The Friendly Beasts: An Old English Christmas Carol
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Synopsis
In The Friendly Beasts, a rendition of an old English Christmas carol, the friendly stable beasts tell of the gifts they have given to the newborn Jesus. Tells the story of the Nativity from the animals’ point of view, with the donkey, cow, sheep, and dove telling what they offered the babe.
Details
- Illustrator
- Tomie dePaola
- Publisher
- Penguin
- ISBN-10
- 0698116615
- ISBN-13
- 9780698116610
- Reading age
- 3 – 7
- Grade level
- Pre-kindergarten – 2
- Pages
- 40
- Published
- 1998
- Added to shelf
- Feb 20, 2026