My Journey to Bethlehem
Mona Brown Ketner and Sandy Armstrong, Micki Cabaniss, Amy Tiller
Hardcover
(Grateful Steps Publishing House & Bookshop, Dec. 10, 2011)
Travel to Bethlehem for the birth of Jesus with Mary and Joseph as the journey is told from the donkey s perspective. Extra special treats for breakfast, new blanket, everyone packing their bags. What is going on? Who is Caesar Augustus and what are taxes? The donkey learns that he has the honor of ensuring a smooth ride for Mary and Joseph to Bethlehem for the birth of Jesus. Fresh, warm, delicious straw for the donkey to eat, soft bed, and other animals in the stable. The donkey s blanket is used to swaddle baby Jesus. An angel appears to the shepherds keeping watch over the sheep to announce the birth of the Savior.
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