Big News from Bethlehem Book Review - A Christmas Interview:
Reporting Live from Bethlehem! Reviewed by Lisa M. Hendey
Around my home, we frequently speculate on how Jesus might have
been received had He been born into today's culture. You can bet
your mistletoe that Jesus' birth might have been covered on CNN
if the right media source been tipped off in advance.
A fun new children's Christmas book, A Christmas Interview:
Reporting Live from Bethlehem! (Pauline Books and Media, August
2005, paperback), gives kids the chance to imagine what
reporters might have asked had they been on hand for the big
event in Bethlehem. The book, translated from its original
Japanese version written by Father Yoshitaka Yoshiike,
accompanies two roving reporters on their time-travel journey
back to the original site of the birth of our Savior.
The kids have questions for each of the major players, including
St. Joseph, Mary, the shepherd witnesses and even the Wise Men.
Expressive illustrations by Fujio Tsuchiya lend to the fun of
this fast paced, yet scripturally based, narrative on the
nativity. The book might also lend itself to a dramatic
representation by a family or classroom wanting to act out the
events of that first Christmas.
For additional information on A Christmas Interview: Reporting
Live from Bethlehem! visit
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0819815721/catholicmomcom
Lisa M. Hendey is a mother of two sons, webmaster of numerous
web sites, including http://www.catholicmom.com and
http://www.christiancoloring.com, and an avid reader. Visit her
at http://www.lisahendey.com
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