“The Kings’s Christmas List” is a sweet short story for children. It is about a little girl Emma and her “Gentle Dog” Shu-Shu, who can magically talk. It’s the Christmas Season and Emma discovers a mail box that is shining “like the Christmas star” with a golden letter. The letter is an invitation to attend the King’s birthday party. Emma decides the perfect gift to bring to the king, is a homemade cake. Along the way to the party, she meets two families who are in need and Emma chooses to love them more then she loves herself by giving away things she holds dear, a cake, cape, and teddy bear. At he Kings birthday party, Emma realizes no one is giving a gift to the King, and goes to tell Him she had a gift for Him, but gave it away. She shares a conversation with Him and learns that the best gift she could have given Him, was to give to others.
This book is just long enough for a younger audience, and it’s illustrations are sweetly composed (aside from the stereotypical, fair skinned, blue eyed Jesus). It offers a good lesson on selflessness and giving to others.
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