A Christmas Story

by Brian Wildsmith

Book Overview

Spectacular illustrations show the Nativity as backdrop for a story of a small donkey whose mother carries Mary to Bethlehem. Wildsmith's illustrations are striking and vivid. His angels are worth the price of the book. . . .--School Library Journal.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0679800743
• ISBN13: 9780679800743
• Release Date: November 1989
• Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 9.8" x 12.3"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

Christmas for Children

A wonderfully illustrated, wonderfully written story of Christ's birth. The text held our two year olds attention span and the illustrations completely mesmerized her.

Beautiful illustrations and clever story.

Brian Willsmith does such a nice job of bringing the scenes in his books to life, and this one is no exception. The story is very cleverly conceived in bringing a new perspective into the Christmas story. The point of view is of a little girl trying to find Mary and Joseph, so that she can reunite the baby donkey she is carring for, with the mother donkey that Mary rode on. Cute story and nicely put together.

Inspirational

I bought this book for my preschool classroom of 4 year olds...we enjoyed reading this book during the holiday season. The story that unfolds really gave the children a sense of the meaning of Christmas in terms that they could understand. After we finished reading the book, one of my girls asked: "you mean christmas is more than just gifts?"