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The First Christmas and Other Bible Stories From the New Testament

Hardcover / ISBN-13: 9781444932812

Price: £10.99

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A beautiful cloth-bound gift edition containing 16 of the best-known New Testament stories retold for children, by Enid Blyton, one of the world’s best-loved storytellers. The perfect Christmas gift.

‘Enid Blyton’s retelling of Christ’s own stories and the meaning of His time on Earth is full of love – Christ’s love for us, our love for each other – and Enid’s caring and timeless love for children everywhere’ – from the introduction by Pam Rhodes.

Enid Blyton has been delighting readers for more than seventy years. Find more retold religious stories in Noah’s Ark and Other Bible Stories and The Land of Far Beyond. Enid’s best-loved characters include Noddy the wooden boy, Timmy the dog from The Famous Five and the mischievous twins Pat and Isabel O’Sullivan from the much-loved boarding school series St Clare’s.

The stories in this collection previously appeared in magazines and anthologies from the 40s and 60s. Illustrated in black and white, the collection contains the following stories, which are episodes in the life of Christ:

The First Christmas, The Shepherds in the Night, The Three Wise Men, The Angel’s Warning, The Little Boy Jesus, Twelve Years Old, The Twelve Disciples, The Nobleman’s Son, The Loaves and the Fishes, The Good Samaritan, The Boy Who Left Home, The Last Supper, The Capture of Jesus, The Story of Easter, Jesus on the Cross, Jesus Rises Again

Reviews

The beautiful cloth-bound edition ... Enid Blyton's The First Christmas and other stories from the New Testament, a great gift for the child who has everything -- it's a keeper!
Church of England Newspaper
Start reading this with your children in the run-up to the big day, or leave it under the tree for a Christmas gift that will be cherished now and passed down through generations for many years to come
Smallish Magazine
Much credit to Hodder Books for bringing back into print some of Enid Blyton's own titles in very fine hardback editions
The Irish Catholic