The Strangers at the Manger
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Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781632531001 |
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| Publisher: | Franciscan Media |
| Publication date: | 08/19/2016 |
| Series: | Chime Travelers Series , #5 |
| Pages: | 144 |
| Sales rank: | 194,942 |
| Product dimensions: | 5.50(w) x 7.50(h) x (d) |
| Age Range: | 7 - 10 Years |
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These books are really just fantastic. Katie and Patrick are off an another “chime traveling” adventure, but this time, they get to travel together! They find themselves accompanying Mary and Jesus in their preparations for the birth of their Son, Jesus.
What an exciting time in history for all of us! Can you imagine being there yourself? Now you and your children can imagine being at Christ’s birth together!
But perhaps my favorite part of this book is the story that runs alongside the birth of Jesus and its relevance for our time.
You see, in each Chime Travelers book, there are two stories going on simultaneously. There is a story of Katie and Patrick, students in our present time, and the things that are going on in their childhood. And there is a story from history going on, a story that these kids are thrown into, from which they must learn a lesson. The lessons Katie and Patrick learn from their travels in history correspond beautifully with the situations going on in their present lives back at their church, school, and home.
So my favorite aspect of The Strangers at the Manger was how it relates the story of welcoming Christ to the welcoming of refugees seeking safe accommodations in our world today. This is a message for the whole Church and a great lesson to share with our children. Author Lisa M. Hendey sets this lesson up beautifully in this book.
These books are wonderful for reading a chapter per day in a school, Catechism class, or at bedtime with your children. They make a great, inexpensive gift for your Godchildren, your grandchildren, your nieces and nephews, kids birthday parties, family friends, and really for any children in your life.
Share the Faith, share some fun, and share some Chime Travelers adventures with your family!
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I'm quite sure the last time you picked up the Bible to read Luke chapter 2 you missed the part about two little red-headed twins, Patrick and Katie, kicking a soccer ball around in the fields with the shepherds. You've probably wondered about how Joseph managed to work his way through the crowds to find a place for he and Mary to Bethlehem - even if the only thing he managed was a lowly stable. Surely he must have had help? And why would it not have been those irascible little red-headed Irish Catholics?
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Children will enjoy reading the book, but I enjoyed reading it too. In fact, when young Katie picks up the baby Jesus in an effort to soothe him to sleep, I grew just a wee bit sentimental. Can you imagine having the opportunity to hold and to cuddle and snuggle the infant Jesus? To smell that sweet baby head? Lisa Hendey did imagine it, and let Katie experience it. Or, how frightening must it have been for the family to pick up and flee to Egypt for the sake of their lives? We hear the story so often, we read it so often, that it grow familiar and some of the nitty gritty and uncomfortableness of the story is smoothed away in Christmas carols. Little Patrick recognizes this, too, when he fears for the lives of the Holy Family, acknowledging, "it was scarier in real life." Indeed.
This is a great little book, perfect for those voracious and early readers. It has nice large print and several black and white, full page illustrations.
Note: The publisher sent me a complimentary copy of this book with the hope that I would provide a (favorable) review. Complimentary books don't necessarily make good books, though. My opinions are my own.
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