A review by libraryjen
The Night of His Birth by Katherine Paterson

4.0

This book reads like a poem, it's lyrical and beautiful and the illustrations are whimsical and beautiful. However, I think it misses its target audience. The vocabulary and sentence structure are just too much for the normal demographic for picture books (0 to about 2nd grade). This beautiful book will just go right over their heads. However, it's a wonderful book to add to your Christmas collection if you, as an adult, like to read picture book holiday stories, especially at Christmas time (which I do). Any child familiar with the Nativity story will enjoy the pictures and know (mostly) what's happening because they are already familiar. This is definitely not the book to use to introduce the Nativity story. But it's a gorgeous book.

Disclaimer: I received a free electronic copy of this book from the publisher through Netgalley.com in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own.