Tales from the Manger
Posted by tom | Dec 22, 2010The other night I had an older and a younger child home together. We
- ate supper
- painted abstract art
- drew a manger scene
- read Tales from the Manger (Chonda & David Pierce. Illustrated by Matt LeBarre. Zonderkidz. 2004)
This is the first year which I have appreciated Tales from the Manger. What changed my perspective? The older child understanding the analogies present in stable scene (e.g., Saul the Ox, Peter the Sheep, Zacchacus the Oppossum, etc) while the younger child just took in the picture/story.
Thomas the Rooser got very excited at this news. He knew just what he was supposed to do. From his perch high above the manger, the rooster pulled his head back, and he crowed louder and longer than he had ever crowed before. "COCK-A-DOODLE-DO!" He was crowing in a brand-new day -- the day God's Son came to earth! ...
And it all happened there that night, in a little stable, in a little town called Bethlehem, when God's own Son, Jesus Christ, came to live with those he had created. And that includes you and me ...
Meow! Baa! Squeak! COCK-A-DOODLE-DO! And Merry Christmas. -- p.87-88, 93.
Maybe it's also Thomas' sharing of the news ;-)
