Summary
Caldecott Honor artist Diane Goode reillustrates 'Christmas in the Barn', an adaptation of the Nativity story by revered children's book legend Margaret Wise Brown. Full description
Summary: |
Caldecott Honor artist Diane Goode reillustrates 'Christmas in the Barn', an adaptation of the Nativity story by revered children's book legend Margaret Wise Brown. Rhyming text relating the birth of Jesus Christ in a barn among farm animals. |
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Physical Description: |
1 volume (unpaged) |
Audience: |
Ages 4-8. |
ISBN: |
9780060526368 006052636X |
Author Notes: |
In 1935, Brown began working at the Bank Street Cooperative School for student teachers. Two years later, her writing career took off with the publication of "When the Wind Blows." Over the course of fourteen years, Brown wrote over one hundred picture books for children. Some of her best known titles include Goodnight Moon, Big Red Barn and Runaway Bunny. Margaret Wise Brown died on November 13, 1952 of an embolism following an operation in Nice, France. (Bowker Author Biography) |