{"id":713,"date":"2014-03-11T03:37:49","date_gmt":"2014-03-11T03:37:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.elainevickers.com\/?p=713"},"modified":"2020-07-19T20:22:27","modified_gmt":"2020-07-19T20:22:27","slug":"the-best-christmas-pageant-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.elainevickers.com\/blog\/the-best-christmas-pageant-ever\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best Christmas Pageant Ever"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/239810.The_Best_Christmas_Pageant_Ever\"><br>About the Book:<\/a>&nbsp;<\/strong>Called one of America&#8217;s favorite Christmas stories, and now a classic television movie, &#8220;The Best Christmas Pageant Ever&#8221; has been a favorite of young readers the world over since 1972. Funny, memorable, and outrageous, it is the story of a family of incorrigible children who discover the Christmas story for the first time and help everyoone else rediscover its true meaning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>My Two Cents:&nbsp;<\/strong>This is the oldest book I&#8217;ve reviewed so far and also the shortest, and I think both work in its favor. Christmas is a time when we love tradition, and this is a book I remember from my childhood that still feels timeless. It&#8217;s a quick story (108 very small pages in my edition) that parents or teachers could read to their kids (or kids could read on their own) in just a few days. It&#8217;s irreverent and funny, but it also teaches some important ideas&#8211;of acceptance, inclusion, and love rather than judgement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Grade Level:<\/strong>&nbsp;2-6<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Additional Resources:<\/strong><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><a href=\"http:\/\/usawrites4kids.drury.edu\/authors\/robinson\/\">Barbara Robinson&#8217;s website<\/a><\/li><li>The<a href=\"http:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=pquyPWxBCIYC&amp;pg=PA4&amp;lpg=PA4&amp;dq=%22the+best+christmas+pageant+ever%22+%22script%22&amp;source=bl&amp;ots=kGgYw6yR6P&amp;sig=ZYTq0JDaqGzHMzbkzCcX2qmDW98&amp;hl=en&amp;ei=Fh1cTJOlE4PWtQOFjeEN&amp;sa=X&amp;oi=book_result&amp;ct=result&amp;resnum=6&amp;ved=0CDUQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&amp;q=%22the%20best%20christmas%20pageant%20ever%22%20%22script%22&amp;f=false\">&nbsp;script of the play<\/a>, also written by Barbara Robinson&nbsp;<em>(which should not be&nbsp;<\/em><em>performed without consent from the publisher.)<\/em><\/li><li>A fun&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.harpercollinschildrens.com\/Feature\/pdf\/BestXmas_DA_FINAL.pdf\">Herdman decoding activity<\/a>&nbsp;from Harper Collins<\/li><li>More teacher resources from&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.squidoo.com\/best-christmas-pageant-ever#module133558671\">Squidoo<\/a>, including vocabulary words and class activities<\/li><li>Sites where kids can get into the holiday spirit by helping others:<ul><li><a href=\"http:\/\/pbskids.org\/zoom\/activities\/action\/ways.html\">PBS kids ZOOM<\/a>&nbsp;A list of ways kids can help, with resources, ideas, and inspiring stories for each.<\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kidscanmakeadifference.org\/program-description\">Kids Can Make a Difference<\/a>&nbsp;An educational program for middle- and high school students, focuses on the root causes of hunger and poverty, the people most affected, solutions, and how students can help.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>More to Read:&nbsp;<\/strong><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Another timeless Christmas tale that&#8217;s timeless and relatively short (especially considering who wrote it):&nbsp;<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/5326.A_Christmas_Carol\">A Christmas Carol<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/em>by Charles Dickens<\/li><li>Another story about seeing beneath and beyond society&#8217;s judgement of somebody:&nbsp;<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/684560.When_Zachary_Beaver_Came_to_Town\">When Zachary Beaver Came to Town&nbsp;<\/a><\/em>by Kimberly Willis Holt<\/li><li>Another book with an imperfect Christmas that features kids on stage:<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.elainevickers.com\/1\/post\/2014\/03\/okay-for-now-by-gary-d-schmidt.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&nbsp;Okay for Now<\/a><\/em>&nbsp;by Gary D. 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