Customer Reviews
A brilliant concept - By: , 30 Oct 2003 
It wasn't difficult to see that email.Jesus@bethlehem screamed for a sequel but the pressure on authors to come up with something better can often be difficult. Hilary Robinson is not an author to doubt. Her vision of how Jesus might be received today translated through trial by media & appropriate modern day symbolism will make a huge contribution, not only to the RE curriculum but to storysharing too. I heard her interviewed recently & it is clear she has a unique ability to put over the most complex ideas in a concise, sensitive & appealing way. She deserves to do well.
e-mail:Jesus@Bethlehem - By: , 16 Jul 2003 An excellent book for Christmas. It gives a different slant to the usual Christmas story & brings it right up to date. My children loved it & it gave them plenty to talk about.
Powerful, poignant and imaginative - By: , 24 Aug 2000 Hilary Robinson's talent lies in the depth beneath the wit. Rather than using yards of description & dialogue she alllows the pictures to do the talking whilst reinforcing the images with carefully constructed narrative. The idea is inspired & the text is simple & direct. email.Jesus@Bethlehem brings a traditional story right up to date so that young children can recognise the remarkable events in a current context. The telling of this story is relevant to everyone whatever their ethnicity or faith & therein lies another of the book's qualities - it can be absorbed on many different levels.
2,000 years on ... The Christmas Story re-invented ! - By: mail.it@virgin.net, 18 Oct 1999 Ever tried explaning Frankincense to a four year old ? .... Are you even reallly sure what it is yourself. Sometimes the greatest story ever told just doesn't work that well for children of the of the 21st Century. For youngsters brought up with "Gameboy", "Furby" & "Telly Tubbies" appreciation of lowing cattle, westward leading stars, kings on camels & babies in mangers comes hard.
Hilary Robinson dares to ask the question, "What if Jesus was born today?". That leads to an inspired vision for the Christmas Story. Its reallly a tale about communication. Angellic appearance & Stars of Bethlehem make way for Satellite television & the Internet. The media may be different, but the message remains true.
If you want your children to reallly understand the images of Christmas, looking beyond Santa & Snowmen, spend some of your E-cash on this book.
If, as a parent, you can't crack a smalll smile at the 3 Kings trying to get Myrhh Aromatherapy Baby Oil passed the Israeli customs, I'll eat my modem.
