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Robinson,
Barbara
THE
BEST CHRISTMAS PAGEANT EVER
New
York : HarperTrophy, 1988.
IL 3-6
RL 5.1
ISBN
0060250437
(2 booktalks)
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Booktalk #1
"The
Herdmans were absolutely the worst kids
in the history of the world. They
lied and stole and smoked cigars (even
the girls) and talked dirty and
hit little kids and cussed their
teachers and took the name of the Lord
in vain and set fire to Fred Shoemaker's
old broken-down toolhouse." If
you want to know what happens to the
Church Christmas pageant read
this book.
Booktalk #2
Have you ever been in a Church Christmas
program? Maybe you sang songs. Or read Bible
verse. When I was a kid we had these things
called “Christmas Pageants”. They were
like plays that you performed that told the
Christmas story: Mary and Joseph and baby
Jesus and shepherds and angels. Sometimes
even the “We three kings” though I think
those guys actually showed up a couple of
years later.
And of course EVERYBODY, all the Sunday
school kids have to do something. The star
roles are Mary and Joseph, and maybe the
boss angel who gets to shout “FEAR NOT!”
because apparently real-life angels are
absolutely terrifying. But everybody gets a
part, even if it’s just the 4th sheep.
Got it?
Now let’s meet the Herdmans (read p. 1,
first ‘graph). Yep. This is the year the
Herdman kids are going to join the Christmas
Pageant. It’s going to be a disaster. And
hilarious. And somehow the best. Christmas.
Pageant. Ever. (K Edwards, kristedw@kcls.org,
librarian)
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Christmas
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