What child is this — Who is born here — Where the oxen — Stomp and peer...
— When christmas in the barn was first published in 1952, it demonstrated all of Margaret Wise Brown's mastery at skillfully fashioning a truly childlike interpretation of the Nativity story. For this larger, full-color edition, Caldecott Honor artist Dia... more »ne Goode has created a new tableau of visitors to the barn that will please generations of new readers.« less
This is a non-religious children's book to explain the event that is Christmas. The book uses a baby, mother and father. The names Mary, Joseph and Jesus are not used. The birth is in a "ancient barn" versus a manager.