Silent Night, Holy Night (minedition minibooks) - Hardcover

Thuswaldner, Werner

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9888240862 ISBN 13: 9789888240869

Publisher: minedition, 2014

Synopsis

The origin story of a beloved Yuletide hymn

 

Complete with the song lyrics, this lushly illustrated and beautifully told story explains how the popular Christmas carol “Silent Night, Holy Night” was written and put to music. An embodiment of peace, love, and the spirit of Christmas itself, this picture book is the perfect resource for anyone who has wondered where this heartwarming song originated.

About this title

About the Author:

Werner Thuswaldner is a freelance writer and the former head of the cultural editorial office of the Salzburger Nachrichten, a highly respected Austrian newspaper. He has written numerous books and stage and radio plays. Robert Ingpen is a writer and illustrator. He has written more than 100 books and in 1986 he received the Hans Christian Andersen Medal for his work.

From Booklist:

K-Gr. 3. The history of the internationally known Christmas carol, Silent Night--how it was composed and first sung, and its connections across time and place--is celebrated in this handsome, oversize picture book. The young priest who wrote the poem and the composer who set it to music first performed their carol one Christmas in the early nineteenth century as a gift for their poverty-stricken, war-torn Austrian village. Ingpen (a Hans Christian Andersen Medal winner) evokes the old European masters in moving portraits as well as crowded candlelit interiors. One heartbreaking spread, in shades of gray and brown, reconstructs the famous World War I Christmas truce, when enemies sang the carol together and then went back to killing. In contrast, the outdoor carol-singers, past and present, are painted in radiant color. Occasional overwriting ("visionary inspiration") notwithstanding, the history and the art make this a great holiday title, an elemental Christmas tale of humble beginnings and universal power. Hazel Rochman
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About this edition

• Publisher: minedition
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 9888240862
• ISBN 13: 9789888240869
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Ingpen Robert