First Christmas

by Susana Gay, Owen Gay

Overview

With its bold, modern art and simple text of about 100 words, this fresh new take on the story of Christmas is just right for babies and toddlers. Children will learn that Mary and Joseph journeyed to Bethlehem, that Jesus was born in a stable, and that shepherds came to worship the little King. This charming depiction of the Christmas story is a wonderful gift for little ones and expectant mothers.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780824916794
Publisher:	Worthy
Publication date:	10/02/2018
Pages:	16
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 5.30(h) x 0.50(d)
Age Range:	1 - 3 Years

About the Author

Susana Gay is an award-winning graphic designer and the owner of Threehaus, a branding and design studio in Winter Park, Florida. Susana collaborated with her seven-year-old son, Owen, to create Noah's Ark as a gift for a family baptism. After Owen retold the story, Susana polished the text and created the art. They followed Noah's Ark with In the Beginning, Jonah and the Big Fish, Baby Moses, First Christmas, and First Easter, resulting in a series of unique and beautiful introductions to favorite childhood Bible stories.

Editorial Reviews

09/24/2018
This fifth addition to the Baby Bible Book series gently tells the Nativity story. Susan Gay, a graphic designer, creates the images with help from her young son. Gay’s figures are reminiscent of Playmobil toys, with pinpoint eyes and solid forms. Gay describes Mary and Joseph (“Mary was a good young woman”), and concisely details events: Mary learns that she is with child, and Mary and Joseph are turned away by five frowning innkeepers. Jesus’s birth in the manger occurs under a shining yellow star. “Every year on Christmas, we celebrate the birth of Jesus, God’s own son,” concludes this biblical primer. Ages 1–3. (Oct.)

Publishers Weekly