The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson

An oldie but a goodie. The Herdmans are terrors in their community. Six rambunctious siblings scrapping and squabbling over every little thing and picking on every one, including each other. The rest of the community is preparing for their Christmas program when the Herdmans show up at the church looking for cookies, cake and possibly other goodies promised by an ornery teasing school kid. Entranced by the idea of a play, they all volunteer to be in the pageant, and have their own ideas about Mary, Joseph and the baby Jesus and how they should be portrayed. A wonderful little story, makes you want to grin from page to page. Sandy Penton