Hannah at the Manger: A Story

by Regine Schindler

After angels appear and speak to her father and the other shepherds outside Bethlehem, Hannah goes with them to see the newborn Christ Child. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0687166276
• ISBN13: 9780687166275
• Release Date: January 1983
• Publisher: Abingdon Press
• Length: 32 Pages
• Age Range: 6 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Grades 1 to 3

Customer Reviews

A child's view of Bethlehem

A young girl of Bethlehem meets some strangers in need of shelter, and with the help of her friend, a beggar, guides them to a kind innkeeper. She sees them again after following her father in the night with the other shepherds to see a baby that the angels told them about. Could this be the Messiah? She gives the baby a beautiful cloth that had been placed in her basket earlier that day while she was begging with her friend. The illustrations are gentle and colorful. The story gives a picture of life in Bethlehem with poverty, uncertainty, and Roman occupation, biblical themes often missing in children's Christmas books.