November 27, 2010: The Christmas Journey

The Christmas Journey by Donna VanLiere


"The eighty-mile journey of a common carpenter and a simple peasant girl is one of the most enduring stories in history.  As books go out of print and stories fade from memory, the journey of Joseph and Mary and her delivery inside a common barn continues to bless and inspire hope in people around the world.


Accompanied by moving and beautifully rendered illustrations throughout, Donna VanLiere's retelling shows that the story of the Nativity is alive in our modern world, and a journey that began more than two thousand years ago is still the most powerful series of events ever to touch the minds and heart s of people everywhere.:  -- from the inside cover


I love Christmas stories by Donna VanLiere, and when this book came in the mail I was so excited!  It has a gorgeous cover and the illustrations throughout are nice.  VanLiere retold the Nativity story in a way that is no glamorized - it kind of reminds me of the movie The Nativity Story (great movie).

This book will definitely be treasured by me and read every year, I cannot wait to read it to my own children one day.  It's a lovely gift book and one that everyone should read to remember the true meaning of Christmas.


*I received this book from The Book Report Network for review on Confessions of a Bookaholic...