The Christmas Play

A wholesome Christian chapter book for girls ages 8-12, about kindness, courage, and using the gift you've been given, however afraid you are to try.

When Birdie Malone announces a Christmas play to raise money for the schoolhouse's very first library, Willow Bend's fifteen students throw themselves into rehearsals with considerable enthusiasm and even more chaos. Twin sisters Effie and Ellie squabble over who gets to play Mary. Charlie Doss turns his shepherd's crook into an imaginary sword. Jesse Cobb rises before dawn to rehearse Joseph's lines around his own farm chores. And shy, guarded Minnie Voss carries the real surprise of the whole production - a singing voice she's kept hidden her entire life, discovered by accident and coaxed gently into the light by her friend Ida Mae's steady encouragement.

Between wandering "sheep," mice-eaten angel wings, and a whole town rallying together to help, The Christmas Play is a warm, funny, heartfelt story about the courage it takes to finally use the gift you've been given (1 Peter 4:10) - the second book in the Tales from Willow Bend series, following Birdie Malone (from Tales from Redbud Orchard) now grown and teaching her own classroom.

Book Two in the Tales from Willow Bend series, from the author of Tales from Redbud Orchard and Tales from Cedar Creek - though new readers can jump right in without having read Book One first.