Listen to the Silent Night by Dandi Daley Mackall is one of my favorite Christmas books. The story imagines the night of Christ's birth and how it was likely "not such a silent night." And it's illustrated with beautiful paintings by Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher.
My daughter's know it as the "book that sometimes makes Mommy cry." Having given birth myself, I can't help but tear up at the page where "Mary groaned in pain, Joseph by her side. A shout rang out--Baby Jesus cried!" It hits close to home--the pain of giving birth and the joy of the baby's first cry. It makes the long-told story and the people in it seem very real to me.
This is a great read aloud book for Christmastime. Are there any books your family reads together every Christmas?
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Listen to the Silent Night
By Dandi Daley Mackall
Paintings by Steve Johnson & Lou Fancher
Publisher: Dutton’s Children’s Books
Year: 2011
Info: paintings
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