One starry night, as all sorts of animals watch over their young, Mary and Joseph watch over their baby boy, Jesus, in Bethlehem.

What happened on that very first Christmas night? Follow Mary and Joseph on their journey to Bethlehem, where Jesus was born in a kind innkeeper's stable.

Illustrations and simple, rhyming text celebrate the birth of Jesus as seen by a bird, angels, animals, and more.

Cows, oxen, sheep, and birds prepare a manger for the birth of Jesus Christ and an angel announces the birth to the shepherds tending their sheep nearby.

"On the eve of the very first Christmas, an old grandmother is busy tidying her home when a bright star illuminates the sky. Soon three wise men arrive and invite Babushka to join them in their travels{u2014}following the star in search of a newborn babe, the Prince of Peace. But there are dishes to be washed, and floors to be swept, and Babushka is too absorbed in her work to leave her home with presents for the baby Jesus. The next day, when Babushka...

A cat living in a stable in Bethlehem purrs Jesus to sleep the night he was born.

This variation on the classic counting song "Over in the Meadow" tells the story of the nativity, featuring an assortment of attendants, from one drummer boy to ten shepherds.

A simple retelling of the Nativity story that celebrates the timeless joy of welcoming a new baby into the world.