The Wonder of Christmas: A Family Advent Journey

by Melody Carlson, Dan Brown (Illustrator)

Gather your family for a journey to the true meaning of Christmas. Along the way you'll unwrap the many layers of God's wondrous gift and discover afresh His saving love. Thirty-one captivating readings, written just for kids, share the full Christmas story--from Creation to Christ's return. And you can help reinforce the truths they'll learn by discussing the questions at the end of each reading and enjoying together the fun-filled projects in its companion, The Wonder of Christmas Activity Book . It's a wonderful time of year to teach your children how to receive and celebrate God's most amazing Christmas gift ever--each and every day of their lives.

Genres: Christmas, Christian

112 pages, Hardcover

First published October 15, 1999

About the author

Melody Carlson is the award-winning author of over two hundred books, several of them Christmas novellas from Revell, including her much-loved and bestselling book, The Christmas Bus.

She also writes many teen books, including the Diary of a Teenage Girl series, the TrueColors series, and the Carter House Girls series.

Melody was nominated for a Romantic Times Career Achievement Award in the inspirational market for her books, including the Notes from a Spinning Planet series and Finding Alice, which is in production as a Lifetime Television movie. She and her husband serve on the Young Life adult committee in central Oregon.

Reviews

[Amanda · Rating 4 out of 5]

One I definitely want to revisit during Advent since it has short devotions on aspects of Advent for each day along with discussion questions which are suited for children.

[Alayna Eve · Rating 4 out of 5]

Such a fun advent that we did together as a family!! And such great questions at the end of each reading too