Christmas in the barn

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Title:

Christmas in the barn

Author:

Brown, Margaret Wise, 1910-1952, author.

Dewdney, Anna, illustrator.

Summary:

Rhyming text relating the birth of Jesus Christ in a barn among farm animals.

Audience:

Ages 4-8.

Edition:

Newly illustrated edition.

Physical Description:

32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 24 x 29 cm

Genre:

Christmas fiction.

Stories in rhyme.

Picture books.

Personal Subject:

Jesus Christ-Nativity-Juvenile fiction.

Author(s):

Dewdney, Anna,

Publisher:

Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers,

Publication Date:

2016

1952

ISBN:

9780062379863

Publication Information:

New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2016.

Call Number:

P BROWN

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From the bestselling author of classics like Goodnight Moon and The Runaway Bunny comes a Christmas story sure to delight generations of new readers, reillustrated in 2016 by the beloved Llama Llama creator, Anna Dewdney.

In this reissued edition by Margaret Wise Brown, Christmas in the Barn tells a childlike interpretation of the Nativity story with all-new full-color illustrations from New York Times bestselling illustrator Anna Dewdney, creator of the Llama Llama series.

"Brown's tender, lyrical account of the Nativity has been reissued...with illustrations that expand the succinct text, giving a quiet sense of grandeur while at the same time making readers feel a part of the events. A lovely book for a new generation of readers," says School Library Journal.

Author Notes

Margaret Wise Brown was born on May 23, 1910 in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York, to Robert Brown, a Vice President at American Manufacturing Company and Maud Brown, a housewife. She attended school in Lausanne, Switzerland for three years, before attending Dana Hall in Wellesley, Massachusetts for two years. In 1928, she began taking classes at Hollis College in Virginia.

In 1935, Brown began working at the Bank Street Cooperative School for student teachers. Two years later, her writing career took off with the publication of "When the Wind Blows." Over the course of fourteen years, Brown wrote over one hundred picture books for children. Some of her best known titles include Goodnight Moon, Big Red Barn and Runaway Bunny.

Margaret Wise Brown died on November 13, 1952 of an embolism following an operation in Nice, France.

(Bowker Author Biography)

Reviews (2)

School Library Journal Review

PreS-Gr 2-Originally published in 1952, with expertly crafted woodcuts by Barbara Cooney, then reissued in 2004 in a larger, full-color edition featuring bunny-strewn ink and watercolor art by Diane Goode, Brown's tender, lyrical account of the Nativity has been reissued once again, this time with illustrations by the late Dewdney of "Llama, Llama" fame. Using oil paint, pastel, pencil, and marker, the artist discards the two previous wintry depictions, providing a truer sense of place with appropriately spare flora set in a vast desert. The earthy pigments of the scenery and the animals are offset by a richly bright blue sky and colorful garments worn by Mary and the wise men. The animals are rendered with childlike accuracy and just a hint of cartoonish whimsy. The humans are a bit more realistic and in varying skin tones, leaving the ethnicity of the holy family open to interpretation. Multiple tableaus offer myriad details but are never too busy. They expand the succinct text, giving a quiet sense of grandeur while at the same time making readers feel a part of the events. VERDICT A lovely book for a new generation of readers.-Linda Israelson, Los Angeles Public Library © Copyright 2016. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Publisher's Weekly Review

A rough-hewn barn of stone and wood, nestled in a field dotted with sheep and palm trees, sets the scene for this newly illustrated version of Brown's cozy 1952 story of Jesus's birth. The late Dewdney's canvas-textured, mixed-media artwork is well-matched to Brown's spare, rhyming text, which incorporates phrases from hymns and the Bible ("Away in a manger, no crib for his bed"; "Because there was no room in the inn") as it introduces a cast of animal onlookers ("The little mice rustled in the sweet dry grass/ Near the lambs and the kine and the ox and the ass"). The rugged landscape and lantern-lit barn are depicted at sunset, night, and daybreak from a variety of perspectives, the warm palette and forceful brushstrokes conveying the story's hushed refrain: "And there they were all safe and warm/ All together in that ancient barn." Ages 4-8. (Sept.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

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