Waiting for Noel: An Advent Story

by Ann Dixon

As Nodl's family lights the Advent candles each week before Christmas, Nodl's father tells her the special story of the year her family waited and prepared for her birth on Christmas Day. Reprint.

Genres: Christmas, Picture Books, Holiday, Childrens

32 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2000

Reviews

[Kathryn · Rating 3 out of 5]

Summary: The story connects Noel's birth to the waiting for the Savior in Advent.

Why I Read This: To check it out for the Catholic Story Time.

Review: I'm not entirely sure that I like this book, but I think that I did. I see its value for children as a way to compare the waiting for the Savior with the waiting for a child. It's something that they can relate to.

[Cindy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Tangentially a Christian seasonal story, however, it is the story of a child do on Christmas day in a certain family while lighting an Advent wreath. Only a footnote at the back refers to the gift that came at Christmas and that Jesus represents the light.
Nice story for a child born around Christmas or during the Christmas season

[Joanne Roberts · Rating 4 out of 5]

This picture book with lovely, textural painted illustrations has a dual storyline. Told in two voices, as a father would relate to his child—flashing back to a family's journey through nine months as they wait for their new baby, and in the present as they light the daily advent candles on the five weeks before Christmas. A one-page explanation of advent rounds out the book.

[Sharon Honeycutt · Rating 2 out of 5]

Meh. We were given this book because our daughter was born on Christmas Day, like the child in the book. We never read it to her because it is more about the little girl born on Christmas than it is about Jesus.

[Erin · Rating 3 out of 5]

More new baby story born on Christmas Eve. Then it was an advent story. I get the waiting part of both, bit was hoping got more of an advent story.

[Erin Field · Rating 5 out of 5]

December Holidays 2023--Germany

[Amanda · Rating 2 out of 5]

Cute story which had the Nativity story laid out simultaneously with a family's story of waiting for their new baby to come. Unfortunately, the illustrations weren't real flashy and the text wasn't real catchy, so it didn't seem like something my son would request again and I didn't have the most fun reading it. Too bad, since it's a great concept for a story!

[Luisa Knight · Rating 1 out of 5]

Ages: 5 - 9

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