"While the text tells the story of Jesus' birth, pictures show a group of spirited children preparing their annual Christmas play." From Amazon

I'm a little wary of books that tell kids God is totally real, but I think the "some people say ..." approach that I've taken with Santa will also serve here, and then this story is also a critical part of our cultural heritage and the ways it's acted out by kids in a pageant is cute. But what makes this wonderful is the way the story is interspersed with nativity songs--"We Three Kings," "Away in a Manger," O Little Town of Bethlehem" etc. etc.--which are beautiful and soothing and total sleep catnip (sleepnip???) to a child. ( )