December 2012 Calendar of Children's Books
- December 1 - Birthday of Jan Brett
- Home for Christmas
- Jan Brett's Christmas Treasury
- The Three Snow Bears
- Sundown December 8 through December 16 - Hanukkah
- Celebrate Hanukkah
- Hanukkah Haiku
- Top Hanukkah Books
- December 22 - Birthday of Artist and Author Jerry Pinkney
- The Lion and the Mouse
- Artist Jerry Pinkney and His Children's Picture Books
- The 2010 Caldecott Medal Winner
- November 24 - Birthday of Author Stephenie Meyer
- Parents' Guide to the Twilight Series
- December 25 - Christmas
- Christmas Classics for Children and Families
- A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
- 'Twas the Night Before Christmas
- How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr. Seuss
- The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry
- The Night Before Christmas: Magical Cut-Paper Edition
- Best Children's Books About the Birth of Jesus
- Christmas Is Here
- The Christmas Story from the Gospels of Matthew and Luke
- Top Picks: The Birth of Jesus in Children's Books
- Children's Christmas Picture Books written and/or illustrated by Mary Engelbreit
- Mary Engelbreit's A Merry Little Christmas
- Queen of Christmas
- The Night Before Christmas
- December 26-January 1 - Kwanzaa
- Celebrate Kwanzaa
- Favorite Children's Kwanzaa Books
- December 27 - Anniversary of the Birth of Ingri Parin d'Aulaire
- D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths
