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32 pp.
| Holiday |
September, 2001 |
TradeISBN 0-8234-1668-2$$16.95
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Illustrated by
John Winch.
Rhyming couplets ask a variety of animals--chipmunk, mouse, fawn, wren, rabbit, spider, pony, goat, and sheep--where they sleep, and each responds in turn. Meanwhile, the earth-toned illustrations (cut paper with detailed oil accents) depict the animals' gradual approach toward an unnamed child asleep in a manger. The Nativity element gracefully ties the otherwise arbitrary group of animals, and the book, together.