Orem Library

After the shepherds leave and while Joseph sleeps, Mary holds her baby boy, Jesus, rejoicing and marveling over her role in his nativity.

A simple rhymed retelling of the Nativity story.

The story of the first Christmas.

Little Miriam, the innkeeper's daughter, longs to be useful like her big brother, so her mother lets her direct a late-arriving couple to the stable, and when she later sees lights coming from there she goes to investigate and offer a gift.

Defends the Christian values of Christmas and stresses the importance of preserving Jesus Christ in holiday celebrations that have become over-commercialized.

"Like Moses, brown baby Jesus would be a deliverer. Like Rahab, brown baby Jesus would save His people from destruction. Like David, brown baby Jesus would rule as a great king. Like the colorful threads that make up a beautiful cloth, Brown Baby Jesus brings together the characters and stories leading to Jesus--showing how God included many races and nations in the story we celebrate each year."--Publisher.

A donkey has fantastic dreams while crossing the desert, and at the end of the day the lady he has been carrying gives birth to the Christ Child.

A cricket, grouchy about being awakened by strange noises, makes his way to their source--a manger in which baby waits to hear his song.

Counting down from twelve drowsy doves to one small baby lying on a bed of straw, the story of Christ's birth in Bethlehem is told in pictures and rhyming text.