The Animals' Christmas Eve

A Christmas Nativity Book for Kids

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$5.99 US
On sale Aug 14, 2007 | 24 Pages | 9780375839238

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This sweet barnyard Christmas counting story makes the perfect gift!

In the barn on Christmas Eve,
After all the people leave,
The animals, in voices low,
Remember Christmas long ago . . .


So begins a sweet rhyming story in which a group of animals recounts the events surrounding Jesus' birth in the manger, and the parts some of their ancestors played in it.
Gale Wiersum was a Little Golden Books staffer during the 1970s. Her books include The Animals’ Christmas Eve and Little Golden Book Christmas Favorites. View titles by Gale Wiersum

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This sweet barnyard Christmas counting story makes the perfect gift!

In the barn on Christmas Eve,
After all the people leave,
The animals, in voices low,
Remember Christmas long ago . . .


So begins a sweet rhyming story in which a group of animals recounts the events surrounding Jesus' birth in the manger, and the parts some of their ancestors played in it.

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Gale Wiersum was a Little Golden Books staffer during the 1970s. Her books include The Animals’ Christmas Eve and Little Golden Book Christmas Favorites. View titles by Gale Wiersum

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