., 1992
(press star on front cover – lights blink and
“Silent Night” plays)
O’Neal, Debbie Trafton
A Is for Angel. A Christmas Alphabet and Activity Book
Illustrated by Jan Bryan-Hunt
Minneapolis: Augsburg Fortress Publishers, 2005
O’Neal, Debbie Trafton
Before and After Christmas: Activities and Ideas –
Advent and Epiphany
Illustrated by David LaRochelle
Augsburg Fortress Press, 1991
(creative, simple activities – short stories)
Packard, Mary
The Story of Christmas. Story Book Set and Advent Calendar
Illustrations by Carolyn Croll Design by Antler & Baldwin, Inc.
New York: Workman Publishing, 1994
(covers fold out, 24 tiny books inside)
Page, Don, Illustrator
The Very First Christmas. The Story of Jesus’ Birth
New York: Random House, 1995
(Bible Sticker Books)
Park, Julie, Illustrator
Follow the Star. A Christmas Story
St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 2001
(star-shaped box with 5 diamond-shaped
“ornament” board books inside)
Parry, Alan and Linda
The Baby Jesus
Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1995
(a touch and feel book)
Parry, Alan and Linda
Follow the Star all the way to Bethlehem
Dallas: Word Kids!, Word Publishing, 1994
(fun activities, pull-out letters, games)
Patti, Joyce, Illustrator
The First Christmas. With Four Classic Nativity Ornaments
Text Adaptation by Karen E. Lotz
Concept, Design, Paper Engineering by David A. Carter
New York: Dutton Children’s Books, a Division of
Penguin Books USA Inc., 1990
Pierce, Sharon
Making Holiday Folk Toys and Figures
New York: Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., 1987
(one project involves making a Nativity scene)
Pollard, Nan, Illustrator
The Story of Jesus’ Birth. A Happy Day Coloring Book
Cincinnati: The Standard Publishing Company, A division of
Standex International Corporation, 1996
Reyntiens, Patrick Introduction and Index
A Stained-Glass Christmas, with Six Removable Windows
New York: Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 1998
Ryder, Stephanie, Illustrator
Silent Night. The Christmas Story with Lights and Music
Newmarket, England: Brimax Books Ltd., 1993
Silent Night. A Pageant of Lights Book
Created by Smart Kids Publishing, Inc., 2006.
Published by Ideals Interactive, Nashville
Singer, Muff
Baby’s First Nativity
New York: A Reader’s Digest Young Families Book
Westport, Connecticut: Joshua Morris Publishing, Inc., 1997
(window book with hard pages and handle)
Smath, Jerry, Illustrations by
New Baby’s Nativity
Pleasantville, New York: Reader’s Digest Children’s
Books, 1999
(soft pages, with Angel to put in pocket on each
page as the story is read)
Smath, Jerry, Illustrator
Once Upon A Christmas. A Child’s First Nativity Play Scene
Westport, Connecticut: A Reader’s Digest Young Families Book Set
Published by Joshua Morris Publishing, Inc., 1997
(opens to reveal triptych Nativity scene, with
8 small paper figure books telling the Nativity story)
Soltis, Linda DeVito, Illustrator
A Host of Angels
Text by Caroline Repchuk
Designed by Janie Louise Hunt
Surrey, England: Devised/produced by the Templar Co., 1996
Australia: A Hodder Children’s Book, Hodder Headline Ltd., 1996
(untie book covers to reveal a fold-out of 23 press-out angel
ornaments surrounding the press-out Holy Family ornament)
The Star (A Little Christmas Window Book)
A Reader’s Digest Young Families Book
Westport, Connecticut: Joshua Morris Publishing, Inc.
Victoria House Publishing Ltd., copyright 1996
Stewart, Dana
The Happy Time Players Present The First Christmas
Illustrated by Jodie McCallum
Cincinnati: The Standard Publishing Company, A division of
Standex International Corporation, 1992
(coloring book)
Taylor, Mark
One Tiny Baby. A Happy Day Coloring Book
Illustrations by Kathryn Hutton
Cincinnati: The Standard Publishing Company, A division
of Standex International Corporation, 1989
Thatcher, Fran
My Musical Christmas Stable
Nashville: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 1998
(4 story books, music, shining star)
Thompson, Darlene and Art
Nativity Ornaments of Paper. Plaid’s Paint & Paper
Collection #8272
Norcross, Georgia: Plaid Enterprises, Inc., 1987
(10 traditional Nativity ornaments to cut, paint)
Tormont (Producer)
Away in a Manger Nativity
Nashville: Thomas Nelson, Inc., 1999
(Nativity kit includes a board book of Jesus’ birth, plus
three plush animals to tuck into their own stable)
VanderKlipp, Michael A.
Joy to the World. A Christmas Counting Book
Nancy Munger, Illustrator
The Zondervan Corp., 1998
Walton, Steward and Sally
Christmas Stencils
Created by Amazon Publishing Ltd., printed in Singapore
New York: Tupelo Books, an imprint of William Morrow, 1993
(kit of more than 20 ready-cut stencils)
Wangerin, Jr., Walter and Courts, Randy, Authors
Ladwig, Tim, Illustrator
Angels and All Children: A Nativity Story in Words,\
Music, and Art
Minneapolis: Augsburg Fortress, 2002
(full color picture book, plus CD)
Watt, Fiona
The Nativity. Usborne Touchy-Feely
Illustrated by Rachel Wells
London: Usborne Publishing Ltd., 2005
(board book with bits of fabric on every page)
Who’s Coming to Stay? A Little Christmas Window Book
A Reader’s Digest Families Book
Westport, Connecticut: Joshua Morris Publishing, Inc.
Victoria House Publishing Ltd., copyright 1996
Wickings, Ruth, Illustrator/Designer
Christmas Advent Boxes
London: Electric Paper, 1998
(24 simple boxes to press out, fold, glue)
Wilson, Alex
The First Christmas Magic Pad
Ontario, Canada: Alex Wilson Coldstream Lithographed
Paper Products, 1990
(scribble w/pencil pictures appear – lift page they disappear)
Wood, David
The Christmas Story. A Nativity Play
Nashville: Henry Holt, no date
(play theater package containing theater with all things
needed to produce a play)
Wright, Sue
The Christmas Path. A Legend of the Luminarias
Illustrated by David Wenzel
New York: Cartwheel Books, Scholastic, Inc., 1998
(Nativity scene at end lights up)
Zobel-Nolan, Allia
Baby Jesus Is Born (Touch and Feel)
Sarah Dillard, Illustrator
Pleasantville, New York: Reader’s Digest Children’s Books, 2003
Zobel-Nolan, Allia
The First Christmas: A Nativity Playbook with 6 puzzle pieces
Grand Rapids, Michigan: Kregel Kidzone, 2003
VIDEOS
“The First Christmas Crib. A Story of St. Francis of Assisi”
Introduced by Murray Bodo, O.F.M.
Cincinnati, Ohio: St. Anthony Messenger Press, 1998
VHS. 12 minutes. Suitable for all ages, children – adults
(story of St. Francis’ Christmas Crib of 1223, shown through
use of handmade crèche figures, plus a musical presentation
illustrated by nativity scenes from around the world)
“Francesco’s Friendly World. The Gifts of Christmas”
Video Edmundo Productions, 1997
VHS. 44 minutes. Ages 2-9
(animated cartoon that “celebrates Christmas through
songs, suspense and surprises as Francesco initiates a
Christmas tradition…”)