It’s been a while since I purchased The Christmas Story: The Brick Bible for Kids book. It’s part of our Christmas book collection we pull out every year. Since we’re already decorating for Christmas, I ran across it in my storage bins. Made me realize we’ve never reviewed it.

Description of The Christmas Story: The Brick Bible for Kids

This is a 34 page book with full color pages created by Brendan Powell Smith. My version is a paperback with a glossy cover, but you can also find it in a hardback or board book version. Depending on the version you get, it retails from $3.99 to $9.99 on Amazon.

This book is actually just how it is labeled. It is the Christmas story from your bible, in Matthew 1 – 2. However, this is actually a part of a larger book known as The Brick Bible.

The author basically illustrated the Bible as Brick Bible series for adults. Having produced nearly five thousand illustrations retelling over four hundred Bible stories, you can see all of the work at www.thebrickbible.com. It’s rather an impressive feat.

But What About the Violence?

Heard the Brick Bible is violent and graphic, too, huh?

You would think that a bible book portrayed in LEGO bricks would be kid friendly, but the visuals in the Brick Bible series for adults were graphic and violent in certain places. You can read the reviews of the original Brick Bible on Amazon to see what I’m talking about, but I won’t go into more detail than that here.

So Why Promote the Brick Bible

Well, you guys know this is a family blog. I like to keep things clean and PG here. I’m generally not comfortable sharing things little eyes can’t or shouldn’t see… at least until they have a better understanding of certain concepts.

However, despite all the issues with the original Brick Bible series, it appears the author did listen to criticism and pulled out some of the stories most shared with kids for repackaging into individual books. These new books are better suited for a younger target audience. The Christmas Story is one of these.

Since the visuals of this story have been cleaned up and the more graphic parts glossed over, I feel it falls in line our “family” focus on the blog. We have a copy we read in our house… and have done so since The Little Brick was 5. Therefore, we feel comfortable recommending this book to you as well.

Having said that, let’s move on…

What Can I Expect Inside

Some excellent brick building, that’s what!

Here are some of my favorite pages from the book:

And at the end, there’s even a find and seek game your kids can play to get them more involved in looking at the details of the book.

Final Thoughts

As a believer, I love the idea of sharing Bible stories in a memorable way. This author has done just that by using LEGO bricks for recreate the story of the birth of Jesus. While being mindful of his audience, the author even manages to find a tastefoway to depict Herod’s tragic reaction to Jesus’ birth.

Taking great care in recreating the scenes in the stories, the author does an excellent job with the build out and details. Plenty of tan bricks where used to create the desert scenes. However, colors were mixed in to catch the readers eye. Should keep your kids interest.

We’ve reviewed plenty of other LEGO books on the blog. Generally, they are related to building and creative inspiration. This one is obviously different from the rest. You should consider adding it to your bookshelf.

Finally, if you find you like this book, you can also read more of the new kid-friendly stories at www.thebrickbibleforkids.com. Or, if you prefer a physical copy, you can find a compilation version, The Complete Brick Bible for Kids: Six Classic Bible Stories, with all 6 stories for sale on Amazon.

What are your thoughts on this book?