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K-3
Illustrated by
Maja Dusikova.
Softly muted paintings reverentially illustrate this simple interpretation of a traditional Christmas carol, written in Austria on Christmas Eve in 1818. Expressing the carol's universality, the setting changes from a mountain village to a desert encampment to the North Pole, but the book begins and ends with baby Jesus in the manger. Music and all lyrics are appended.