Books with title Not So Silent Night

The song, "Silent Night," was composed in 1818 in Austria by Mohr and Gruber. It remains one of the most popular Christmas carols of all time. Silent Night commemorates the birth of the Christ child in humble surroundings. Inspired by the traditional carol of the same name, the lyrics in this version of "Silent Night" feature new rhyming verses that give contemporary meaning to the wonderful traditions of Christmas. It also features a caroling choir. The combination of lights, music, and illustrations will captivate and delight all young children.

Mary Higgins Clark'S Christmas gift for listeners of all seasons. From America's most beloved writer of suspense comes a very special story about the power of love, and of a child's courage and faith. When her husband is diagnosed with leukemia, Catherine Dornan and their two young sons accompany him to New York, during the Christmas season, for a life-saving operation. Hoping to divert them from worry about their father, Catherine takes the boys to see some of the city's Christmas Eve sights. When they stop to listen to a street musician, Brian, the younger boy, sees a woman find his mother's wallet, which also holds a precious family memento he believes will save his father's life. Unable to get his mother's attention, Brian follows the woman into the city's subways -- beginning a journey that will threaten his life and change that of his mother and of the woman as well. Written with warmth, yet set against a background of menace and thrilling suspense, Silent Night sings with the spirit of the season, celebrating the mysteries of faith renewed and faith rewarded that we honor every holiday season.

In Silent Night, America's most beloved writer of suspense has crafted a very special story about the power of love, and of a child's courage and faith. When her husband was diagnosed with leukemia, Catherine Dornan and their two young sons accompanied him to New York, during the Christmas season, for a life-saving operation. Hoping to divert the boys from worry about their father, and to temper her own near despair, on Christmas Eve Catherine takes the boys to see Rockefeller Center's famous Christmas tree. When they stop to listen to a street musician, Brian, the younger boy, sees a woman take his mother's wallet, which holds a precious memento his grandmother has just given them, a St. Christopher medal that saved her husband's life in World War II, and which she and Brian believe will save his father's life now. Unable to get his mother's attention, Brian impulsively follows the woman who has taken the wallet into the city's subways, thereby beginning a journey that will threaten his life and change that of his mother and of the thief, as well. Written with warmth, yet set against a background of menace and thrilling suspense, Silent Night is about courage in the face of adversity, and faith renewed and faith rewarded.It is Mary Higgins Clark's Christmas gift for listeners of all seasons.

The popular carol "Silent Night" was written in 1818 to be accompanied by guitar instead of the traditional organ. The legend of the carol says that mice chewed through the bellows of the old organ in St. Nicholas Church in Oberndorf, Austria. With the organ broken, father Joseph Mohr wrote the lyrics and asked his friend Franz Gruber to set the words to guitar. The mice are playfully illustrated in this book and are frightened by the loud church organ and large choir. Their plan is to chew a hole in the organ bellows and take the wind out of its sails. The mice succeed in their mission but feel remorse watching the sad choir members and children as they anticipate Christmas service without music. Father Joseph Mohr saves the day by remembering Jesus was born in a humble stable, so he writes a humble carol "Silent Night" to save the day!