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The Little Drummer Boy: Based on the Beloved Christmas Song
32 pp.
| NorthSouth |
October, 2018 |
TradeISBN 978-0-7358-4325-7$17.95
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K-3
An orphan drummer boy gives the gift of music to the newborn king. This version of the Nativity story isn't set in Bethlehem, however, but in what looks like a Germanic village in winter. The snow-dusted landscape in a pastel palette evokes a picturesque scene, but the winter setting for the well-known story seems incongruous. Information about the Grimm brothers is mistakenly appended.