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Metropolitan Museum of Art,
2 Reviews
Metropolitan Museum of Art,
Christmas Is Coming!: Celebrate the Holiday with Art, Stories, Poems, Songs, and Recipes
(2)
4-6
This weighty compendium is lavishly illustrated with art from the Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection. With entries by such stalwarts as Louisa May Alcott (paired with James Jebusa Shannon's and Abraham Rademaker's paintings) and Clement Clark Moore (Arthur Rackham's art), the volume has decidedly old-fashioned appeal. Poems by Naomi Shihab Nye, Alma Flor Ada, Lee Bennett Hopkins, and others (and a few recipes) add a touch of modern sensibility. Ind.
Reviewer: Martha V. Parravano
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
November, 2019
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K-3
Selecting relevant sections of medieval and Renaissance paintings and pairing them with the story of Christ's birth as told in the stately language of Isaiah and the Gospels of Matthew and Luke from the King James Bible, the Met has created a handsome gift book. On glossy paper, the large reproductions sometimes bleed across the gutter and small vignettes are placed above the text.
Reviewer: Melinda Greenblatt
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