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Available
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Description
While the text tells the story of Jesus' birth, pictures show a group of spirited children preparing their annual Christmas play.
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Price Stern Sloan (1992), Edition: Reprint
User reviews
LibraryThing member MeditationesMartini
I'm a little wary of books that tell kids God is totally real, but I think the "some people say ..." approach that I've taken with Santa will also serve here, and then this story is also a critical part of our cultural heritage and the ways it's acted out by kids in a pageant is cute. But what
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makes this wonderful is the way the story is interspersed with nativity songs--"We Three Kings," "Away in a Manger," O Little Town of Bethlehem" etc. etc.--which are beautiful and soothing and total sleep catnip (sleepnip???) to a child. Show Less
Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
1989
ISBN
0590443798 / 9780590443791