Certain Poor Shepherds: A Christmas Tale [Idioma Inglés] - Hardcover

Thomas, Elizabeth Marshall

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0763670626 ISBN 13: 9780763670627

Verlag: Candlewick, 2015

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The prose is simple and elegant. Harsh elements are balanced by tenderness and gentle humor, and there is an uplifting ending for the dual protagonists. An affecting, well-spun tale that will especially resonate with animal lovers.
--Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

Not a typical Christmas story of a peaceful, silent night, but themes of friendship and duty shine through.
--School Library Journal

Reseña del editor

A dog, a goat, and their flock follow the sight and scent of a star in a beautifully illustrated Nativity story, told from the animals' viewpoint.

The story begins on a cold upland pasture where coarse grass and scrub cedar grew. The hour was midnight. The day was the first of winter. And the year of our Lord was not 1900 or 1600 or even 100. It was 0. On that night a white goat, Ima, and a huge, gray short-haired sheepdog, Lila, were keeping watch over a small flock of young sheep.

Bright and dazzling, a star appears behind the cedars on the eastern skyline. It is big and powerful, and it has a pure, clean scent, like something halfway between honey and water. Lila, the sheepdog, and Ima, the goat, are compelled to follow the star on a journey to a humble manger in Bethlehem, a journey beset with danger, adventure, and love. In a story alive with insight and grace, best-selling author Elizabeth Marshall Thomas brings us a striking portrait of the Nativity story from the captivating point of the view of the animal kingdom.

. NOTA: El libro no está en español, sino en inglés.

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• Verlag: Candlewick
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0763670626
• ISBN 13: 9780763670627
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 160
• Zeichner: Bartlett Jonathan