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The Christmas Story: According to the Gospels of Matthew and Luke from the King James Bible
32 pp.
| Holt |
October, 2008 |
TradeISBN 978-0-8050-8694-2$12.95 New ed. (1998)
(4)
K-3
Spirin's story of the birth of Christ reflects the majesty of the event. The text is taken from the King James Bible and has a formal quality that's echoed in the gold borders and elaborate decorations on each page. The book was first published in a much larger format, and the illustrations are less effective in this smaller size.