Mary Books for Children

 

Activity Books

 

 

 

A coloring book nativity with cut-out figures

 

My Own Nativity

 Written and Illustrated by Ed Gillies

Aspen Press Ltd, 1992

(Designed for ages four to adult)

 

A cassette accompanies this FoamCor nativity. The cassette includes music, narration, and instructions on how to put together the set. The book cover serves as the backdrop, and free-standing figures are punched out – all to be colored as the user likes. The FoamCor is durable and can be colored with crayons, water colors, markers, or acrylics.

 

(Not listed in WorldCat)

 

 

A hear and read storybook and cassette

 

The Story of Baby Jesus

 Hear & Read Alice in Bibleland series

By Alice Joyce Davidson

Illustrated by Victoria Marshal

The C.R. Gibson Company, 1992

ISBN 0-8378-2837-6 GT307

(Grades 2-3)

This book could be situated with the traditional Christmas storybooks. It is unique in that it is really a poem about a little girl named Alice who reads her Bible and is transported into the book where she experiences the biblical events as a firsthand spectator. Alice is  in almost every picture. Unfortunately, as lovely as this set is, the loveliest of all is little Alice, not the Christ Child. Nonetheless, every little girl will want to be where Alice is.

 

(Catalogued in 165 libraries)

 

 

A how-to guide with special suggestions for children

 

Las Posadas

 A Bilingual Celebration for Christmas
 For Parishes and Groups

 By Kathryn J. Hermes, FSP and Marlyn Monge

 Softcover / 24 pages / ISBN: 0819844950

Las Posadas—a traditional Mexican Christmas celebration—is quickly becoming a cherished custom of both Hispanics and non-Hispanics alike throughout the United States. Reliving Mary and Joseph's search for shelter through the candle-lit procession and traditional songs of the Posadas powerfully inserts us into the mystery and marvel of God's birth among us.

Included in this bilingual guide:

  • an explantion of the Posadas
  • directions for its celebration
  • lyrics and music for the Posadas song
  • prayers
  • suggestions for bilingual celebrations
  • suggestions for celebration with children

This information provided by the publisher. See the website: http://www.pauline.org/store/moreinfo/0819844950.html

 

 

 

A pop-up book

 

The First Christmas Pop-up Book With Light and Music

Illustrated by Fran Thatcher

Nelson Regency, A Division of Thomas Nelson, 1994(?)

ISBN 0-8407-4907-4

 

This solidly built paper pop-up book has punch-out paper figures of the nativity and a small twenty-page storybook written true to the Gospels in simplified language for children. When the set is ready, there is a pull-out tab that plays “Silent Night” and lights the Bethlehem star. For the littlest “builders,” parents need to help with this one, especially to identity the nativity scene figures.

 

(Not listed in WorldCat)