The Nativity of the Lord

The story of the Nativity as the Gospels of Luke and Matthew tell it, read as the Church reads it: the prophecy of Isaiah, the Annunciation, the road to Bethlehem, the cave, the shepherds and the angels, the magi with their gifts and the flight into Egypt.

Every moment has two facing pages: the text on the left, short and clear, good for reading aloud, and a whole painting on the right, in warm colours and gold.

The child also learns to read the icon of the Nativity attributed to Saint Andrei Rublev, follows the Holy Family on a map, learns words like manger, myrrh and Emmanuel, the Nativity Fast, the church in Bethlehem and why Romanian children go carolling.

At the end come a short prayer, a colouring page in the colours of the icon and nine questions for parents. The first page has room for the child's name. The book is in Romanian.