Waiting for Christmas: A Story about the Advent Calendar (Traditions of Faith from Around the World) [Hardcover]

Kathleen Long Bostrom (Author), Alexi Natchev (Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 4 and up | Series: Traditions of Faith from Around the World

Little children throughout the world wait impatiently for Christmas to arrive. As parents know, it can seem as if the days just crawl by. Now your family can learn and put to use Advent traditions from the country of Germany during the Christmas season. No doubt mothers have long been inventing ways to keep young children occupied during the Advent season---like Gerhard Lang's mother, who in the mid-1800s helped her young son count the days on a calendar of cookies. In 1908, the grownup Gerhard, a printer, created the first commercial Advent calendar, twenty-four tiny pictures in the form of a calendar, from his fond memories. Waiting for Christmas tells the story of the young Gerhard---a story children everywhere will recognize as their own---and teaches us that we must wait patiently as we prepare to celebrate the birth of Jesus.

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About the Author

Kathleen Long Bostrom is an accomplished author who has written numerous children's books, including Sunrise Hill and Mary's Happy Christmas Day. She lives in Wildwood, Illinois, with her husband and three children. SPANISH BIO: Kathleen Long Bostrom es ministro ordenada, co-pastora y autora. Ella obtuvo una maestria en educacion cristiana y divinidad del Seminario Teologico Princeton en Nueva Jersey y ademas un doctorado en ministerio del Seminario Teologico McCormick en Chicago. Kathleen ha escrito numerosos articulos publicados en periodicos y revistas y es autora de mas de una docena de libros para ninos, entre ellos Cuando e se enfermo l papa de Pablito. Kathy y su esposo, Greg, tienen tres hijos: Cristopher, Amy y David.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4 and up
  
• Hardcover: 40 pages
• Publisher: Zonderkidz (September 12, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0310710154
• ISBN-13: 978-0310710158
• Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 8.3 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,207,503 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Kathleen Long Bostrom is an accomplished author who has written numerous children's books, including Sunrise Hill and Mary's Happy Christmas Day. She lives in Wildwood, Illinois, with her husband and three children.

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful story of Advent and preparation for Christmas, January 21, 2008

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This review is from: Waiting for Christmas: A Story about the Advent Calendar (Traditions of Faith from Around the World) (Hardcover)

My children loved this story. We used this book to introduce our children to the idea of Advent and and what Advent means. We wanted to make the time leading up to Christmas much more meaningful and much less commercial. We found a product we liked for celebrating the Advent season, but we used this book to help our boys understand the concept. This is a delightful and helpful book!