The Christmas Gift: A Mia and Co. Adventure, by Mary Archer (Deep Waters Books, 2021, 50 pp, $19.99)
No, it's not too early!
Foster kids Mia, Cece, Luis and little Grady are planning a special Christmas gift for their foster parents: they are going to put on a Christmas play replete with the birth of Jesus and the arrival of the Three Wise Men.
But how can they depict the Christmas story without sheep or angels or even a manger, let alone the Three Wise Men? That calls for a strategic planning meeting to rack their brains.
Creative Kids
Enter the superheroes! The kids taped a couple of their superheroes to Cece's arms to make the Three Wise Men (with her being the third). Then the four creative kids came up with hot dogs and pennies for the 'franks and cents'!
They even taped unsuspecting stuffed animals to Grady so he could be a flock of sheep!
The Play's the Thing!
The foster kids knew the story well and invited their next-door neighbors to see and hear about the best Christmas gift ever!
To the kids' foster parents, the best Christmas gift was the play their children put on for them. And for both the kids and the parents, the best Christmas gift ever is Jesus.
For more ideas, check in the back of the book!
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