One Small Donkey for Little Ones: A Christmas Story

(Board book)

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This heartwarming Christmas book from Dandi Daley Mackall shares the nativity story from the experience of a tiny donkey who shows that God has big plans for little ones when he carries Mary to Bethlehem where she gives birth to Jesus.

Though the donkey wasnt the biggest, fastest, or strongest of all the animals, he had an important job. In One Small Donkey for Little Ones, toddlers 2 to 5-year-olds will

• take part in the nativity story from a fresh perspective
• learn that no one is too little to do big things for God
• identify with the little donkey who feels out of place in a world that seems big and important
• celebrate the arrival of baby Jesus
• enjoy the rhyming story that follows the donkey along his journey with Mary and Joseph to the manger

Refresh your Advent reading list with this sweet and powerful board book. Together with beautiful, inspiring artwork by Marta lvarez Miguns, the message that children can make a difference will encourage toddlers and preschoolers as well as their caretakers. The foiled title and holiday-themed cover make a perfect gift package, and the small 8 x 8 page size makes it just right for stuffing stockings and being carried around by little hands.

Dandi Daley Mackall loves God, children, words, and animals. Her nearly 500 books for children and grown-ups have sold more than four million copies worldwide, and her awards include an ECPA Christian Book Award for Best Childrens Book.

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Dandi Daley Mackall loves God, children, words, and animals. Her nearly 500 books for children and grown-ups have sold more than four million copies worldwide. She won the ECPA Christian Book Award for Best Childrens Book 2015 and multiple Moms Choice Awards, as well as ALA Best Book, NY Public Library Top Pick, Childrens Book Council Award of Excellence, and the Helen Keating Ott Award for Contributions to Childrens Literature. Her novel My Boyfriends Dogs is now a Hallmark Movie. Dandi writes from rural Ohio, where she lives with her family, including horses, dogs, cats, and an occasional squirrel, deer, or raccoon. Marta Alvarez Miguens is a childrens book illustrator in La Corua (Spain). Her artwork is characterized by happy colors and cute children and animals with red, healthy cheeks. In her spare time, Marta loves playing with her three cats, walking in the woods, watching movies, and drinking a cup of coffee with her friends.