The Friendly Beasts: an old English Christmas carol

by Rebecca St James

Anna Vojtech (Illustrator)

An illustrated version of an old English Christmas carol in which animals tell of the gifts they have given to the newborn Jesus.

• ISBN10: 0310720125
• ISBN13: 9780310720126
• Publish Date: 25 September 2012
• Publish Status: Out of Stock
• Out of Print: 4 June 2021
• Publish Country: US
• Publisher: Zondervan
• Imprint: ZonderKidz
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 32
• Language: English

Reviews

[cherryblossommj]

Starting with a sparkly textured cover I’m already excited. As a song that I have loved from my childhood Christmas memories I’m looking forward to sharing this with my girls again and again. I will definitely be wanting to get my hands on a real copy. The illustrations bring the song and story to life and each page provides images worth examining and imagining. I have to say though that I’ve never seen a blonde version of Mary, so that was unique.

The CD has four tracks including Rebecca singing The Friendly Beasts, a bonus track of her song Shine Your Glory Down, and these are followed by an almost three minute piece of Rebecca’s Christmas memories and then lastly a spoken narration of the book/song. It is lovely to listen to and I’m delighted to have experienced it. She has, of course, a lovely voice and does it quite elegant justice.

This would make a fabulous Christmas gift!

*Thanks to Zondervan for providing and ARC for review, including CD.*

scheduled: http://creativemadnessmama.com/blog/2012/09/24/the-friendly-beasts/