Persian Legend of the Magi for Christmas

“They spent days searching feverishly through scrolls and rolls of scribblings. At last they came across a strange legend, telling of a baby whose birth would be announced by a star. The baby was a king who would bring justice and healing and peace to the world.” . I stumbled across this book while looking for Middle East picture books. And voila! A book about Persia as documented by Marco Polo during his travels 750 years ago… about Baby Jesus. . History. Geography. Bible story. All combined. And in time for Christmas. . While I hadn’t ever heard this tradition of the origin of Three Wise Men, the Persians thought it so factual that they built elaborate tombs for the preserved bodies of Melchior, Balthasar, and Jaspar to remember their path to follow the star to the baby. Why not add it to our Christmas reading? They did come from the East afterall, and we know they studied the skies. Marco Polo was known for elaborating, but still… . 📖 The Stone: A Persian Legend of the Magi, 1998 ✍️ Diane Hofmeyr 🎨 Jude Daly . Maybe let it deep dive you to do research of the place, the legend, and the belief of the foreigners from far away who believed enough to travel for months and take expensive gifts to the Messiah. When His own people didn’t listen to their prophecies at times? Let’s think on that. ❤️ . . PS: Did you notice the doof of a librarian for their barcode placement?!! Sometimes they just make me ask, “Why?!” 😉