Friendly Beasts: An Old English Christmas Carol

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Picture Book
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Penguin Young Readers Group 1998

Join a cow, a camel, a dove, a donkey, and a sheep as they explain what gifts they brought the son of God on the very first Christmas. The Friendly Beasts offers a new way to look at the birth of Jesus through beautiful, memorable illustrations, traditional holiday lyrics.--from the publisher

"The simple strains of this old Christmas melody are superbly reflected in the graceful, delicate, yet strong images that dePaola brings to the page....A Christmas remembrance to be long treasured." -- Booklist (starred review)

"Beautiful." -- The Horn Book

"Meticulous attention has been paid to every detail of design, color, and layout." -- School Library Journal

40 pages                                    978-0698116610                                Ages 4-8

Keywords:  Christmas, song, religion, Christian, animals, 4 year old, 5 year old, 6 year old, 7 year old, 8 year old

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