God's Greatest Gift

About this book

A grandfather's Christmas gift, told in rhyme, straight from the Gospel of Luke.ABOUT THE STORYA week before Christmas 2024, Steve Economides realized that two of his grandchildren, ages two and four, were arriving for a visit, and he wanted to read them the story of Jesus's birth straight from the Gospel of Luke. He knew those rich, true words would need some translating for such young ears, not to replace Scripture, but to carry it to hearts too small yet for long sentences and unfamiliar names. So he sat down and began to turn Luke's account into something they could hold onto, in rhyme, in wonder, in a voice made for little ears.What he read them that Christmas worked. Their eyes stayed wide. They asked questions. They wanted to hear it again. That moment sent him back to the page for another year of quiet refining, reading aloud, and listening for what actually lands with a child, until it felt worthy of the account it came from.The result follows Luke's Gospel through Mary's wonder, the shepherds' fear turned to joy, and the long road to a baby lying in a manger. Each page pairs a line of Scripture with a gentle rhyme.And every few pages, the story pauses to ask the child a question: ★ What would it feel like to see an angel?★ Would you be brave enough to ride a donkey into a strange, dusty town?Gently inviting little listeners to become travelers on the road to Bethlehem.Illustrated with soft, hand-drawn artwork and bound as an enduring hardcover, this is a book meant to be opened every December, read aloud again and again, until the rhymes are as familiar as the story itself.A treasured gift for Christmas morning, Christmas Eve, or any day you want to return to the true story behind God's greatest gift.Steve Economides is a New York Times bestselling author of America's Cheapest Family Gets You Right on the Money. This is his first children's book, written for his grandchildren, and for every family hoping to pass down the greatest story of love ever told.