Happy Birthday Baby Jesus

Retells the story of the birth of Jesus Christ in pictures and easy-to-read text.

Birthdays are always a special time for children. And there is one special birthday we celebrate each year--Jesus' birthday. This charming little book recognizes the birthday aspect of Christmas, a concept even very young children understand. Rhyming text and colorful illustrations depict a family decorating in honor of Jesus, singing "Happy Birthday" to Him, and even making a birthday cake! The story is a great way to introduce children to the holiday and involve them in celebrating the true meaning of Christmas: the amazing gift of Jesus Christ.

Happy birthday, baby Jesus! The little church in the woods is all abuzz as they get ready for the big birthday party. But what's this? A stranger in the church. The wind whips up and Pastor Jim disappears. How can this work out to be the best day of the year? Read Jesus's Birthday Party and find out how Christian comes to the rescue.

Focusing on the nativity story, this board book celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ. Featuring a multicultural group of people and taking place through the passage of both a single day and the four seasons, its rhythmic language will soothe children before bedtime while sharing with them Jesus’s inspiring message of peace and joy.

The meaning of Christmas is often overshadowed by the wave of commercialism that precedes it. It’s all too easy for kids to lose sight of the true meaning of this holiday when their daily cartoons include a flood of toy commercials and their focus is on their own wish list. This book is a heartwarming reminder to children that Christmas isn’t about Santa or asking for presents; it’s about celebrating Jesus’s birthday. This inviting, full-color, illustrated picture book tells a story of forest animals preparing for a big and exciting event. Each page provides another clue to young readers that somewhere in the forest, one special animal knows the true meaning of Christmas and wants to share it with the rest of his forest friends. By the final page of the story, kids will better understand that the greatest joy of the Christmas season is in celebrating the life of Jesus with their family and community. Teaches young children to enjoy Christmas by celebrating Jesus! Warm, endearing animal illustrations will entice pre-readers and early readers and inspire their imagination Reinforces Christian values in a non-judgmental and non-threatening way Helps to balance the bombardment of commercialism during the holiday months The perfect addition to any family’s holiday book collection

Happy Birthday Jesús is an insightful and spell-binding novel of and about our times, when the relationship between race and violence dominates the news and threatens not only our personal security but our confidence in our social processes. This novel recreates the making of a sociopath. It is written by a criminal defense lawyer whose extensive experience has been representing individuals such as the protagonist Jesús Olivas. Whether Jesús is a victim or the bane of society is left to the reader's judgment in this novel which details the painful recollections of Jesús himself. What is clear, however, is that the boiling pot of Jesús' emotions that finally erupts in senseless violence has ben cooking for years on the flames of religious fanaticism, poverty and race hatred. All of the social institutions that should have nurtured and protected Jesús – family, school, church, the court – ultimately failed him, leading him to strike back uncontrollably, irrationally.

Based Exodus 2:1-10, 1 Samuel 1, Luke 2:1-20, Mark 10:13-16 for children.