Who Was Born this Special Day?

Bunting, Eve and Leonid Gore. Who Was Born This Special Day? New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2000.

If your listeners know that Christmas is the celebration of Christ’s birth, they will probably respond with “Jesus” every time the title is repeated throughout the book. Bunting and Gore have written an easy text which appeals to children with the repetition and simple suggestions of whose birth is celebrated. Each of the animals addressed with the question “Was it you?” respond with where or when they were born followed by the phrase “It was not the…..” The acrylic paintings which illustrate the book are beautiful. Hopefully  you will be able to add this beautiful book to your Christmas collection.

 Who Was Born This Special Day? is available from Amazon.