GLORIA The Christmas Angel / Reflection Activity Storybook

By Scott A. Asalone and Mary Jo Scandin

Gloria is -- well, let's face it -- a klutzy angel. Her hair is tangled. Her halo is bent. Her wings are out of shape. She knows about rejection and failure. She knows what it's like to have others expect little or nothing of her. That is why Gloria gives hope to those who feel unfit and forgotten.Gloria is the story behind the story of Christmas.Deep down inside her, Gloria finds the power to believe in herself when no one else does. She's able to rise to the task, particularly when she meets a child born in poverty who turns out to be a very important person: God's own Son. Because she believes in herself, Gloria can see beyond appearances. So Gloria doesn't only bring good news to the poor, she also tells the good news of the poor: that those who have little or nothing are important people. They're God's own children.Tell the story of Gloria to your children -- and to Christmas-weary adults you know who have become, as G. K. Chesterton observed, bored to death by the constant repetition of a story they have never heard.Note on Reflection Activity Title Page: Gloria wants you to know that God likes to hear how we feel and what we think. That is why you will find on these pages questions to consider in your heart while decorating and adding your ideas to these pictures. You might want to talk about some of these things with someone in your family or with a friend. Gloria knows what it's like to feel lonely and to find strength in helping someone else when we may be feeling so hopeless ourselves.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1886510393
• ISBN13: 9781886510395
• Release Date: October 2000
• Publisher: Treehaus Communications
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.5" x 0.3" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3