Christmas Picture Books for Young and Old Quiz

Answer: The Littlest Angel

"The Littlest Angel" is a wonderfully inspiring story of a little boy angel who is missing home and would like his box of treasures that he left there. His request is granted but instead of keeping the treasures he gives them to the Christ Child, when Jesus was born. Later the littlest angel feared that this gift was not quite good enough. Soon he was cheered up when he learned that his gift, which had items such as stones and a bird's egg, pleased God the most. "The Littlest Angel" was also turned into a television musical drama in 1969.

Answer: Rabbits

The splendid story titled "Shall I Knit You a Hat? A Christmas Yarn" is about a little rabbit and his mother who work together to create hats for the little rabbit's friends: a cat, a deer, a dog, a goose and a horse. The rabbits are so busy it isn't until later that the little rabbit realizes that he'd not gotten a gift for his mother.

The story shows a love between the mother rabbit and her little son and all of the fun they had making the gifts. It warmly shows the surprise of the friends when they receive their gifts. Mother rabbit is so happy spending this wonderful time with her son; she tells him that the time together is the best gift.

The illustrations are beautiful and M. Sarah Klise's work shows how unique the cat, deer, dog, goose and horse look in their new hats.

Some of the other books written and illustrated by these sisters include "Little Rabbit and the Night Mare"(2008), "Letters From Camp"(1999) and "Why Do You Cry?"(2006).

Answer: Helen Ward

Helen Ward is the author of this compelling story, "Finding Christmas" (2004). Wayne Anderson created the beautiful illustrations of this story in which a little girl believes that she has no gift to give to her baby brother because there are no toys left in the toy store. On her way back home, through the snow, she hears a bell ring and a stuffed bear floats down to her.

It was Santa who cleared out the toy store but made sure that the little girl had what she wanted, the perfect gift for her little brother.

Other books by Helen Ward include "The Rooster and the Fox" (Six editions from between 2002 to 2004), "Little Moon Dog" (Six editions from between 2005 and 2007) and "The Dragon Machine" (Seven editions from between 2003 and 2007).

Answer: B is for Bethlehem

"B is for Bethlehem" not only tells the story of the birth of Jesus but it is done in a wonderful style of rhyming couplets. The story is in alphabetical order, with wonderful illustrations by Elisa Kleven which show plenty of celebration in the mood of the artwork. Another book by Wilner is "A Garden Alphabet" (1991).

Answer: Orange

"An Orange for Frankie" was written by Patricia Polacco and is recommended reading for children who are between eight and twelve years old. Frankie and his eight siblings lived in the times of the Depression. One of the traditions during this time was that the parents gave their children each an orange to be enjoyed on Christmas Day.

The story describes how Frankie's family do what they can to help Frankie when they learned that he has lost his orange before they were even given out to the family. Frankie's parents did what they could to help the hobos who rode the trains and desperately looked for food and shelter. Frankie tried to help the hobos too and gave his sweater away to one of them so they could be warmer. Could the orange have been in the sweater? Polacco has written numerous books including "The Trees of the Dancing Goats" (1996), "John Philip Duck" (2004) and "Mommies Say Shhh" (2005).

Answer: Santa

"Santa's Stuck" was written by Rhonda Gowler Greene and humorously illustrated by Henry Cole. The delightful story centers itself around Santa who ate so many treats that he got stuck in the chimney on his way out of a house. His reindeer worked feverishly as they tried to pull Santa out.

When Santa called for help he woke up the dog which helped to push Santa from below, but Santa remained stuck. Eventually all of the animals in the house came to help but the most help came from a toy bulldozer operated by a mouse. More of Rhonda Gowler Greene's books include such titles as: "Eek! Creak! Snicker, Sneak" (2002), "At Grandma's" (2003) and "Mail Monkeys" (2006).

Answer: Christmas in the Barn

"Christmas in the Barn" has a lovely rhyming text which is attractive to the very young. Margaret Wise Brown's story tells of the birth of Jesus but without creating confusing events that young children might not fully understand. Diane Goode illustrated this book which is more modern and resembles rural America in the twentieth century.

The story includes some phrases from well known hymns which aids in making it more familiar for the reader. More children's books by Browne include "Goodnight Moon" (1947), "The Sailor Dog" (1953) and "Home for a Bunny" (1956).

Answer: Brown Paper Teddy Bear

Catherine Allison created "Brown Paper Teddy Bear" (2004) with a different presentation. The book is oversized and its pages are all made from sturdy brown paper. The illustrator, Neil Reid, used watercolors to display the activities enjoyed by Jessica, a teddy bear and other toys. One night, in the winter time, Jessica woke up to find a package in her drawer.

She opened it and a teddy bear which was inside of the package came to life. The two of them embarked on a journey into a room which included many toys like a stuffed monkey, a wooden dog, dolls and more.

They all came to life to play with Jessica and the bear. As an added surprise, it turned out that Jessica's grandfather owned the bear and knew of the magic that this bear could do.

Answer: A mouse

The story, "Merry Christmas Maisy" takes the reader through the exploits of Maisy Mouse and her excitement for the coming Christmas morning. The book includes fun pull tabs so the reader can see Maisy baking and decorating. Maisy eventually has all of her decorating done so she and her friends can enjoy the season together.
Maisy Mouse was created by Lucy Cousins and appears in several books based on such things as Maisy going to the doctor, being at the beach, going camping, being in school, on an Easter egg hunt and much more.

Answer: Pop-up book

"The Twelve Days of Christmas" (1996) has very intricate and detailed pop-up illustrations created by Robert Sabuda. Each verse of the song is presented with a pop-up illustration which makes this book one to view over and over again. The classic song really comes to life with the marvel of pop-up artistry.
To view more of the amazing pop-up illustrations by Robert Sabuda you can take a look at some of his other books including: "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: Pop-Up" (2000), "The Twelve Days of Christmas" (1996) and "Creepy, Crawly Halloween Fright" (1994).