A Night of Great Joy
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- 8,99 €
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- 8,99 €
Publisher Description
Mary Engelbreit, New York Times bestselling illustrator of the blockbuster Christmas classic The Night Before Christmas, brings readers a holiday picture book that’s sure to become a family favorite, with a cover that sparkles with glitter and foil and celebrates the joyful season of Christmas.
A Night of Great Joy tells the story of the nativity through the performance of a children’s Christmas pageant. With adorable illustrations and simple storytelling, Engelbreit paints a wonderful picture of the night Jesus was born.
This gorgeous picture book is for children ages 4 to 8. A Night of Great Joy brings peace to the world and highlights:
The arrival of Mary and Joseph in Bethlehem on a donkeyThe three wise men presenting their gifts of gold, incense, and myrrh to the baby Jesus lying in a mangerThe birth of Jesus, guiding them with the star of Bethlehem, the magi riding from Jerusalem on camels, and a chorus of angels
Your entire family will love reading A Night of Great Joy during the holiday season. Engelbreit’s brilliant illustrations will create a sweet holiday tradition you’ll want to read every Christmas.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
An elementary-school Christmas pageant plays out with warm humor in Engelbreit's (The Night Before Christmas) holiday offering. The author's cherubic characters perform the Nativity story using rudimentary props that will trigger smiles: a robed Joseph with a comically fake beard pulls Mary in a red wagon outfitted with a donkey head, a rocking horse and a rubber duck keep watch in the stable, the newborn Jesus is a rag doll, and stuffed animals fill in for sheep. The narrative is a straightforward, pared-down version of the biblical tale, without dialogue, which leaves the pictures to showcase the children's personalities (two shepherds fight over a toy lamb, a prima donna's antics irk her fellow angels, and a costumed cow falls asleep as the Wise Men arrive). The Nativity tale is one of great things born out of humble circumstances, a theme that dovetails perfectly with the homespun staging of the children's production. Ages 4 8.
