Holy Night
Selma Lagerlof, Ilon Wikland
Hardcover
(Floris Books, Aug. 1, 2004)
"What that shepherd saw, we might also see, for the angels fly down from heaven every Christmas Eve, if we could only see them." —from The Holy Night Here is a colorfully illustrated edition of Selma Lagerlöf’s classic Christmas tale. One cold winter night a cruel, hard-hearted shepherd is amazed by the strange events. When a man comes to look for firewood to warm his wife and newborn baby, the dogs don’t bite him, the sheep don’t run away, and the fire doesn’t scorch him. Following the man back to his cold grotto, the shepherd discovers the true spirit of Christmas. (Ages 5-8)
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