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It is quite an odd thing for a biting satirist like Vonnegut to write a children's story. Odder still is the way this one was written. First the artist provided the pictures, then Vonnegut wrote words to fit them. Telling in an unusually "cute" style the sights that met the eyes of Baby Jesus just after being born, the story is likely to make the reader feel young and innocent again

A fabulously original take on the birth of Christ. The simple images serve to compliment Vonnegut's child-like prose perfectly. The depth of imagination it takes to write a compelling, joyful story about the first Christmas, through the eyes of the baby Jesus, is mind-boggling. Never has a Christmas story - or rarely a story of any kind - said so much with so little.

To me this is the best book on the event of the Incarnation I have ever seen. I read it to my children, and still @ Christmas, read it to my husband and myself. It is imaginative, and has a dignity that so many modern children's books lack.

Love this hard to find, out of print book. The copy I purchased recently was in great condition (better than my own original 1980 book) and made a perfect Christmas gift for my pastor! It is a beautiful nativity story with brilliant graphic illustrations.

A book about the world as the baby Jesus saw it after his birth . . . just shapes and colours. Seems to be a child's tale at first, but no child would probably get much out of it. Just a few words, and some pictures. I wasn't that impressed, but the story and method of presentaion may be charming enough for some readers. Not Vonnegut's best effort. Although, it is original! I've never seen an approach even remotely close to the one taken here.

I was kind of shocked to find out this is a children's book being that Vonnegut is a satirist. However, even thought it is a children's book I wouldn't have been so disappointed if I knew that the drawings to go with Vonnegut's story were no even drawings. Some pages are just all one colour. ex. all green then another all purple, then another all yellow. I tried to do research on this before buying it but because it is so rare I found nothing, that is why I am writing this for others.