This is a Christmas book, but the Christ child is only featured as a reference at the end of the book. This story is actually about a boy learning to collect myrrh by gathering resin from trees. I love the history and culture and people in the book, the simple tale and how it teaches so much without losing sight of a plot. The illustrations are also lovely. Definitely a book we'll be reading at Christmas again. The third gift has many connections including text to self and text to world, however the one that stuck out to me the most was text to world. The part where the son was learning his fathers trade is something that is often done in most cultures around the world. Also in the end of the book the father and son take their 'tears' to the market for three men to buy, it appears that the men are the Three Wise Men from the bible, headed to bring their gift to a baby. The third gift was Myrrh.
Story of the three gifts of the Magi. Not very good-might work for Christian school libraries.
—latsirc
Wonderful book. Beautiful illustrations. For me it was a surprise ending which I loved.
—rzainub
Interesting. Religious. Wonderful illustrations. The people look like photographs.
—Vevans
Very interesting story about the harvesting of myrrh and the three wise men.
—Allie01
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—lpaz99999
