Today’s book is The First Christmas by John Wilkie illustrated by Jodie McCallum. This is an iPad app book by PicPocket Books.
Summary: Written from the perspective of Mary’s donkey, the rhyming text tells about Christ’s birth. It starts on the journey Mary and Joseph had to take to Bethlehem and ends with the visit from the Magi.
This is the first book I’ve downloaded from PicPocket Books. I loved that it told the story of the birth of Jesus and I thought the illustrations were adorable. We have another book that is illustrated by Jodie McCallum (which we will be sharing later.)
The book is narrated by a young girl, and while she reads, the word she is saying turns to red. I like this feature for it helps beginning readers “read” along with the story. If you touch the animals in the story you can hear them make noises.
Love the extension activity of the cards to go with the theme of the iPad app!