The angels bring gifts to the baby Christ. The little angel is very excited to see the baby and prepares a special song.

A cricket, grouchy about being awakened by strange noises, makes his way to their source--a manger in which baby waits to hear his song.

The animals in the stable prepare for the arrival of baby Jesus.

Because Mary and Joseph must travel from Nazareth to Bethlehem, an angel offers four beasts, a horse, a camel, an ox, and a donkey, the choice to carry the greatest one of all.

Illustrations and rhyming text portray characters from the Nativity story, from doves in the stable to the wise men, as they go to sleep on Christmas Eve.

When a baby is born, all the animals of the forest are called, but a little fox, fearing he has nothing to offer, stays behind.

In the stillness of a Bethlehem stable, after the sheperds and animals leave, Mary sings a lullaby to her newborn son, enjoying the wonder and awe of his birth and pondering what his life will bring.

When a donkey tells Itsy and Bitsy, brother and sister mice, that a king is coming to Bethlehem they set out to find him, even though their friends tell them no king would ever come to so small and common a place as Bethlehem.

Wishing to see the kings who are visiting her town of Bethlehem, a beggar girl goes to a stable where she meets, instead, a young family that gives her a special gift and blessing.

On a picturesque farm, schoolchildren gather their homemade costumes and props and put on a heartwarming Christmas play for the community. As they don halos for the angel choir or round up sheep for the final nativity scene, readers will be immersed in the greatest blessings of Christmas--the gift of Jesus--and be reminded that we can rejoice together in the wonder of the season.