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The Christmas Star Marcus Pfister 9780735819733 Books

This book has great artwork and is good to read to young children as a start to understand the Christmas story. It attempts to tell the story of the Christ Childs birth, but gets some of the facts wrong.

In the Biblical story Luke 2 the shepherds saw an angel who spoke instructions to them to go the town of David (Bethlehem) and find the lying in a manger. Many angels then appeared to them giving praise to God. They then went directly to Bethlehem to find the infant Christ.

The Wise Men or Magi did see a star that guided them, but most likely arrived about 2 years after the birth of Christ. If you read the Matthew 2 account you will see that Herod questioned the Magi as to the timing of the birth and then gave orders to kill infant boys under two years of age to eliminate the new King. Most likely the shepherds and the wise men did not visit the Christ Child at the same time.


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The Christmas Star Marcus Pfister 9780735819733 Books Reviews

This book was recommended to me for rccd Sunday kindergarten class. I am sure they will love it.
Love this book! Beautiful Christmas story of the wisemen following the Christmas Star. I had this as a child and bought it for a niece. Great illustrations.
This is by far my favorite children's Christmas book. It's true to the biblical story. I am a children's director at a church, and I read this to the children in front of the church at our Christmas Eve service. I received several compliments about the story. My daughter loves reading the book at home as well.
I ordered this book for my grandchildren and they really like it. The illustrations are wonderful and it adds to the real meaning of Christmas.
I like to have a great selection of magical Christmas books on hand during the season, and for as much as I'm obsessed with creating a sense of wonder around Santa Claus, etc., I want to also make sure my kiddos have an even greater sense of wonder about God and Christ himself. This book helps create the magic, but it isn't teaching any major lessons either. It's perfect for 1-4 year old lap reading.
Beautiful picture book, with the text normally taking up less than half of one page out of a 2-page spread--usually four lines, but some pages have 2 lines, while others have 10 lines of text. Out of 24 pages between title page and back page, 12 of them have text. Written entirely in hiragana, in American style from left to right, (instead of the usual Japanese right to left) it is perfect for first through 4th year Japanese students. The letters are comfortably spaced, so it does not look dense or difficult. I bought it for my daughter, who was taking Japanese at the time. The familiar Christmas story of the Christ-child, the angels, shepherds and wisemen helps figure out what unfamiliar words mean. And even if she cannot figure out a word, she can still speak it or look it up because of the hiragana writing. The pictures also help understand or figure out the words. The story helps enlarge a student's Japanese vocabulary, since many of the people and animals in the story are not included in Japanese classes.

The art is well done. From stars in the sky, with an added shiny overlay, to watercolor landscapes, where some colors bleed and blur together, to the crisp lines of the wisemen's castle, crown and luggage, the artist uses different styles to depict poverty and wealth, and shows them coming together, along with their animals, to see the Christ-child.

My daughter is no longer in school, so now the book is helpful in brushing up on her Japanese, and this format is quite enjoyable, with a minimal time requirement and less reason to put off practicing Japanese. We would love to find more books like this one.
(original review Sept. 4, 2004) I looked high and low to find a Christmas book for my nephew's first Christmas. Several of them had fine points. Whether it was the lush illustrations, funny stories about Santa or that they told truly heart warming stories. The problem was that I wanted a children's book that focused on why we celebrate Christmas, without adding "characters" or being told from an animal's point of view. This book does just that. I think younger children will be drawn to the glittery stars and the Kings treasures and it will be a nice read for them as they get older.

(update January 30, 2006) I would like to clarify that my original review was based on the hardcover edition of this book ISBN 1-55858-203-7, not the board book. I am not familiar with the board book version and do not know if it contains the same text as the hardcover version, which is intended for children 4 - 8 years of age. The title is "The Christmas Star" but the star is not the focus of this book. The Star of Bethlehem is on most of the pages but that is because it is leading everyone to the Holy Child. This book is not about Mary and Joseph's journey to Bethlehem, instead, the focus is on the pilgrimage that took place because of His birth. Not sure if this book is for you, check your local library for a copy....then buy five copies, as I did!
This book has great artwork and is good to read to young children as a start to understand the Christmas story. It attempts to tell the story of the Christ Childs birth, but gets some of the facts wrong.

In the Biblical story Luke 2 the shepherds saw an angel who spoke instructions to them to go the town of David (Bethlehem) and find the lying in a manger. Many angels then appeared to them giving praise to God. They then went directly to Bethlehem to find the infant Christ.

The Wise Men or Magi did see a star that guided them, but most likely arrived about 2 years after the birth of Christ. If you read the Matthew 2 account you will see that Herod questioned the Magi as to the timing of the birth and then gave orders to kill infant boys under two years of age to eliminate the new King. Most likely the shepherds and the wise men did not visit the Christ Child at the same time.