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AFTER JESUS: THE TRIUMPH OF CHRISTIANITY. Reader’s Digest, 1992. 352p. Beautifully illustrated historical book on early Christianity.
Alexander, Beatrice.THE STORY OF JESUS. Sinmon & Schuster, 1946. n.p., illus. (Little Golden Library)
Anderson, Phoebe M. THE FIRST CHIRSTMAS. Illustrated by Reed Champion. Boston,United Church Pr., 1960. n.p., illus. Focus on sensory impressions in the stable. For use with the author's 3's in Christian community.
AWAY IN A MANGER; PAINTINGS OF THE NATIVITY BY BOYS AND GIRLS AROUND THE WORLD. Nelson, 1963. n.p., illus. Paintings from the Children's Art Project, sponsored by the World Council of Christian Education.
Broun, Heywood. A SHEPHERD. Prentice, 1967. n.p., illus. Tale of Amos, a shepherd who wouldn't leave his sheep to visit the manger.
Bull, Norman J. THE STORY OF JESUS. Abingdon, 1982.
A CHILD'S LIFE OF JESUS. Ave Maria Pr., 1990. 39p., illus.
THE CHRIST CHILD. As told by Matthew and Luke. Doubleday, 1931. n.p., illus.
de Paola, Tomie. THE FRIENDLY BEASTS; AN OLD ENGLISH CHRISTMAS CAROL. n.p., illus. music. The stable beasts tell of the gifts they have given to the Christ child.
de Paola, Tomie. MARY, THE MOTHER OF JESUS. Holiday House, 1995. 30p., illus.
de Paola, Tomie. THE MIRACLES OF JESUS — RETOLD FROM THE BIBLE AND ILLUSTRATED BY TOMIE DE PAOLA. Holiday House, 1987.
THE EASTER STORY IN STAINED GLASS. Eerdmans, 1982. 32p. The events of Holy Week are retold and illustrated with photos of stained glass from European churches and cathedrals.
Fahs, Sophia Lyon. JESUS THE CARPENTER'S SON. Beacon, 1945. GUIDE FOR TEACHERS USING JESUS THE CARPENTER'S SON. Beacon, 1945.
Figley, Marty Rhodes. THE STORY OF ZACCHAUS. Eerdmans. 1995. 30p., illus.
Fletcher, Sarah. THE WELCOMING PARTY; A CHRISTMAS STORY. Eerdmans, 1985. n.p., illus. The animals welcome the Christ child.
Forell, Betty. LITTLE BENJAMIN AND THE FIRST CHRIST,AS. Luke 1:1-16 for children. Concordia, 1964. n.p., illus. Told through the eyes of a boy of Bethlehem.
Graham, Lorenz. EVERY MAN HEART LAY DOWN. Pictures by Colleen Browning. New York, Crowell, 1970. n.p. illus. The Nativity story in the storytelling idion of Africans newly come to English speech.
Graystone, Peter. IF I HAD LIVED IN JESUS’ TIME. Abingdon, 1995. 33p., illus.
Griffin, William. JESUS FOR CHILDREN. Winston, 1985.
Hull, Eleanor. THE SLING AND THE SWALLOW. United Church, 1963.
Iguchi, Bunshu. THE SHEPHERD BOY'S CHRISTMAS. Judson, 1977. n.p., illus. A shepherd boy helps Mary and Joseph find a place to stay.
JESUS AND A LITTLE GIRL. Augsburg, 1978. n.p., illus.
JESUS AND HIS TIMES. Reader’s Digest, 1987. 336p. Beautifully illustrated history of the time and place where Jesus lived.
JESUS AND THE STORM. Augsburg, 1977. n.p., illus.
JESUS AT THE WEDDING. Augsburg, 1975. n.p., illus.
JESUS GOES AWAY. Augsburg, 1977. n.p., illus. Simple retelling of the events of Ascension and Pentecost.
JESUS HEALS A BLIND MAN. Augsburg, 1967. n.p., illus.
JESUS HEALS A SICK MAN. Augsburg, 1977. n.p., illus.
JESUS IS ALIVE. Augsburg, 1977. n.p., illus.
JESUS IS BORN. Augsburg, 1967. n.p., illus.
Hurd, Edith Thatcher. CHRISTMAS EVE. Harper, 1962. n.p., illus. The animals come to see the Christ child.
Jones, Rufus M. THE BOY JESUS AND HIS COMPANIONS. Macmillan, 1924.
Keats, Ezra Jack. THE LITTLE DRUMMER BOY. Macmillan, 1968. n.p., illus. music.
L'Engle, Madeleine. DANCE IN THE DESERT. Farrar, Straus & Giroux., 1988. n.p., illus. The toddler Jesus, en route to Egypt, dances with the beasts of the desert.
L'Engle, Madeleine. THE GLORIOUS IMPOSSIBLE. Simon & Schuster, 1990. n.p., illus. Retelling of the life of Jesus with full-page paintings.
Lewis, Lorna. JESUS IS RISEN! Palm Tree Bible Stories. Eerdmans, 1985.
Lindgren, Astrid. CHRISTMAS IN THE STABLE. Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, 1979. n.p., illus. As her mother tells the Christmas story, the child pictures it happening on her family's farm.
Mason, Miriam E. THE BABY JESUS. Macmillan, 1959. 58p., illus. Retold simply with vivid detail for young children.
Meek, Pauline Palmer. WHEN JOY CAME; THE STORY OF THE FIRST CHRISTMAS. Golden Pr., 1971. n.p., illus. Includes the shepherds but not the Magi.
Menotti, Gian Carlo. AMAHL AND THE NIGHT VISITORS. Illustrated by Michel Lemieux. New York. Morrow, 1986. 64p., illus.
Northrup, Marguerite. THE CHRISTMAS STORY FROM THE GOSPELS OF MATTHEW AND LUKE. Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1966. 32p. Illus. King James text with illustrations from the museum's collection.
Northrup, Marguerite. THE EASTER STORY FROM THE GOSPELS. Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1967. 40p., illus. col. plates. KJV text with illustrations from the museum's collection.
Peale, Norman Vincent. THE COMING OF THE KING: THE STORY OF THE NATIVITY. Prentice-Hall, 1956. n.p., illus. Peale's vivid retelling is interspersed with quotations from the King James Bible.
Ready, Dolores. THE MAN WHO LEARNED ABOUT JESUS: A STORY ABOUT SAINT PAUL. Winston, 1978.
Robbins, Ruth. BABOUSHKA AND THE THREE KINGS. Parnassus, 1960. n.p., illus., music. An old woman, declining to join the Three Kings in their search for the Child because her work is not done, tries vainly to follow them the next day.
Sahagun, Bernardino de. SPIRIT CHID; A STORY OF THE NATIVITY. Translated from the Aztec by John Bierhorst. Morrow, 1984. n.p., illus. From Aztec version of the Nativity from 1583.
Sayers, Susan. JESUS ON A DONKEY. Eerdmans, 1985. n.p., illus.
Sayers, Susan. THE ROAD TO THE CROSS. Eerdmans, 1985. n.p., illus. Simple retelling of the events of Passion Week.
Scheck, Joann. THE MAN WHO COULDN'T WAIT. Concordia, 1971. n.p., illus. Simple stories follow Peter from his call through Jesus's crucifixion and resurrection to Pentecost.
Schoonmaker, Hazel. THE FAMILY DISCOVERS THE MEANING OF EASTER. Pilgrim, 1960. 96p. illus. Stories for children, resources for parents, discussion questions, activities and worship suggestions.
Schulz, Florence. AND JESUS WAS BORN. Illustrated by Reed Champion. Boston, United Church Pr., 1961. n.p. The nativity seen through the eyes of Little Donkey and a little shepherd boy.
Singleton, Kathy. FIVE LOAVES AND TWO FISH. Eerdmans, 1982. n.p., illus. The feeding of the five thousand seen by the boys who brought the loaves and fishes.
Sockman, Ralph W. THE EASTER STORY FOR CHLDREN. Abingdon, 1966. n.p., illus. Summarizes Jesus's life and work and tries to relate the Resurrection to children's experience.
Spears, Elizabeth George. THE BRONZE BOW. Houghton Mifflin, 1961.
Storr, Catherine. THE BIRTH OF JESUS. Raintree, 1982. n.p., illus.
Storr, Catherine. JESUS BEGINS HIS WORK. Raintree, 1982. n.p., illus.
Street, Joyce. WHO IS JESUS? Fr. United Pr., 1976.
Tazewell, Charles. THE SMALL ONE; A STORY FOR THOSE WHO LIKE CHRISTMAS AND SMALL DONKEYS. Winston, 1947. 32p, illus. A Mexican boy hears the story of the donkey that carried Mary to Bethelehem.
Van Dyke, Henry. THE OTHER WISE MAN. Ideals Pub., 1989. 28p., illus. Journeying with the other Magi to Bethlemhem, a fourth Wise Man delays to help others in need by eventually finds his king.
Welch, Jean Louise. THE ANIMALS CAME FIRST. Walck, 1948. n.p., illus. The animals discuss the strange sound in the stable.
Werner, Jane. THE CHRISTMAS STORY. Simon & Schuster, 1952. n.p., illus.
Wildsmith, Brian. THE EASTER STORY. Knopf, 1994. 32p., illus. Beautifully illustratedstory of the last days of Jesus’s life, the crucifixion and resurrection , as seen through the eyes of a small donkey.
Wilner, Isabel. B IS FOR BETHLEHEM. A CHRISTMAS ALPHABET. Dutton, 1990. 26p., illus. The Nativity story in rhymed couplets with sumptuous illustrations.
Winthrop, Elizabeth. HE IS RISEN; THE EASTER STORY. Holiday, 1985. n.p., col. illus. Strikingly illustrated adaptation of the Easter narratives of Matthew and Luke (KJV).
Yeomans, Thomas. FOR EVERY CHILD A STAR: a christmas story. Illustrated by Tomie de Paola. Holiday House, 1986. n.p., illus. On a particularly brillian starlit night, an old man's sleep is interrupted several times by unusual activity outside.
ZACCHAEUS. Augsburg, 1968. n.p., illus.
Zavrel, Stepan. THEY FOLLOWED THE STAR. Scroll Pr., 1969. n.p., illus. The story of the Magi retold and illustrated.
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