Silent night : a Christmas carol is born / by Maureen Brett Hooper ; illustrated by Kasi Kubiak.
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TextPublication details: Honesdale, Pa. : Boyds Mills Press, 2001.Edition: 1st edDescription: 32 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cmISBN: - 1563977826 :
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Materials specified | Vol info | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book
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Dr. James Carlson Library | Children's Picturebook | Children’s Holiday | Hooper, Maureen Brett | Christmas | Available | 33111002900567 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
One of the world's most inspiring Christmas carols had its humble beginnings in a small village near Salzburg, Austria. Just before Christmas at St. Nicholas Church in Oberndorf, organist Franz Gruber prepared to practice. But, instead of beautiful music, out came a terrible wheeze. Dampness had damaged the organ bellows. A Christmas Eve service with no organ music was unimaginable. On that Austrian eve in 1818, Father Joseph Mohr was preparing for the Christmas mass. As his thoughts filledwith the first Christmas, he remembered a simple poem he'd written years ago. Father Mohr shared his poem with Gruber. Would the words be suited for a song accompanied by guitar? Maureen Brett Hooper provides a charming account of how the universally loved carol "Silent Night, Holy Night" was born, while Kasi Kubiak's soft oil paintings capture the magic of that holy night long ago.
"The story of how the Christmas carol "Silent Night" was created."