Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Carol Christmas | 1989 | Cathy Gillen Thacker | Buy |
| 2 | Best Gift Of All | 1989 | Cathy Gillen Thacker | Buy |
| 3 | It Happened One Christmas | 1995 | Cathy Gillen Thacker | Buy |
| 4 | Wanted: Christmas Mommy | 1995 | Cathy Gillen Thacker | Buy |
| 5 | Merry Christmas, Mommy | 1995 | Cathy Gillen Thacker | Buy |
| 6 | A Father for Christmas | 1997 | Cathy Gillen Thacker | Buy |
| 7 | Cowboy Santa | 1998 | Cathy Gillen Thacker | Buy |
| 8 | Baby’s First Christmas | 1998 | Cathy Gillen Thacker | Buy |
| 9 | Smoochin’ Santa | 1998 | Cathy Gillen Thacker | Buy |
| 10 | Gift-Wrapped Dad | 1998 | Cathy Gillen Thacker | Buy |
| 11 | A Very Special Need | 2013 | Cathy Gillen Thacker | Buy |
The Christmas is for Kids series by Cathy Gillen Thacker spans over two decades of holiday fiction, opening with A Carol Christmas and Best Gift Of All in 1989 and closing with A Very Special Need in 2013. The bulk of the series appeared in the 1990s, with three titles in 1995 and four in 1998 alone, before a long gap preceded the final entry.
The titles across the eleven books focus on family and parenthood at Christmas time — Wanted: Christmas Mommy, A Father for Christmas, Cowboy Santa, Baby’s First Christmas among them. Each book in this holiday fiction collection can be read independently, though reading from the beginning gives the fullest picture of the recurring themes Thacker explores across the series.