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Book Review
Review by Kristen Benjamin
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
by Barbara Robinson
Published by HarperCollins
Publishers, Incorporated, August 1988
 | The Best Christmas Pageant Ever is a
very entertaining story about a church Christmas pageant that did not quite
go as planned. The lady who usually directed it fell and broke her leg and
that started everything off wrong. The Christmas pageant is a tradition and
every year it is the same. The same kids get the same parts, sing the same
songs, and have the same costumes. However this year was
completely different because the Herdmans took over. The Herdmans were a
family that nobody particularly liked because they always picked on
everybody and were constantly causing trouble everywhere they went. The
Herdman kids, all six of them, ended up taking all of the lead roles in the
pageant. This was an upset at first, but it ended up being the best thing
that could have happened. Their ignorance of the Christmas story made them
question everything that happened, but they were only trying to think
logically. |
| The way they portrayed the Christmas story was
very touching to the audience. There was something different about the
pageant that year, and it was meaningful to everyone. The way this
story is told is very humorous and easy to read. It is told from the
viewpoint of a child which makes it even more entertaining. Kids would like
it because they can understand how the kids in the story relate to each
other and annoy each other. It also shows that the way certain children act
does not always portray who they really are inside. Even though the book is
funny and makes the reader laugh, it also shows that we need to remember the
real meaning of Christmas without letting it just become a tradition. |
| Upper elementary school students would enjoy
this book. |
| Available from Barnes
and Noble |
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