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Actor: Max LucadoEdition: VHS Tape
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Published)
Format: NTSC
Number of pages: 35
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Studio: Thomas Nelson
VHS Movie Reviews of Jacob's Gift Video
Movie Review: A special Christmas story
Summary: 5 Stars
Max Lucado has a knack for taking a story from the Bible and making it come to life. "Jacob's Gift," illustrated by Robert Hunt, is certainly one of those stories.
Jacob, the main character in the story, exhibits a natural talent for working with wood. The Rabbi has announced to all his students the upcoming arrival of his nephew, a master carpenter from Nazareth. The nephew is coming to help the Rabbi select one of his students to work on a new synagogue. Jacob is intrigued by the idea of being chosen for such an honor and is working on a special project to prove his talents.
Rabbi Simeon knows Jacob is on his way to becoming a master carpenter himself. He tells Jacob, "God has given you the gift of woodworking." He goes on to say, "God gives gifts, Jacob. Some can sing, others teach, and you - you can build...God gave you this gift to share with others...When you give a gift to one of His [God's] children, it's like giving a gift to God."
Jacob spends his days helping his father get their family owned inn ready for an expected influx of visitors; he spends his evenings cutting, sawing and shaping his special project. Then, on a special night, when the stars are bright overhead, a man and a woman arrive at the inn his father owns. Jacob sees the bright star and follows the light to the inn's stables, where he sees a stranger, with his wife and their newborn infant. The baby is wrapped in cloths and is lying on the ground in a nest of straw.
Jacob has spent countless hours on his special project; it's a new type of manger that Jacob designed himself, a manger with wheels. He knows he has done a good job on it and he wants to have it ready to show to the Rabbi the next day, but when he sees the baby lying in the straw, he also knows that's not a fitting place for an infant. He gives the new manger to the couple for the use of their newborn son. Little does he realize the significance of his gesture, the true measure of his gift.
This is a book about the birth of Christ, about Christmas, but that is really only a small part of the story. The larger message is about giving gifts to others and about God's gift of his Son to us.
The book is beautifully illustrated with life-like drawings done mostly in muted colors.
What I Like: Everything.
What I Dislike: Nothing.
Overall Rating: Excellent.
Age Appeal: The publisher suggests an age group of 9-12 years, but I believe this is a book that the entire family would enjoy.
Christine M. Irvin - Christian Children's Book Review
Movie Review: A Very Special Christmas Present
Summary: 5 Stars
JACOB'S GIFT is another wonderful retelling of the Christmas story by Christian author Max Lucado. Jacob is a young carpenter apprentice who has a creative imagination. He often finds himself ridiculed by the other children who do recognize his talents, but the master carpenter, Rabbi Simoen, recognizes and encourages the talent of Jacob.The class gets excited about a carpentry project that will be judged by Simeon's nephew, a carpenter who will be visiting Bethlehem very soon. Jacob decides to build hay troth on wheels. He is busy at work when he hears a cry from a stable. A child has been born, but it has no crib. Jacob wonders if he should ignore the cry, or give the young couple the unfinished hay troth to use as a crib even though it will mean he will not have a project for the contest. Jacob decides to give away the troth. When he begins to tell Rabbi Simeon why he has no project, the nephew arrives. He is none other than Joseph who proudly tells the story of his son as well as the generosity of the Jacob whose gift saved the day.
Lucado is again able to tell the familiar story of the birth of Christ in an interesting and engaging manner. The artwork by illustrator Robert Hunt will capture the imaginations of younger children. The book is also suited for older children as well since Jacob is probably a preteen and has to make an important moral choice
Movie Review: Gift
Summary: 3 Stars
I have loved Max Lucado's books. HE writes with such passion and sincerity for children and for adults. I was, however, disappointed with this book. The story was simplistic and terribly predictable. I am usually able to turn to the illustrations to support the story, but this led me to another disappointment. Hunt's drawings simply were very busy. Good illustrations are able to tell the story by themselves, with no text. Even with the text, one would have trouble deciphering exactly what these drawings were depicted. The overall redeeming quality of this book is how it does present a Christian story and reminds all of us of the lowly life our Lord was born into.Why 3 stars?:
While Max Lucado's books for children are normally wonderful, this one falls well short of the bar. The illustrations actually hurt the story, not support it. This is, however, a book about the glory that is Jesus Christ, and does therefore deserve to be read and shared with children.
Movie Review: Extremely Pleasant reading
Summary: 5 Stars
I found the relationship between Jacob and Rabbi Simeon very, very touching.Movie Review: I din't like this book at all!!!!
Summary: 1 Stars
At first this book seemed like it was going to be soemthing special. It had everything I like people making stuff out of wood, people from strange religions, and a good message about trying hard. But then Jacob had a hallusination and then the book got really preachy and boring. I din't like the end either.
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