Newborn Child
No. of pages 40
Published: 2016
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"He was born while the full moon travelled
across the heavens and the waiting world turned.
She held him close, his skin warm against hers,
in the circle of her mother's love, safe."
A beautiful and lyrical Nativity story, focusing on the thoughts, hopes and fears of a young mother-to-be, about to give birth in a strange land.
There are 40 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 2016 by Otter-Barry Books Ltd .
Caroline Pitcher's story Kevin the Blue won the Independent Story of the Year Award in 1993. Caroline's first book for Frances Lincoln was The Snow Whale with Jackie Morris, chosen as one of Child Education's Best Books of 1996 and shortlisted for the 1997 Children's Book Award.
This book features the following character:
Christ
This book features the religious character Jesus of Nazareth.