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A review by calistareads
Christmas in the Barn by Margaret Wise Brown
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.