When It Snowed That Night

When It Snowed That Night

"When it snowed that night upon a stable,
and the roof leaked water in the hay -
Stork spread his wings across the manger,
Camel lap-lapped a puddle dry,
Coon rolled around on his back
to sponge up the drops, dripping,
Cricket clung fast to a ceiling-hole,
Dove plugged a gap with his beak,
Woodpecker pegged a tiny chink
with a right-sized splinter,
Giraffe held his head against a crack,
Spider flung his web across another,
Sloth pressed his palm against a third -
and the Three Grand Kings
raised a parasol over the family."

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Norma Farber

Farber (1909 - 1984), a poet, children's book author and classical musician, published six books of poems and eighteen children's stories. When It Snowed That Night was published posthumously. The Norma Farber First Book Award is given annually by the Poetry Society of America for a first book of original poetry written by an American.

Petra Mathers

Mathers (1945 - ), author and illustrator of children's books did not attend university, but chose a three-year book publishing apprenticeship. A self-taught artist Mathers has received numerous accolades including the Ezra Keats Award, the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award and the Society of Illustrators Silver Medal.

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Wonder

Poetry stirs the heart and ignites the imagination; poetry for children accompanied by rich, but subtle illustrations also soothes the soul.

Emerging readers, picture book, poetry, 28 pages. A collection of whimsical  - and wise - nativity poems about animals, the three Kings, as well as the three Queens, who travel form afar to be at the manger of baby Jesus and protect him from the melting snow.