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jbarr5's review against another edition
4.0
Christmas in the Barn by Margaret Wise Brown
Audio version so I am not seeing the colorful pictures.
Children's book about the reason for the season-the birth of Christ.
Setting: the barn and who is there, the animals and the sounds.
Christmas day and the sound of an infant crying and the animals all gather as the gifts arrive.
I received this book from National Library Service for my BARD (Braille Audio Reading Device).
Audio version so I am not seeing the colorful pictures.
Children's book about the reason for the season-the birth of Christ.
Setting: the barn and who is there, the animals and the sounds.
Christmas day and the sound of an infant crying and the animals all gather as the gifts arrive.
I received this book from National Library Service for my BARD (Braille Audio Reading Device).
ama_reads's review against another edition
4.0
Dewdney's illustrations make this a lovely tale to read (and pushed it from 3 to 4 stars for me).
emmarj's review against another edition
1.0
No, dear, don't try to retell the nativity story.
We're a very religious family so this was extremely weird and somewhat confusing to me.
This is the nativity story set in what the author calls an "ancient field" but in the illustrations show what is clearly a large American barn. In the snow. THE SNOW! Weird. Also, the author rhymes ass with grass and that's just lazy.
We're a very religious family so this was extremely weird and somewhat confusing to me.
This is the nativity story set in what the author calls an "ancient field" but in the illustrations show what is clearly a large American barn. In the snow. THE SNOW! Weird. Also, the author rhymes ass with grass and that's just lazy.
pwbalto's review against another edition
5.0
HOW did Margaret Wise Brown always do this? What key did she have to constructing sentences that descend into calm like a baby being gently lowered into a crib? Her strings of short clauses, the occasional internal rhyme, all of it creates a hypnotic, reverential read aloud that is nevertheless clear-eyed and unsentimental.
Bow to the master.
Bow to the master.
sean67's review against another edition
3.0
Wise Brown retells the Christmas story in a gentle retelling , not too bad.
katieckb's review against another edition
4.0
This is a sweet children’s picture book that details the classic Christmas nativity story and Mary and Joseph’s journey to the barn.
calistareads's review against another edition
3.0
This text is from 1952 and for some reason they decided to have a new illustrator come up with new pictures and reissue the book in 2016. Interesting. I’m counting this as 1952 as that is the original text. I don’t like that practice. Margaret has no control or way in the matter since she’s dead. OH well, 1st world problems.
It’s a simple book set in the desert of Bethlehem. (there are more than one illustrator so Anna Dewdney sets it in a desert, not the snow) It’s about the animals in the barn the night Jesus was born. They are cute animals. There is a sentence per page. It tells a simple message for a straight forward story. It does have a silent sense of awe for the story.
I think this was a little young for the kids. It was quick though. They thought this was an ok story. As soon as it was done they wanted to go on to the next book. They gave it 2 stars by the Niece and 3 star by the nephew.
It’s a simple book set in the desert of Bethlehem. (there are more than one illustrator so Anna Dewdney sets it in a desert, not the snow) It’s about the animals in the barn the night Jesus was born. They are cute animals. There is a sentence per page. It tells a simple message for a straight forward story. It does have a silent sense of awe for the story.
I think this was a little young for the kids. It was quick though. They thought this was an ok story. As soon as it was done they wanted to go on to the next book. They gave it 2 stars by the Niece and 3 star by the nephew.
maidmarianlib's review against another edition
4.0
Such a lovely poem, captures the Christmas story well. Dewdney's illustrations are fantastic.
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