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Chapter 1

• The following version of this book was used to create this Lesson Plan: Robinson, Barbara. The Best Christmas Pageant Ever. 1972. Harper Collins, E-book.

• Chapter 1 begins on page 1, when the narrator describes the children in the Herdman family as "the worst kids in the history of the world" (1).

• The narrator remains unnamed throughout the narrative of The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, though she is later named Beth in subsequent volumes of the Herdmans series.

• The Herdman children are known throughout the community for their misbehavior, including lying, cheating, fighting, cursing, and even committing arson.

• The narrator states, "They lied and stole and smoked cigars (even the girls) and talked dirty and hit little kids and cussed their teachers and took the name of the Lord in vain and set fire to Fred Shoemaker's old broken-down toolhouse" (1).

• The narrator states that perhaps the fire had been an accident or...

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