The Horn Book Guide

LITERATURE

Hopkins, Lee Bennett, Selector

Manger

40 pp. | Eerdmans | September, 2014 | Trade ISBN 978-0-8028-5419-3 $16.00

(2) K-3 Illustrated by Helen Cann. "What gifts have I / to give / this Child? // No gold, / no frankincense, / no myrrh, / only my quiet / soothing purr." Fourteen poems, each told from the perspective of an animal present at Jesus' birth, are here collected. The poems convey both the majesty and intimacy of that night; decorative mixed-media illustrations highlight each animal on its own double-page spread.

Reviewer: Martha V. Parravano | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2014