The Third Gift
A Christmas Holiday Book for Kids
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · November 15, 2011
From two extraordinary talents, a beautifully crafted picture book for the Christmas season.
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- Who it’s for
- A gentle Christmas picture book finds fresh resonance in the familiar gifts of the wise men.
- Themes
- Christmas tradition, Gifts for a baby
- Genres
- Christian Holiday Stories, Christmas & Advent, Myths & Fables
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From two extraordinary talents, a beautifully crafted picture book for the Christmas season. The three wise men, or the three kings, are familiar figures in the Christmas tradition. Newbery medalist Linda Sue Park has taken the brief biblical references to the three as the starting point for a new story.
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In it we meet a boy who is learning his father’s trade; a man who gathers resin from certain trees; a merchant in the marketplace; and three strangers in brightly colored robes who are shopping for a gift for a baby. Illustrated by Bagram Ibatoulline with exquisite paintings, this simple, moving tale of ordinary people involved in an extraordinary event brings new resonance to the well-known gift list of gold, frankincense, and myrrh.
Gifts Reconsidered
A gentle Christmas picture book finds fresh resonance in the familiar gifts of the wise men.
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- A fresh angle on a familiar Christmas tradition
- Exquisite paintings by Bagram Ibatoulline
Expect
- A simple, moving tale of ordinary people
- A familiar gift list seen with new resonance
Where it sits
| Christian Holiday Stories | 90% |
|---|---|
| Christmas & Advent | 85% |
| Myths & Fables | 22% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Christmas & Advent
- Nonreligious Celebrations
- Religious Holiday Stories
- Patriotic Holidays
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- Myths & Fables
- Arthurian Tales
- Norse Myths
- Christian Holiday Stories
- Authors
- Linda Sue Park
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- November 15, 2011
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Christmas tradition · Gifts for a baby
- Reading lane
- Christmas & Advent