Lyrical text relates the birth of a child in a barn among the animals, with illustrations which depict the barn and people of a present-day farm. Annotation. 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,...

A lamb who has always felt different and sad because of his black spots and his limp, feels his true worth when he is called upon to help keep the baby Jesus warm.

When Miriam finally gets to help around the inn like her big brother, she shows Mary and Joseph to the stable, where later that night Christ is born.

A small bird, her heart filled with love, hurries from her perch above the manger to spread the news to creatures of the field and forest that a child, to whom all are precious, has been born.

Nature and the animal kingdom celebrate the birth of Jesus, while most people do not even notice that a miracle has occurred.

Various people and animals are drawn by a magnificent star to Bethlehem to see the newborn Christ.

Presents a poetic description of the first Christmas night and the birth of the Baby Jesus.

A small comet heads for earth and arrives at the manger where Baby Jesus lies.

Various animals welcome a new baby born in a stable with their special sounds, but the donkey is afraid that his braying will be too harsh.