The Light in the Lantern: Stories for an Advent Calendar

In the days leading up to Christmas Mary and Josephs path to Bethlehem is fraught with difficulties but as the stories in this book reveal a small miracle happens each day. The story of each miracle brings us a little closer to Christmas until we finally reach the stable in Bethlehem where the light in the lantern awaits in anticipation of the Christ Childs birth. With twenty-eight stories this book may be used as an Advent calendar with the first weeks stories relating to the mineral world the second to the plant world followed by the animal kingdom and finally human beings. This book helps enliven childrens imaginations during the festival time of Christmas.