This week we've all started reading The Best Christmas Pageant Ever together as a family after dinner. It's a bit of a family tradition (which I noticed Sarah's family shares!). If you haven't read it, I really recommend it as a book to read over Christmas.It's all about the year that the Herdmans - the "worst kids in the history of the world" who have never heard the Christmas story before - take part if the church Christmas pageant. It's a very funny book, which really amuses us as well as the kids. But as well as being funny I think it has something to say about grace and the transformative power of the story of Jesus.
It only has 7 (longish) chapters so it's easy to read the whole thing sometime in December!
6 comments:
G'day Nicole
The book sounds fun. What ages is it written for? I guess the "longish chapters" is a bit of a giveaway.
Hi David,
I would say infants aged kids (to listen) and 7-10 year olds would enjoy reading it themselves. It's a pretty thin, easy chapter book.
Thanks Nicole
Do you know a place it is avaialble from in Australia?
You've whetted my appetite.
I think you can get it (or order it) from most 'good bookstores' as they say. I just did search and Dymocks has it on their system for example.
Arrived today and I have a few pages to go.
Great, fun book.
Clever way of getting us to reexamine the story of Jesus' birth and our attitudes to others.
Thanks Nicole.
Glad you've enjoyed it!
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