Straw for the Manger
Christmas delivery: order by Dec 7 for Media Mail or Dec 15 for Ground Advantage, or pick up free in Baton Rouge. Get both Christmas books in the Two-Pack for $29.99.
Small things are never small.
This is a book about Advent that kids can actually do. Every kindness, a gate fixed, soup for a neighbor, breakfast crumbs left for a friend, becomes one golden straw. It is also honest about hard days, when someone snaps and shuts a door, and it shows that saying “I’m sorry” still counts even when you don’t feel like it yet. By Christmas Eve, the manger is full, and everyone made it together.
What kids take away
Kindness adds up.
One small deed at a time fills the manger by Christmas.
Waiting is part of it.
Advent means not yet, and getting ready is the gift.
Sorry still counts.
Lexi doesn’t feel kind, but she says it anyway, and the straw comes back.
Give your best.
Beignet sets the thing she loves most beside the manger.
Talk about it after the last page
- What kind deed could you do today to add a straw?
- Why did the sock and slipper not count?
- What does it mean that small things are never small?
A real parish
Fr. Michael and St. Aloysius Church are real, right here in Baton Rouge. The book ends with a short page about Advent for families to read together.
The real Beignet
Beignet is a real white Lab who lives in Baton Rouge with Papa, Lucy, Lexi, and Timone the cat. The stories are imagined, but the family, the places, and the commands are all real.
