The books

Start with the Guide. Add what helps.

Advent Overflow was made to be done with books at home. The Guide is the one you need; the storybooks, activity books and Workbook are extras for families who want them. If you'd rather go digital, each book's daily pages are also free on this site, on that day's page.

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The Guide · start here

Advent Overflow

A Family Guide to Giving Thanks, Then Giving Back, from Thanksgiving to New Year's

Every day's reading and practice in one book, from the first Thursday of November to January 4, plus how to set up the wall and the tree. Seven calendars in the back cover every date the season can start, so the same book works every year.

Free on this site

Every day's reading, word for word, on that day's page.

Open the calendar →
Coming soon to Amazon
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Optional · for the grown-up

Advent Overflow Workbook

For the Grown-Up Guiding the Family from Gratitude to Generosity

A write-in companion to the Guide, made for one grown-up: a place to write every day, planning pages, and the cut-out patterns for the tree. Many pages save room for what the kids said. Next November, open it first and read what you wrote a year ago.

Coming soon to Amazon
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Storybook · November

The Thank-You Adventure in Wanderful Woods

25 picture-book stories, one for each day from the first Thursday of November through Thanksgiving weekend, as Mr. Moose, Mr. Monkey and their friends learn to notice the ones who make their lives better and tell them thank you.

Free on this site

Every story and every picture, as a picture book on its day's page and on For the Kids.

Go to For the Kids →
On Amazon →
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Storybook · December

The Overflow Adventure in Wanderful Woods

35 picture-book stories, one for each day from December 1 to January 4, as the friends of Wanderful Woods carry one little light from home to home and pass on what they've been given.

Free on this site

Every story and every picture, as a picture book on its day's page and on For the Kids.

Go to For the Kids →
On Amazon →
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Activity book · November

Advent Overflow November Activity Book

A Kids' Companion for The Thank-You Adventure in Wanderful Woods

Every November story, printed in full, with pages to go with each day: a picture to color, a puzzle, a joke from Sammy Squirrel, a Read With Me story for beginning readers, and a thank-you to trace and finish. For kids ages 3 to 8. Use it with the storybook or in its place.

Free on this site

Each day's activity pages, ready to print, on that day's page and on For the Kids, plus each book's start-here pages and answer key.

Go to For the Kids →
Coming soon to Amazon
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Activity book · December

Advent Overflow December Activity Book

A Kids' Companion for The Overflow Adventure in Wanderful Woods

Every story from December 1 to January 4, printed in full, with pages to go with each day: a picture to color, a puzzle, a joke from Sammy Squirrel, a Read With Me story for beginning readers, and a thank-you to trace and finish. For kids ages 3 to 8. Use it with the storybook or in its place.

Free on this site

Each day's activity pages, ready to print, on that day's page and on For the Kids, plus each book's start-here pages and answer key.

Go to For the Kids →
Coming soon to Amazon