The First Noel by Jan Pienkowski

This book has a simple text - not the lyrics of the famous song. Here is the text from the first page:

"And the angel said 'Behold, thou shalt conceive, and bring forth a son, and call his name Jesus."

I spied this beautiful book which is filled with amazing paper cutouts at a recent charity book sale. It had no price sticker. The volunteer nominated $3 but it is still a bargain because I've seen this book listed between $15 and $28. Jan Pienkowski died this year so finding this book was quite special.  The First Noel book was first published in 2004 and reprinted in 2018. There was/is also a carousel version.

Telling the story of Christmas, as told by the Bible, this book comprises five pages, which stand together to create a carousel of red, white, gold and green. Kids' Book review

Here are two other Christmas books by Jan Pienkowski (out of print sorry)

If you love the idea of popup books especially at Christmas try to find some of the amazing books by Robert Sabuda.

The 12 Days of Christmas

The Night Before Christmas