As Mary and Joseph traveled to Bethlehem, another journey was taking place. High above the earth, a comet flew through the atmosphere with a purpose. Past smiling planets and reverent constellations it flew—a magical light to show the way for the Wise Men to find Baby Jesus. Lyrical language and stunning paintings illuminate this enchanting journey that kids will want to follow Christmas after Christmas.
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K-Gr. 2. Although some purists may balk at the reinterpretation, this Nativity story offers a fresh take on the traditional Christian account: a comet approaches Earth as the time of Jesus' birth draws near, becoming the signal in the sky seen by the three wise men. Evocative illustrations elevate the occasionally awkward rhyming text to an appropriately reverential level. A crackled-varnish finish lends an antique feel to the jewel-toned paintings, and the rich colors of the deep-blue night and the golden comet suit the spiritual topic. The comet's trajectory from nearly empty space, past planets and constellations, and finally over the Earth, populated with people and animals, is reminiscent of the story of Genesis and reinforces the anticipation of the heralded birth. The final spreads showing the Holy Family in the glowing manger, with shepherds and wise men kneeling outside and the comet overhead, offer quietly joyful images of the Nativity. Diane Foote
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Alison Jay lives in England. Joseph Slate lives in Maryland.
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I was born in Hollidays Cove, West Virginia, near the Ohio River in the state's northern panhandle. The River, the east-west railroads that skirted the Allegheny mountains, the mountains themselves were our playground.
I was born a writer, but my greatest influence was my sister Rose; she spent much of her short life in bed drawing on the back of wallpaper and binding her romantic stories into picture books.
Art was a second love, but it was not stressed in grade and high school.
After high school, I enlisted in the Marine Air Corps, and the GI Bill got me through the University of Washington, where I majored in journalism and worked as a stringer for The Seattle Times.
While working as an editor in Tokyo, Japan, I began drawing and sent a portfolio to the Yale School of Art. At Yale, I sold my first short story to The New Yorker. Then on to Kenyon College, where I built an art department, taught painting, and began to write children's books. I have been hard at it ever since. Odd, I have never been interested in illustrating them myself.
My wife Patricia and I celebrated our 50th wedding anniversary in 2004.
I was born a writer, but my greatest influence was my sister Rose; she spent much of her short life in bed drawing on the back of wallpaper and binding her romantic stories into picture books.
Art was a second love, but it was not stressed in grade and high school.
After high school, I enlisted in the Marine Air Corps, and the GI Bill got me through the University of Washington, where I majored in journalism and worked as a stringer for The Seattle Times.
While working as an editor in Tokyo, Japan, I began drawing and sent a portfolio to the Yale School of Art. At Yale, I sold my first short story to The New Yorker. Then on to Kenyon College, where I built an art department, taught painting, and began to write children's books. I have been hard at it ever since. Odd, I have never been interested in illustrating them myself.
My wife Patricia and I celebrated our 50th wedding anniversary in 2004.
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What a nice surprise we found in this story. It is the perfect Christmas book. The star goes through the galaxy and ends up shining over baby Jesus. Our grandchildren, ages 5 and 3, wanted it read over and over again.
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Is the star a comet?,
By Trina (California) - See all my reviews
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Do we know that the Christmas star was a comet? This book does have beautiful illustrations, but the whole premise is that the star is actually a comet. I've heard debate about what it was that the magi followed and feel uncomfortable reading this book as fact to my son.
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My son loves this!,
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When we were at the restaurant, my 6 yrs old son found it. He read this book 4 times and said "this is a great jesus book. I'm goig to buy for my school!". He just started to going to Catholic school. We do not practice Catholic at home but he is learning great deal of Jesus and this book seems to capture his interest and imagination so well. The picture is very beautiful and simple text gives space for Children's imagination.
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