Teaching Ideas

Diverse Holiday Displays and Holiday Activities

December is a time we see holiday displays in many libraries and schools. You can use TeachingBooks’ tools and resources to find diverse holiday books to feature, and fun resources to promote those titles!

Already have a list of titles?
  • Use our List Analysis Tool to give you helpful insight into the books on your list – recency, reading level, cultural experience, and more!
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  • Browse our entire Holiday Collection to find more titles and resources for winter holidays as well as others celebrated throughout the year and around the world.

  • Find diverse holiday titles by filtering by “Any Cultural Experience Area” or select specific cultural experience areas such as Jewish, Latinx, Immigrant/Refugee.

  • Filter for Awards or Recency to narrow down the list.

  • Filter by resource type if you are looking for book trailers or author recordings to use for Shelf Talkers.

  • Create custom lists of titles to use and share!

Planning for holidays?

  • Explore our Literary Calendar to discover specific winter holidays.

  • Search by specific holiday name such as “Kwanzaa” or “Hanukkah”

  • Find Holiday themed lists:

    • Type in Holiday and explore results in the “Lists” section
    • Looking for additional holiday titles beyond the traditional classics? Explore this list for additional titles and resources: Beyond Polar Express: Unsung Holiday Books.
Find multimedia resources to incorporate into your book promotion:

  • Through your search click into each title to explore resources like book trailers, Meet-the-Author Recordings, puzzles, activities, and more!

Find some ideas and examples of activities you can do with your students to explore a few winter holidays on this page: A Few December Holidays