Animals' Christmas Eve (Little Golden Readers) [Hardcover]

Gale Wiersum (Author)

Book Description

Series: Little Golden Readers

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. This is also a counting book.

--This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

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About the Author

Gale Wiersum was a Golden Books staffer during the 1970s.

Alex Steele-Morgan lives in England. --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: Goldencraft (December 1984)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0307602680
• ISBN-13: 978-0307602688
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.6 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,533,727 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Classic Story for the Young!!!, September 21, 2004

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Gregory Nyman (Winchendon, MA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Animals' Christmas Eve (Little Golden Readers) (Hardcover)

What a wonderful "throwback" to another era, with this Golden book which highlights some of the great artwork and poetry to celebrate Christmas. The story focuses on the many different kinds of animals who were present when little baby Jesus was born, such as chickens, four brown horses, five gray donkeys, six spotted calves, and...I think you get the point. It teaches the basics and provides great inspiration and truth for the children on one of the most sacred days of the year. Read it and your eyes will probably begin to well with tears. The picture of the eight nestling kittens is truly precious, as well as the eleven puppies who listen well.

A marvelous collection for any library!!!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A beautiful classic, September 18, 2003

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Maureen Campbell (Ann Arbor) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The animals' Christmas eve (A Golden tell-a-tale book) (Hardcover)

This book was one of my favorites as a little girl. Now, as a grown-up, I'm overjoyed to have found it again. Gale Wiersum takes the familiar counting-up-to-twelve verse form and from it weaves a sweet poem, recounting what the animals say to each other on Christmas Eve, "after all the people leave." Each group of creatures offers a bit of the Christmas story to their fellows. The illustrations are soft and magical. Give this one to a child who likes poetry, or read it aloud during the Christmas season (I've even seen it recommended as a resource for Sunday schools). You'll like it, too.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Little Golden Books quality has plummeted, January 5, 2011

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S. L. MCGINNIS (Edwardsville, IL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Animals' Christmas Eve (Little Golden Book) (Hardcover)

I would have rather found an older version of this second hand because it would have been a better book. For one, the artwork of the older version was so much better. Secondly, the quality of Little Golden Books (now made in China) is very low. I doubt this one will last forever like some of the ones we have that were printed in the 70s. The only reason this got 2 stars is because the story itself is a good one.