The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
Unit Study
Written by: Barbara Robinson
Barbara Robinson was born in Portsmouth, OH on January 12, 1927. Her father, Theodore died when she was 3. She was raised by her mother, Grace. She began writing poetry when she was young. Barbara wrote a few children's books including: The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, The Best Halloween Ever, The Best School Year Ever.
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
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The Herdmans are the meanest, nastiest group of six unruly siblings in town. They'll ruin the Christmas Pageant for sure ... or will they? This is a chuckle-on-every-page, action-packed account of how one town deals with the biggest Christmas-pageant challenge in their history.
Meet the Herdmans
Six awful kids and one stressed-out cat, all prone to mischief of the worst kind. Like the time they set fire to Fred Shoemaker's toolhouse while playing with a stolen chemistry set, or when Claude Herdman \"emptied the whole first grade in three minutes flat when he took the cat to Show-and Tell.\"
Pageant Director Trying to Make it Work
The Herdman kids attend Sunday school only because they think they'll get to eat cake there. Once Christmas pageant plans begin, they intimidate all the other children into letting them volunteer for the biggest parts. When the town reacts with horror to the news that the most sinful children will be playing the holiest roles, the pageant director becomes even more determined to make it work. Even though they look more like trick-or-treaters than Bible figures, the Herdmans don't ruin the pageant; instead, they improve it, and give the story a surprisingly sentimental ending.
What questions do you have?
Discuss at your table some of the questions you might have before we start reading the first couple of chapters.
Be prepared to share at least one of the questions.
Vocabulary
These are some of the words we will come across when reading chapters 1 and 2. Let's look at our Dictionary app to define the words.
Contagious
Penitentiary
Privet
Sentiment
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