Orem Library

With gentle, lyrical text from Margaret Wise Brown and heartwarming illustrations from Caldecott Honor-winning artist Diane Goode, Christmas in the Barn introduces young readers to the story of the first Christmas.

After Artaban, the fourth wise man, stops his travels to perform a good deed, he must journey alone to follow the star.

"And many were the Beasts who knew/What all the world would know...." In this wonderful new telling of the Nativity story, all creatures great and small from the majestic camels of the desert to the meekest dormouse experience the wonder and joy of the coming of Baby Jesus. Wordsmith J. Patrick Lewis's lilting verse is deceptively simple while Drew Bairley's stunning paintings make each turn of the page a sheer delight. Together, author and artist...

Not the lamb or the goat or the donkey or the dove was born on the first Christmas long ago, but a special child was.

The younger sister of three shepherds secretly follows her brothers who are traveling to Bethlehem to see the Christ child.

On a silent night, Little Owl, some shepherds, camels, and traveling men follow a star to see a baby in a manger.

After finding a beautiful silver bell, Rachel sets off on a journey to Bethlehem, where she finds the baby Jesus.

A story in rhyme about the animals that attended the baby Jesus.

Unhappy in his cramped, cold hole, Mortimer Mouse moves into a nativity scene thinking it is the perfect home for him, until he discovers who truly belongs there.

A baby owl asks his mother all about the Holy Child who he sees sleeping in their stable home.