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32 pp.
| Augsburg
| August, 2000
|
TradeISBN 0-8066-3871-0$$16.99
(3)
K-3
Illustrated by
Stacey Schuett.
Although her ornithology is questionable, Ketcham imbues this Christmas story and pourquoi tale with the feeling of a legend. A robin singes her feathers while fanning the fire in the stable to help warm the baby Jesus, and forever after she has a red breast. In thanks, Mary gives the robin directions so she and her descendants can fly south for the winter. The dark, earthy illustrations have a warm feeling that conveys the reverent mood of a quiet Nativity.
(3)
K-3
Illustrated by
Timothy Bush.
Young Johann Sebastian Bach believes he is the best organist in the world, but he's not. So he walks thirty miles to hear the greatest organist. Based on a story that may be true, the text is playful, presenting Bach as a talented youth who is also entirely self-centered. The accomplished watercolors show people who are slightly caricatured and settings that conscientiously depict seventeenth-century Germany.