"This is a Christmas miracle like no other, with such richness in image and story that children will return to it again and again" "(Booklist", starred review).

"Without a doubt the most original Christmas book of the year not the least because of its surprising yet, in context, fitting combination of the devout and the surreal."--"The Horn Book", starred review

"The story is sweet, simple and wordless. The illustrations are intricate enough to warrant reading this one over and over."--"American Bookseller"

."..an upbeat story to treasure for this and many Christmases to come."--"School Library Journal "

"In a series of meticulously crafted panels, Collington poignantly relates the wordless story of a penniless old woman whose good turn is rewarded-she rescues the village church's nativity scene from a vandal-when the figurines come to life and save her."-"Publishers Weekly, " Starred


"From the Hardcover edition."

Peter Collington is the author and illustrator of several highly acclaimed books for children. The Chicago Tribune praised him as a master of wordless picture books. "From the Hardcover edition.""