A Gift for the Christ Child: A Christmas Folktale

By Linda Schlafer

This children's Christmas book, A Gift for the Christ Child , is based on a South American Christmas folktale. The story revolves around two young boys who, in order to make the family Christmas... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0829416064
• ISBN13: 9780829416060
• Release Date: August 2000
• Publisher: Loyola Press
• Length: 26 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 9.7" x 10.9"
• Age Range: 5 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

A heartwarming message about the importance of giving

Linda Schlafer's entertaining text and Anne Wilson's marvelous artistry present young readers ages 4 to 8 with a South American Christmas folktale in A Gift For The Christ Child. Children receive a heartwarming message about the importance of giving as two young boys journey from their modest home in the mountains to the big church in town to make a family Christmas offering. Along the way the boys must be brave, resourceful, and unselfish as they encounter an older woman in need. A Gift For The Christ Child is ideal for Christmas season celebration and rewarding, entertaining reading all year 'round.