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All the people and animals of the town come to the stable on Christmas Eve when they hear the message that a Savior is born.
As word spreads through the land of the birth of the Christ Child, all the creatures of the land--animals and humans alike--stop to marvel and pay homage No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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Apparently inspired by Thomas Hardy's poem, The Oxen, which is to be found reproduced on the first page, Susan Hill's "prose poem" in Can It Be True? highlights how the message of Christmas is one that is meant to bring peace and joy to all of creation. The author pairs all manner of traditional "enemies" here, with her animal characters, but tellingly, the human general has no enemy - only soldiers, taken (appropriately enough) from the nursery. Perhaps this is meant to highlight that man is his own worst enemy? Whatever the case might be, the text here, although evocative enough, pales in comparison to the breathtakingly beautiful artwork. It was as an Angela Barrett fan - her work on such fairy-tale retellings as Snow White and Beauty and the Beast is outstanding - that I decided to seek out this book in the first place, when I saw it on my goodreads friend Hilary's shelves. I'm glad I did - thank you, Hilary! As expected, the artwork here is simply amazing, really making Can It Be True? something special. I love Barrett's animals, and I love her people. I love her palette, and I love her composition. There is always something so magical and so beautiful about her work. Favorites here include her fox (of course), her owl and shrew, and most of all, her final Nativity scene. Highly recommended, both to fellow Angela Barrett fans, and for anyone looking for gentle, cotemplative, poetic picture-books about the true message of Christmas. ( )