The Donkey's Dream

Barbara Helen Berger. Putnam Publishing Group, $5.99 (32pp) ISBN 978-0-698-11605-4

A donkey wakes from a dream of unusual burdens to find that he has carried Mary to the stable where Jesus was born. ""The paintings are glorious, reverent versions of the Nativity in which colors intensify the impact of visions and reality,"" said PW. Ages 3-8. (Oct.)

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