The Christmas Story: The Brick Bible for Kids
by Brendan Powell Smith
The nativity story told with LEGO bricks, making the Christmas story engaging and memorable for children.
Updated August 2026
Key features of this book.
- LEGO brick illustrations
- Engaging visual storytelling
- Accurate biblical text
- Perfect Christmas gift
How to use this book.
For bedtime reading
- Read one story per night for a calming routine
- Use gentle, soothing tones
- Point out illustrations and ask questions
- End with a simple bedtime prayer
For family devotions
- Read together and discuss the story
- Ask: "What did you learn about God?"
- Connect the story to your child's life
- Draw or act out scenes together
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Recommended for ages 4-8 years.
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What we checked against Scripture.
We read the passages behind the stories in this book and note where a retelling compresses, paraphrases or adds. We compare editions and read what other parents report. We have not tested this book with a classroom.
The nativity, Matthew 1 to 2 and Luke 1 to 2
The events follow both accounts. As in most nativity picture books, the shepherds and the wise men are brought closer together than the passages place them.
The pictures
Every scene is a LEGO build, so clothing, buildings, animals and faces are approximations. Minifigure faces do not change, which means the emotion a reader takes from a scene comes from staging rather than from the text.
Questions parents ask.
What age is The Christmas Story: The Brick Bible for Kids for?
Amazon's listing gives a reading age of 3 to 5 and a grade level of preschool to first grade. It is 32 pages, published by Sky Pony in 2012. Children who already love LEGO will read it well past five; children who do not are unlikely to be won over by the format alone.
How is it illustrated?
With photographs of scenes built from LEGO bricks by Brendan Powell Smith rather than with drawings. The nativity is staged as minifigure tableaux, one or two a spread, with short text beneath. It is the most unusual-looking book on this shelf and the one most likely to get a reluctant reader to open it at all.
Is it accurate to the Bible?
The events follow the nativity accounts in Matthew and Luke. What the format adds is visual interpretation: minifigures have fixed faces, so the feeling in a scene comes from staging rather than expression, and clothing, animals and architecture are approximations built from bricks. Treat it as an illustrated retelling, which is what every picture book is.
Is this the same as the adult Brick Bible?
No. The same illustrator made both, but the Brick Bible for Kids is a separate, edited line for children. The adult Brick Bible depicts violent and sexual material from the Old Testament and is not a children's book. Searching the name brings up both, so check that the cover says for Kids before you order.
What does it leave out?
The rest of the Bible, and most of the nativity's harder edges. Thirty-two pages hold the journey, the birth, the shepherds and the wise men. Herod's order, the flight to Egypt and the genealogies sit outside its scope. It is a Christmas picture book rather than a Bible, and it works best beside one.