The Girl Who Found Christmas: An Advent Calendar Storybook

by Barbara Escher

Overview

This Advent Calendar storybook is a one-of a kind holiday treasure with 25 Christmas bedtime stories. Parents and grandparents can enjoy reading to kids and talk about what's really important about Christmas.

Each story invites children to join six-year-old Belinda in solving a BIG mystery: What is Christmas all about? Armed only with a crayon, Belinda draws a new "clue" every day. Is Christmas all about the tree? Or making cookies? Or building a snowman? Or maybe it's something different! Will she figure it out in time?

Beautifully written stories combine with whimsical illustrations that might well have been drawn by Belinda herself!

As they make the journey toward Christmas, grandparents may find unique opportunities to talk to kids about the Christmas traditions in their own family and share funny stories about mom and dad! Reading together makes laughing together a special shared time as Christmas approaches. For more information about Barbara and The Girl Who Found Christmas, visit www.RedMittenBooks.com

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781733303439
Publisher:	Red Mitten Books
Publication date:	09/25/2020
Pages:	146
Sales rank:	1,048,669
Product dimensions:	8.00(w) x 10.88(h) x 0.31(d)
Age Range:	4 - 10 Years

About the Author

Barbara Escher grew up in Philadelphia and loved seeing her city come alive with light and sparkle and color as Christmas approached each year. She read every book she could get her hands on, including Christmas favorites like The Night Before Christmas. She never lost that childhood love for Christmas, and today she often looks back on special Christmas memories, like much loved books she received as Christmas gifts. She also remembers years she spent teaching and creating stories. First for every kid on her block. And later for a classroom and her own children. And she especially remembers how much her children loved their Advent Calendar and looked forward to it every year! One day Barbara decided that she wanted to share a story that had been in her head for a long time. That story book became The Girl Who Found Christmas. It was important to her as she wrote the story that kids have both the traditional Christmas and the spiritual one. In her words the magic and the manger! She still loves Christmas and delights in decorating her Christmas tree with ornaments made by her children long ago. When Barbara isn't writing, she enjoys spending time with family and learning more about her new home in Apollo Beach, Florida. For more information about Barbara and The Girl Who Found Christmas, visit www.RedMittenBooks.com

Table of Contents

Table of Contents December 1 Meet Belinda December 2 A Hard Question December 3 The First Present December 4 Inside the Box December 5 Making Cookies December 6 A Snowy Day for Decorating December 7 At the Tree Farm December 8 Church December 9 Where Are You, Custard? December 10 Custard Comes Home December 11 Fun in the Snow December 12 Homemade Presents December 13 On the Train December 14 Belinda Goes to the Nutcracker December 15 Soup and Santa December 16 Show and Tell December 17 Invitations December 18 Christmas Caroling December 19 A Special Sleepover December 20 Fire Trucks and Dalmatians December 21 A Party at Belinda’s Barn December 22 Christmas Pageant December 23 Sleigh Ride December 24 Family December 25 Christmas

Editorial Reviews

"Barbara Escher's collection of 25 Christmas stories is a unique way to follow the daily Advent ritual. A story for each day of Advent and a cute little girl, Belinda, to lead the reader along the path to finding out the meaning of Christmas. Each story is full of love and excitement and a new clue to the meaning of Christmas. Children are encouraged to read one story each night as they prepare for the coming birth of Jesus. There are some cute, one-of-a-kind, 'only a six-year-old would deduce' sayings, like praying to Howard every day. Adults will certainly share a chuckle, while young readers will grow in their faith as they follow the daily path. This is a wonderful treasure and a great alternative to opening windows on an Advent calendar only to devour a piece of chocolate. This book is a real Christmas treasure. And, what is the meaning of Christmas? Read the stories and learn along with Belinda." -Emily-Jane Hills Orford for Readers' Favorite

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