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The Tiny Star

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As listed on Amazon.com, there are 10 message points that can be taught from this one small book. It includes messages for everyday living (i.e. we all have a purpose in life), as well as the Christmas story. We use this book within our own family, as well as in our Sunday School classes.

This review will not be "for everyone".... but here goes: We wonder sometimes about storybooks like this -- books that sound so much like a Bible story that we have to tell our kids, "God didn't really say that!" We don't want them to grow up wondering how much of what we told them was really the Word, and how much was just innocent "imagination" ABOUT the Word. I'm SELLING my copy of this book -- I had a hard time helping my kids understand that it is just "make believe." After all, it IS about Baby Jesus! It has a lot of truth IN it! It's got Bethlehem, the stable... It looks like something that MIGHT have been a part of the nativity story! However, We rely on Scripture in our family, and this one has a plot that is totally "out there." It's important to us that our children do not doubt what is true. The Bible is true: we don't want to confuse them with "bible-ish" stories. That may seem silly to some readers, but it is important to us. If you're concerned about filling your kids' heads with stories that "sound" like Bible stories, but aren't Scriptural at all, this book is not for you. There are so many great stories about Jesus that are TRUE, we find these "bible-ish" spinoffs to be unnecessary - and confusing for kids who need to hear the Truth!
Addendum to this editorial August 2002: Since I wrote this a year ago, I have received repeated e-mails from the author, Art Ginolfi, telling me "12 important messages I missed" in his book. I still stand by what I've written here, and hereby request to be removed from this author's mailing list. I've tried to ask this privately via e-mail, but I still hear from him one year later. (?)

we 'lucked onto' this book just before Christmas- and it's been a wonderful addition to our family's celebration of the holiday.
We're the grandparents of 4 kids- aged 7, 4, 18 mos and 8 mos- and while 2 are being raised in Christian homes, the other 2 are not. We've read, and re-read this book to all of them ( even the baby) and they all seem to love it. In fact, it's now January, and we're ordering 2 additional copies, because the 4 year old, the son of a non- religious mom, wants to take our copy home with him to put under his pillow each night. He LOVES little starlet.

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The Tiny Star, one of my 5 year old's favorites, emphasizes the importance of positive thinking within the context of one of the most cherished stories of all time: the birth of the baby Jesus. The religious references are not overwhelming but, rather, allow a familiar story to give substance to a common life occurance. The Tiny Star tells us that if we have faith in ourselves, regardless of our miscomings, our dreams can and will come true. Overall, The Tiny Star is very inspiring to both the young and old.

I must say that I was more impressed by this book than I had initially expected... first off, the illustrations are very bright and captivating... and to me, the pictures are one of the most important thing in gaining a child's interest in a book... in addition to that though, the story is just terrific... this book teaches a big lesson in patience... one day everyone will get his/her chance to shine!!! This puts such a cute spin on the story of the Star of Bethlehem... I was very impressed with this book...