cover image The Night of the Child

The Night of the Child

Robert Benson, Benson. Upper Room Books, $25 (144pp) ISBN 978-0-8358-0948-1

It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas... Or rather, it's beginning to look a little like Christmas, with the first trickle of yuletide books coming off the presses. It's hard to imagine that the later releases will get much lovelier than The Night of the Child, Robert Benson's reflections on the birth of Jesus. Accompanied by Dean Dixon's memorable photographs of nativity scenes and folk art from around the world, Benson's meditations come to life. ( July)