Who Built the Stable?: A Nativity Poem

Who built the stable where Jesus lay? Multiple Coretta Scott King Award-winner Ashley Bryan has a very good idea in this beautiful and moving new layer to the nativity story.

The boy looked in the infant's eyes
And in his heart he knew
The babe would be a carpenter
He'd be a shepherd too.

This beautifully crafted picture book that envisions a young boy, a shepherd and carpenter both who, out of love and kindness, cleared the way for another shepherd and carpenter to be born on Christmas day. Told in gentle rhyme and illustrated with Ashley Bryan's enormous talent, this is a picture book that captures the reason for the season in all its wonder and beauty, celebrating Christmas, the kindness of children, and the new hope born with each new baby.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Published: 10/02/2012
ISBN: 9781442409347
Pages: 40
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 11.22h x 9.44w x 0.64d

Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 09/01/2012
Publishers Weekly 09/10/2012
School Library Journal 10/01/2012 pg. 79
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 11/01/2012
Kirkus Best Children's Books 11/15/2012 pg. 48
Booklist 12/01/2012 pg. 71
Shelf Awareness 12/14/2012
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2013 - Superior,Well Above Average

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 155112 / Who Built the Stable? a Nativity Poem
Reading Level: 2.8 / Interest Level: Lower Grade / Point Value: 0.5