Brown Baby Jesus, Dorena Williamson
Brown Baby Jesus, Dorena Williamson
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Brown Baby Jesus
A Picture Book

Author: Dorena Williamson

Narrator: Karen Murray

Unabridged: 10 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/20/2022

Synopsis

Celebrate Christmas with this unique retelling of the Nativity story featuring Jesus as a melanated baby in a story that’s rich with Scripture, historical accuracy, and a multicultural weaving of love—from the author of Crowned with Glory.

Like Moses, brown baby Jesus would be a deliverer. Like Rahab, brown baby Jesus would save His people from destruction. Like David, brown baby Jesus would rule as a great king. Like the colorful threads that make up a beautiful cloth, Brown Baby Jesus brings together the characters and stories leading to Jesus—showing how God included many races and nations in the story we celebrate each year.

With an unconventional Christmas setting of Egypt and written in sweet, lyrical prose, Brown Baby Jesus is sure to become a holiday classic embraced by families of all races and backgrounds.

About The Author

Dorena Williamson, a bestselling author, has written other children’s books celebrating multiculturalism, including Crowned with Glory. She is also a preacher’s kid, pastor’s wife, and cross-cultural ministry veteran. She and her husband planted Strong Tower Bible Church in Nashville, Tennessee, a faith community passionate about biblical justice and God’s diverse kingdom.Ronique Ellis currently lives in Queens, New York, but grew up in the countryside of Jamaica and spent her childhood either tucked away reading or exploring the great outdoors of her little town. She considers herself a collector of sounds, smells, moods, and moments, which she then weaves into her illustrations. She has a BFA in computer art and animation from Syracuse University.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Bunmi on December 31, 2022

Rating might be editor's bias, but I really loved working on this one!......more

Goodreads review by Emmie on March 26, 2023

In our family, we try to be very mindful with how Jesus is represented. So when one of my kiddos saw this title and firmly stated, "wait...Jesus is white," I knew we had missed something. Not that the color of Jesus' skin is the most important part about Him. It isn't! But goodness, what conversatio......more

Goodreads review by Tina on November 24, 2022

Brown Baby Jesus is a fresh retelling of Jesus’s life from a multicultural perspective. Instead of beginning with Jesus’s birth, Williamson starts with Joseph & Mary’s flee to Egypt with their son. Mary reflects often, giving us a glimpse of Jesus’s birth and meeting Simeon and Anna. Williamson comp......more

Goodreads review by Marie on November 17, 2022

I love how Dorena Williamson weaves the diverse family history of Jesus into the retelling of the Christmas story in a way that makes it easy for children to understand the connections. Brown Baby Jesus certainly piqued my daughter's interest in genealogy as she asked me what other ethnicities and n......more

Goodreads review by Pam on November 30, 2022

This is a beautifully illustrated book about the early life of Jesus. I loved how the author tied him to other characters of his biblical lineage. The author doesn't say it, but culturally, it's true that the baby Jesus was likely brown-skinned, or far more olive-skinned than the babe is traditional......more

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