“What that shepherd saw, we might also see, for the angels fly down from heaven every Christmas Eve, if we could only see them.” —from The Holy Night
This is a colorfully illustrated edition of Selma Lagerlöf’s classic Christmas tale.
One cold winter night a cruel, hard-hearted shepherd is amazed by the strange events. When a man comes to look for firewood to warm his wife and newborn baby, the dogs don’t bite him, the sheep don’t run away, and the fire doesn’t scorch him. Following the man back to his cold grotto, the shepherd discovers the true spirit of Christmas.
Click on the links below for images from The Holy Night.
(Ages 5-8)
Selma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlöf (1858-1940) was born in Mårbacka, in the province of Värmland in southern Sweden. Lagerlöf's work is deeply rooted in Nordic legends and history. She rejected the dominating realistic movement and wrote her novels in a romantic and imaginative style about the peasant life and landscape of Northern Sweden. She wrote several books for children, the most popular of which is The Wonderful Adventures of Nils. In 1909, she became the first woman writer to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, and, in 1914, she was appointed a member of the Swedish Academy. See all titles by this author
Selma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlöf (1858-1940) was born in Mårbacka, in the province of Värmland in southern Sweden. Lagerlöf's work is deeply rooted in Nordic legends and history. She rejected the dominating realistic movement and wrote her novels in a romantic and imaginative style about the peasant life and landscape of Northern Sweden. She wrote several books for children, the most popular of which is The Wonderful Adventures of Nils. In 1909, she became the first woman writer to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, and, in 1914, she was appointed a member of the Swedish Academy.