There Was No Snow on Christmas Eve
2005
First Published
3.68
Average Rating
32
Number of Pages
There was no snow on Christmas Eve.Instead, a desert zephyr blewAnd palm fronds sang a rustling tuneTo welcome the awaited birth.There was no snow, no fireplace, no need for woolen caps and gloves on that very first Christmas. Instead there was a humble stable, and weary travelers with light robes and sandals on a desert night. This luminous picture book manages to take the familiar story of the Nativity and make it fresh and immediate, reminding young children of the miracle of Christmas and the true nature of the spirit of the season, no matter what the weather.
Avg Rating
3.68
Number of Ratings
140
5 STARS
21%
4 STARS
37%
3 STARS
33%
2 STARS
8%
1 STARS
1%
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Author
Pam Muñoz Ryan
Author · 31 books
Pam Muñoz Ryan is the author of the New York Times Best Seller, ECHO, a 2016 Newbery Honor Book, and winner of the Kirkus Prize. She has written over forty books for young people—picture books, early readers, and middle grade and young adult novels. She the author recipient of the NEA's Human and Civil Rights Award, the Virginia Hamilton Literary Award, the Willa Cather Award, the Pura Belpré medal, the PEN USA award, and many others. Her novels include Esperanza Rising, Riding Freedom, Becoming Naomi León, Paint the Wind, The Dreamer, and Echo. She was born and raised in Bakersfield, California, holds a bachelor's and master's degree from San Diego State University and lives in north San Diego county with her family.
