The stories of Jesus' birth and childhood are well known, but Selma Lagerloef brings them truly to life in this wonderful collection of tales for children. Her storytelling draws vividly on the colourful history and landscape of the Holy Land. She weaves in a cast of lively characters whose experiences and points of view are not usually represented: a war-hardened soldier at Herod's feast, a grumpy shepherd, Emperor Tiberius himself. Together they proclaim the human drama and divine mystery of the events of Christ's life. Previously published as The Emperor's Vision.

 

There are 160 pages in this book. This book was published 2013 by Floris Books .

Selma Lagerloef was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. Ronald Heuninck is an illustrator and designer with over twenty years' experience at the Yellow Point (Het Geel Punt) agency in the Netherlands. In his spare time he tends his garden and puts on children's puppet shows. He is married with three children.

This book has the following chapters: The Holy Night The Emperor's Vision The Wise Men's Well Bethlehem's Children The Flight into Egypt In Nazareth In the Temple Saint Veronica Robin Redbreast Our Lord and Saint Peter The Sacred Flame The Christmas Rose