Anne Holman, co-owner and manager of The King’s English Bookshop in Salt Lake City, has been buying Christmas picture books for her two daughters before they were even born. “I bought Tasha Tudor’s ‘Take Joy’ from the old Carden Children’s Bookshop when I had NO MONEY and way before kids or marriage,” she said. “It sits on our piano every Christmas and brings me enormous happiness.”
Holman has continued to buy Christmas books every year since — one for each daughter. Some of her favorites include “The Night Tree” by Eve Bunting (“Ted Rand’s illustrations are delicious,” she says) and “Who Is Coming to Our House” by Joseph Slate (“Our favorite line is I will butt aside the rig!