BUYING ADVISORY: EL (K-3) - ADVISABLE
AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE
On Christmas Eve in 1818, the organ in St. Nicholas Church would not play, so the organist, Franz Gruber set to music a poem written by a young priest Josef Mohr and the choir first performed Silent Night at Midnight mass accompanied only on a guitar. Told through an historical perspective, the reader learns about the famine, the poverty, the war.
The illustrations are so nostalgic - it feels like a Christmas book from my childhood. Originally published in Switzerland, it's a timeless story. Although it takes place at a church and was written by a priest, remarkably the story isn't religious - it's about a carol. Includes biographical information.
Lisa Librarian
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