Advent storybook : 24 stories to share before Christmas

Format:

Book

Title:

Advent storybook : 24 stories to share before Christmas

Author:

Schneider, Antonie.

ISBN:

9780735819634

Publication Information:

New York : North-South ; Queen Camel : Ragged Bears [distributor], 2005.

Physical Description:

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm

Contents:

The star with a tail -- The eagle -- The blind man -- The giant -- The ant -- The man in red -- The rosebush -- The beggar -- The well -- The pear tree -- The angel -- The lamb -- The dog -- The robber -- The cane -- The crown -- The precious stone -- The bird, the hare, and the squirrel -- The wolves -- The donkey -- The animal train -- The apple tree -- The ox -- The manger.

Summary:

24 stories to read on the 24 days before Christmas.

Personal Subject:

Schneider, Antonie.-Translations into English.

Jesus Christ-Nativity-Fiction.

Schneider, Antonie

Subject(s):

Christmas stories, German.

Children's stories, German.

Genre:

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Library	Call Number	Status
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Summary

Count down to the birth of baby Jesus with this beloved, bestselling read-aloud advent storybook-featuring a short story for each of the days of December leading up to Christmas.

Benjamin Bear cannot wait for Christmas to come. To help the time pass more quickly, his mother tells him that every day when he opens a door on his Advent calendar she'll tell him a story about another little bear and his long, arduous journey to Bethlehem. The little bear, led by a glittering star, meets many others on his travels. His adventures, filled with acts of heroism and kindness and many small miracles, show him the path to the Christ Child. A beautiful book that teaches the true spirit of Christmas.

The classic text from Antonie Schneider is beautifully illustrated by the award-winning international artist Maja Dusikova.

Author Notes

Antonie Schneider was born in Mindelheim, in southern Germany, where she still lives. A former elementary school teacher, she has written numerous other books for NorthSouth Books, including The Dearest Little Mouse in the World ; The Birthday Bear ; Luke the Lion-hearted ; Come Back, Pigeon! ; Good-Bye, Vivi! , and Advent Storybook: 24 Stories to Share Before Christmas.

Maja Dusiková was born in Piestany, Czechoslovakia, and now lives in Florence, Italy. She has illustrated many books for both children and adults, including Advent Storybook and Silent Night, Holy Night .

Reviews (3)

Publisher's Weekly Review

A mother bear tells her cub (and readers) a different story for each day of December in The Advent Storybook: 24 Stories to Share Before Christmas by Antonie Schneider, illus. by Maja Dus!kov , from "The Star with a Tail" (on Dec. 1) to the place it leads, "The Manger," on Christmas Eve. (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved

Horn Book Review

Before Christmas, a bear tells her cub twenty-four stories (one for each door in the Advent calendar) of a bear journeying to Bethlehem. The brief stories and soft paintings convey some of the Christmas traditions o? western Europe, but with its heavy load of symbolism and religious lessons, the book feels much too slow. (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted. All rights reserved.

Kirkus Review

A short story for each of the days of December leading up to Christmas is the premise for this charming collection of related tales told by Mother Bear to her son, Benjamin Bear. Benjamin has an Advent calendar and each night, he opens one door on the calendar and his mother tells him a little story related to the picture inside. Each story is about an unnamed little bear (who has different coloring from Benjamin), shown in the large illustrations facing each story. Some of the stories are about values, others have a religious slant and one is about Santa. At the end of each one, Mother Bear points out some aspect of the story that relates to their family's faith or to positive virtues that she wants her son to notice. In the last story, for December 24, all the characters encountered in the previous stories join the little bear outside the stable of the Nativity scene. The individual short stories with a gentle lesson will be easily understood by young children and could be used by families for Advent or in Sunday-school programs. (Picture book. 3-8) Copyright ©Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.