Silent Night: The Song from Heaven - Softcover

Granfield, Linda

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0887764347 ISBN 13: 9780887764349

Publisher: Tundra Books, 2000

Synopsis

As amazing as it seems, one of the world’s best-loved Christmas carols may have been written because of ravenous mice! Right before Christmas, 1818, in a church in the small town of Oberndorf, Austria, the mice were so hungry they chewed a hole in the church organ’s leather bellows. To provide his parishioners with music on the holiest of nights, the priest jotted down the words for a Christmas song, and he asked the church organist to write a melody for two solo voices and a guitar. That evening “Stille Nacht,” known as “The Song from Heaven,” was born.

Silent Night: The Song from Heaven presents the story of the carol, accompanied by beautiful and intricate gold scherenschnitte (cut paper art) illustrations. Today, “Silent Night,” the gentle anthem born of necessity, is sung around the world in nearly one hundred languages – thanks to a few hungry mice!

About this title

From the Back Cover:

“It should be appreciated for its outstanding art and for its focus on this well-known carol.”
–School Library Journal

About the Author:

Linda Granfield’s books successfully combine her love for true stories with a storyteller’s imagination. Her most recent books for Tundra include Silent Night: The Song from Heaven, and Amazing Grace: The Story of the Hymn. Meticulously researched and full of fascinating facts, Granfield’s stories bring history to life.

About this edition

• Publisher: Tundra Books
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0887764347
• ISBN 13: 9780887764349
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 24
• Illustrator: Hofer Nelly, Hofer Ernst