The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (Other)

from auntieknickers

Although this book(and the play based on it) may have become almost as much a Christmas cliche as Dickens' A Christmas Carol or It's A Wonderful Life, it's still worth having and re-reading or seeing on stage at least every few years. Anyone who spends much time in church will recognize the chara...

from Sheila1957

The Herdmans and the Christmas pageant in the same sentence. Who'd have ever thought? This is my favorite Christmas book. The Herdmans are the meanest kids around but when they get mixed up in the church's Christmas pageant, their hearts are changed. It is funny and for everyone.

from bell7

The Herdmans are trouble with a capital T: smoking cigars, swearing, stealing, lying, setting things on fire. The six kids are basically outcasts, and our narrator tries her best to avoid them. But when her mother gets assigned the Christmas pageant and the Herdmans worm their way into the six ma...

from elainevbernal

The Herdman children were notorious for being the terror of their town - all the children were known to beat up on other children, set fires, and cause ruckus among their neighborhood. The children smoked cigars and stole from others. Even their mother constantly works overtime just so she could ...

from LudieGrace

I love this book. I was introduced to it when Mrs. Stewart read it to my second grade class, and I've adored it ever since, though only recently, during an episode of insomnia, did I fully rediscover its goodness. I love how it brings out the earthiness, messiness, mystery, and beauty of the Inca...