The Beasts of Bethlehem

by X.J. Kennedy

In 19 poems, leading American poet X.J. Kennedy imagines what those creatures present at the Nativity might have said on that night--each animal speaking according to its nature. With compassion,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0689505612
• ISBN13: 9780689505614
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books
• Length: 39 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.3" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 7 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 2 and higher

Customer Reviews

Infuse Your Holiday with Grace

Enthralling poems for young and old. You are touched, amused, startled, and may be moved to tears at the musings of the beasts who witness the birth of the Babe.

wonderful year 'round!!

Here it is, October, and my children are begging me to read from "The Beasts of Bethlehem". Even though the poems don't follow a typical children's poem meter, they love it just the same. They enjoy picking out their "favorite" animals and having me read that animal's poem. Wonderful book!!