Tomie dePaola and His Christmas Picture Books

Children's book author and illustrator Tomie dePaola has more than 200 books to his credit. A number of his books have a Christmas theme. Two of them, "The First Christmas" and "The Legend of the Poinsettia," his retelling of a Mexican folktale, are on my list of recommended children's Christmas picture books. "Merry Christmas, Strega Nona," "The Night of Las Posadas," "Tomie's Little Christmas Pageant," "The Legend of Old Befana," "Jingle, the Christmas Clown," and "Four Friends at Christmas" are some of Tomie dePaola's other Christmas picture books.