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40 pp.
| Atheneum |
October, 2012 |
TradeISBN 978-1-4424-0934-7$16.99
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Bryan's child-centered verse involves readers from the very start as it tells the Nativity story from the point of view of the young shepherd/carpenter's apprentice who built that iconic stable. Lush illustrations offer a controlled tumult of verdant flora and fauna. The book ends with the boy welcoming Mary and Joseph to his stable and then communing with Baby Jesus.