Holiday Gift Guide: The Littlest Angel

The Littlest Angel, the classic children’s story transformed with magic and laughter arrived on DVD November 21st! This film is an adaptation of the fifteenth best-selling children’s book of all time, The Littlest Angel by Charles Tazewell.

The Littlest Angel is the tale of a little boy that goes to Heaven and finds himself missing home and everything he enjoyed on earth. He gets into trouble with the headmaster often due to his boredom. Inorder for him to earn his wings he must complete his training at the Angel Academy. However, The Littlest Angel fails because he is so distracted from being homesick and lonely  Frustrated and eager to get this angel into shape, the Headmaster sends Littlest Angel to talk to the Angel of Peace, Eve.

Eve, tells Littlest that “Heaven is full of wonderful things” and he should be happy to be in heaven.  He agrees Heaven is beautiful, but says if he could just have his special box of earthly treasures he could be an even better angel. The problem is that  angels aren’t allowed to return to Earth until they earn their wings. He still must perform three honest-to-goodness selfless good deeds to earn his wings.

 

Impatient the Littlest Angel decides he has to find a way home to get his treasures before he can successfully complete his training at the Angel Academy. I his quest to find a way home he runs into a dog named Halo  and they quickly become best friends. Halo and Littlest return to Earth and head towards his home to retrieve his box of treasures, but along the way they encounter some challenges.  While they are on Earth, God announces that he’s sending his son Jesus to earth to be the Saviour. Alban is upset that Littlest is missing and Heaven is busy preparing for the arrival of Jesus. Headmaster Alban and Logan the archangel visit Earth to rescue Littlest and Halo before the arrival of Jesus.

After their return Littlest reveals his box of special treasures to Logan, Alban and Halo: there’s a rock from the river, a bird’s nest, a butterfly, an old kite string and the dog collar from his first best friend. The other angels are dumbfounded that Littlest calls this box of “old junk” as Alban calls it, “treasures,” even after Littlest tells the story of each treasure. As the other Angels put their priceless gifts in a stack for baby Jesus, Littlest and Halo go looking for the perfect gift. They return empty handed except for the box of Littlest treasures. The Littlest Angel places his treasure box in the pile with the other gifts and says he thinks another little boy, Jesus, will enjoy it as much as he has. And with his gift he completed his third and final good deed needed to earn his wings as he “gave away his treasures to bring joy to another child.”

My children and I loved this movie.  I don’t remember ever reading it before although the storyline seems familiar. In fact, it reminded me a lot of the the little Drummer Boy. It shows that even the most humble of “treasures” are gifts and that sometimes we need to put other’s ahead of ourselves. we have watched the movie about a dozen times in the past few days.

 

Download a fun Littlest Angel Activity Book.

For more information about The Littlest Angel on DVD, please visit: www.thelittlestangelmovie.com