The Story of Christmas

In this picture-book version of the Christmas story, children take part in a nativity play and act out the events that took place in Bethlehem, long ago. Dressed in colourful costumes, children play the parts of the biblical characters surrounded by lambs, donkeys, and other animal favourites that help to make each scene memorable - the shepherds on a hillside watching over their sheep, the three wise men on their journey across the desert, and Mary and Joseph in the stable with their new-born child. The story is retold in a simple lyrical style which should be easy to read aloud, and the pictures should help inspire children to put on their own nativity play.