The Best Christmas Pageant Ever

Name: The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.45 (11 reviews)
Author: Barbara Robinson
ISBN: 9781470346034

Author: Barbara Robinson

Narrator: C.J. Critt

Unabridged: 1 hr 52 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 11/30/2012

Categories: Children's Fiction, Classic Children's Stories, Children's Humor, Holiday Stories

Synopsis

The six Herdman children are "absolutely the worst kids in the history of the world." They lie and steal and smoke cigars. They even burned down Fred Shoemaker's old toolhouse. Now they're taking over the Christmas pageant. The Herdmans have never heard the Christmas story before, and they don't know anything about shepherds or Wise Men. When Imogene hears about the swaddling clothes, she demands to know why anyone would tie up a baby and put him in a feedbox. Leroy, Claude, and Ollie are planning on a gift that means much more than gold, frankincense, and myrrh-the ham from their Christmas basket. The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, now also a television movie, has been a favorite of children and their parents since 1972. As C.J. Critt's spirited narration captures the lively and outrageous spin that the Herdmans put on the Nativity scene, listeners will delight in this unusual and refreshing interpretation of Christmas.

About Barbara Robinson

Barbara Robinson has written several popular books for children, including My Brother Louis Measures Worms, The Best School Year Ever, The Best Halloween Ever, and the enormously popular bestselling novel The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, first published in 1972, which was made into a classic TV movie and on which this book was based. The play The Best Christmas Pageant Ever is produced annually in theaters, schools, and churches all over the world. Ms. Robinson has two daughters and three grandchildren.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jessica on December 29, 2023

Have now read this aloud to my kids two years in a row. One year I hope to be able to make it through the end without sobbing. 2012 reread: It's just not Christmas until you've cried over this book! 2013 reread: Managed to hold it together until the very last paragraph. My kids think I'm nuts for bawl......more

Goodreads review by Nicole on December 18, 2022

Aż szkoda, że nie jest bardziej rozbudowana!......more

Goodreads review by Darla on December 22, 2023

Part 1: Oh! This book makes me smile. The value of this little volume is inversely related to its size. You can read this in bed on Christmas Eve and still be well rested for Christmas Day. The Herdmans are infamous around town and then they show up at church and decide to star in the Christmas page......more

Goodreads review by Calista on May 30, 2020

This charming story is timeless. Reading this, I realize that I red this as a child and it brought it all back to me. The story is easy to read in one setting. Growing up in the church and seeing some of these pageants, this story is so funny for me. The church puts on the exact same Christmas pagea......more

Goodreads review by Kim on December 23, 2024

The best Christmas story EVER I re-read this book every year. This story, told through the eyes of the rough and tough Herdman children is beautiful. It is magical to watch them change as they learn about the birth of Jesus......more