This delightful keepsake book tells the gospel story of the nativity simply and faithfully, to evoke all the wonder of Christmas night. Author Sophie Piper is much respected for her charming retellings of Bible stories. In this book her lyrical text combines with soft pastel illustrations by Sophy Williams to produce a book that is full of colour and warmth, and evocative Christmas cheer. "Sophy Williams' illustrations are charming." Philip Reeve, children's author

 

 

This book has been graded for interest at 3-4 years.

There are 32 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 in 2012 by SPCK Publishing .

Sophie Piper is also the author of My Confirmation Book and Poems & Prayers for Easter , both published by Paraclete. Sophy Williams took a degree in graphic art at Kingston. Her first illustrated book, When Grandma Came, was runner-up for the Mother Goose Award.