This collection of ten Christmas stories, retold with warmth and wisdom, includes a retelling of the Nativity story from the Gospels as well as tales and legends associated with Christmas traditions from around the world. Together these stories reflect the message of peace and goodwill at Christmas. Each story is retold in a short but continuous narrative, with quick and quirky illustrations adding to the momentum. The playful element is enhanced by text that 'interacts' with the pictures by means of join-in words so that they are fun to share with children. The large text and carefully managed readability mean that such a book is also great fun for young children who are learning to read. Part of Lion's Two-Minute series which also includes Bible Stories, Parables, Bedtime Stories and Animal Stories.

 

This book is part of a book series called Two-Minute .

There are 48 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 2012 by Lion Hudson Plc .

Nicola Smee is a well-known picture book artist and author. She lives and works in Essex. Elena Pasquali is the pseudonym of an in-house author. Barbara Vagnozzi lives in Italy. She has illustrated for Child's Play as well as the Finger-Trail Tales and God Bless Me for Lion.

This book has the following chapters: Jesus is Born 6 The story of the Nativity from the Gospel of Luke The Wise Men 10 The story of the Nativity from the Gospel of Matthew The Shepherd and His Pipe 14 A story from Greece The Innkeeper's Wife 18 A story from Ireland The Apple Tree 22 A story from New England The Cat in the Stable 26 A world story Good King Wenceslas 30 A story from Bohemia The Little Juggler 34 A story from Italy The Busy Baker 38 A story from France Button and the Star 42 A story by Elena Pasquali