Gale Wiersum

Three beloved Christmas Little Golden Books are gathered together in this charming mini-treasury-a perfect stocking stuffer for any child It includes The Night Before Christmas, The Christmas Story, and The Animals' Christmas Eve at the value that Golden Books is known for

In the barn on Christmas Eve, After all the people leave, The animals, in voices low, Remember Christmas long ago . . . So begins a sweet rhyming story in which a group of animals recounts the events surrounding Jesus' birth in the manger, and the parts some of their ancestors played in it. This is also a counting book.