Serah and the First Christmas: A Story of Being Seen and Loved

Experience the story of the first Christmas through the eyes of a little shepherd girl who meets the newborn Jesus and learns that even the least of those who come to the Christmas manger are loved and have a place in His kingdom.

No one pays attention to Serah. She wants nothing more than to help her father tend their family's sheep and be a shepherdess like Rachel and Rebekah in the stories of her Israelite ancestors, but her brothers tease her for being too little and her mother keeps her busy with errands and chores in the kitchen. When her father finally gives her one lamb to tend to, Serah sneaks out to the fields at night to care for it. There, she witnesses the sky illuminated with heavenly light and hears the message about a newborn baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.

In Serah and the First Christmas, award-winning author Tama Fortner places a young child in the center of the Christmas story and allows your children to come along as Serah walks to the manger to experience the baby Jesus. The lesson is one of profound love, with a call to spread that love to others.

Serah and the First Christmas is:

• A beautiful and intimate book that will become an important part of family libraries and a special holiday tradition.
• perfect for Sunday school and homeschool lessons about the first Christmas.
• written for children 4-8, with wisdom and wonder for children of all ages.
• gorgeously illustrated by Silvia Provantini, who brings the story to life.
• a wonderful gift for the Christmas season.

Tama Fortner is an ECPA award-winning and bestselling author with more than sixty titles to her credit, including her latest releases Prayers for Each Moment; God, I Feel Scared; and Easter Is Coming! She has collaborated with some of the biggest names in Christian publishing to create inspirational books for children, teens, and adults. But her greatest accomplishments happen in a happy little home on the outskirts of Nashville, Tennessee, with her family and two feisty little pups who are convinced they're people too. Learn more at www.TamaFortner.com.

Silvia Provantini was born in Venice in 1970 and now lives and works in Milan. After graduating from the Institute of Applied Arts at Castello Sforzesco, she worked for a year in animation and set design studios. However, she quickly realized that her future is really in children's publishing, a field that envelopes her creative attention. Since 1993, she has been working with major Italian and foreign publishers, but above all with her own young readers, from whom she always tries to learn as much as possible whenever they give her the opportunity.