This is a picture story from icons by Adel Nassief done for the book First Christmas by Alastair MacDonald; Welcome Books; New York and San Francisco; 2008.
WATANI International
8 January 2012
This
is a picture story from icons by Adel Nassief done for the book First Christmas by Alastair MacDonald;
Welcome Books;
First Christmas is a delightful book by Alastair
Macdonald narrating the story of Christmas in a novel and interesting style.
The story is illustrated by 21 Coptic icons painted by artist Adel Nassief of
(www.adelnassief.net).
The art work
included in the book was last year shown at the
of
First Christmas was well received when it was first published three years ago in December
2008. The book won a gold medal with the Sunbeam Children’s Book Awards in the
icons. They truly bring the story alive.
Video and icons
of the book can be found at the author’s website: www.sharehisstory.org.
