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'I am Mary, quick and slow. Tight as a drum. We're so far from home, and my baby will be born tonight.'
An innkeeper, an ox and a donkey, shepherds, wise men, angels, a star, Herod, Mary and Jesus himself all speak their part in this resonant and original retelling of the Nativity story. Set in the Middle East and filled with visual references to the place and time, the poetic text marries beautifully with the exquisite jewel-coloured paintings of Peter Malone.
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Kevin Crossley-Holland won the Carnegie Medal in l985 for Storm. His many notable books for adults and children include poetry, classic retellings and anthologies. He has written and presented many BBC radio programmes and is a frequent speaker at schools and libraries. For some years he held a university post in Minnesota. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
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Gr. 1-3. Author of the historical-fantasy trilogy that began with The Seeing Stone (2001), Crossley-Holland offers here a presentation of the Christmas story. Each page or double-page spread introduces a new voice: "I am Mary. Tight as a drum." Or "I am the brightest star. Night-sky's many-colored flower, opening over Bethlehem," and "We are angels. We are your secret voices." The text varies from colloquial to poetic, but the effect is that of a pageant in which characters one after another step up to introduce themselves and tell their part, rather than a play in which the drama is played out. Malone's large, tableau illustrations hint of some greater meaning than what is seen on the surface of events. Elements of Renaissance art are evident, but the style is unique. Most of the compositions are formal and even static until, near the end, a painting depicts a shining, wheeling swirl of colors as angels wing their way across the starlit sky in a circle of flight. A mysterious, sophisticated interpretation of the Christmas story. Carolyn Phelan
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- PublisherOrion Children's Books (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
- Publication date2005
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- ISBN 13 9781842552773
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