The Story

This Christmas, follow the story of Leora (whose name means 'Bringer of Light' in Hebrew), a young shepherdess living near Bethlehem. As Leora journeys to meet her father and sisters in the hills with their sheep, she's given a list of items to pick up on the way and a piece of wisdom from her mother: "Stay on the way and treat everyone as you would the coming King."

A story of kindness, gratitude, and joy, this winsome Christmas children's book is suitable for all ages and may just become a new Advent tradition and favourite in your family.

Please note: Orders made today will ship Lordwilling December 30th.

Beautiful Features

• Hand-painted watercolor illustrations
• High-quality heavy gloss paper
• Hidden hedgehogs on every page
• Special margin art telling the Holy Family's journey
• Reminiscent of old children's classics

NEW! Free Christmas Resources

Now includes complete Christmas pageant materials and projection art! Perfect for church programs, school performances, or family celebrations.

Book Purchasing Options

• Individual Book: The Light Gift standalone
• Bundle Savings: Combined with The Messiah Manger
• Messiah Manger: Available separately
• Free Resources: Performance materials & Downloadable coloring pages included on this page

Free Performance Resources

Access our complete collection of materials:

• Free Production Materials 
  • Complete Production Package
  • Including:
    • Full script
    • Staging instructions
    • Prop lists
    • Communication templates

• Free Projection Packages
  • Full Art without Lyrics
  • Full Art with Lyrics 
  • Margin Art without Lyrics
  • Margin Art with Lyrics

• Free Coloring Pages 
  • You can download the free printable colouring pages here.

The Full Story (spoiler alert!)

Leora, a young shepherdess girl, leaves her mother to go visit her father and sisters who are taking care of the sheep in the hills, but she must pick up a number of items for her father along the way. Leora needs to hurry because her favourite sheep is having a lamb soon and she doesn't want to miss it.

Along the way, while completing the tasks, she stops and helps those in need, despite her hurry, because she hears in her heart the song of "Stay on the way, and treat everyone as you would the Coming King."

She makes her way to the hills, with all the things she needed to pick up, but she's too late: her little lamb has already come.

Leora and her family go to sleep only to be awoken by angels. Upon hearing the good news of the arrival of the King, they hurry to the manger, where it is quite dark. Leora gives her lamp, the last thing on her list to pick up, to light the darkness. When the lamp is lit, Leora sees evidence of the acts of kindness she had done on her way; all of them had been passed on to the Holy Family on their journey to Bethlehem.

The Holy Family's travels and reception of Leora's kindness via the people she helps are shown in the bottom margin artwork throughout the story.

Finally, hidden in each page is a hedgehog, which are native to the Middle East, for both kids and adults alike to seek out as they read along.

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Publication Details

Published by: The Keeping Company. 

ISBN: 978-1-7380139-3-7