Mary Has a Baby

author: Mieke van Hooft
name: Wayne
average rating: 3.67
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2016/12/01
date added: 2016/12/01
shelves: children-s
review:
'Mary Has a Baby' by Mieke van Hooft with illustrations with illustrations by Lonneke Leever is a beautifully illustrated picture book with rhyming meter of a sort.

It starts with Mary and Joseph and the donkey. The wonderful thing is the last page of the book which shows only the donkey still awake and watching over all. The story is the more accepted Anglo version. Mary, Joseph, and company are all pretty caucasian. Also, the wise men show up the first night even though it's accepted that it was a few years before they would show up.

It's a seasonal offering, and it's delightful. The illustrations are all cut paper and papercraft, and they give the book a wonderful dimensional quality. The rhyming text doesn't flow so easy, and perhaps that's something that got lost in the translation. It's an easy enough read, and I can't stop talking about the illustrations.

I received a review copy of this ebook from Clavis Books and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this ebook.


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