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For Immediate Release
Date: November 14, 2019
Contact: Sarah Lemieux
Phone: 603-641-9344 extension 334
Email: slemieux@SophiaInstitute.com
New Children's Book Charms in Portraying True Meaning of Christmas
Boston, MA — Sophia Institute Press has released a new children's book which narrates in pleasing verse the singular event that Christians have celebrated for more than two thousand years: the birth of Jesus in a stable  in Bethlehem.
Illustrated by celebrated artist Frank Fraser (Before I Was Me and Vincent), Thomas D. Williams’s magnificent poem The First Christmas teaches children the real meaning of Christmas by celebrating the Incarnation of Christ.
Replete with glorious angels, joyful shepherds, indifferent townspeople, humble kings, delightful donkeys, cattle, sheep, and, of course, Joseph, Mary, and the adorable baby Jesus, these sublime pages leave Santa Claus behind and bring to vivid life the tender, moving, true story of Christmas.
Families searching for a Christmas book as endearing as the secular classics (How the Grinch Stole Christmas and Twas the Night Before Christmas) but that reinforces the Faith will treasure The First Christmas and place it at the center of their Christmas celebrations.
A 2018 visiting research fellow for the Center for Ethics and Culture at Notre Dame University, Thomas D. Williams has written widely on theology, philosophy, ethics, and spirituality, and his 15 books include Who Is My Neighbor? Personalism and the Foundations of Human Rights and The World As It Could Be: Catholic Social Thought for a New Generation.
Williams teaches theology at St. John’s University Rome campus and has also done extensive media work, serving as consultant and commentator on faith, ethics, and religion for NBC, CBS, and Sky News in the UK. He was appointed by the Holy See as spokesman for the Synod of Bishops in 1997 and again in 2001.
Frank Fraser is an award winning artist, designer, illustrator and writer who for the past 35 years has worked in advertising, as a Creative Director for Disney Consumer Products and as a creator and producer of children’s entertainment for television and new media. He is now dedicated to writing and illustrating children’s books that lift children’s hearts and minds to heaven.
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Trailer for The First Christmas
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Request a Review Copy
Members of the media may send an email to Marketing Coordinator at slemiuex@SophiaInstitute.com to receive a complimentary review copy of The First Christmas, or to schedule an interview with Anthony DeStefano.
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About Sophia Institute Press
Sophia Institute Press publishes and distributes faithful Catholic classics and new texts by the great and enduring figures of the Catholic intellectual tradition. Sophia was established to nurture the spiritual, moral, and cultural life of souls and to spread the Gospel of Christ in conformity with the authentic teachings of the Roman Catholic Church.
In 2013, Sophia launched Sophia Institute for Teachers, an initiative that provides classroom teachers with the instructional materials and catechetical training they need to educate their students and prepare them to live their lives as active and faithful Catholics.
Sophia also serves as a leading online source for Catholic community, devotions, and other spiritual and practical resources. Our three major online platforms include www.CrisisMagazine.com, www.CatholicExchange.com, and www.EpicPew.com.
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