num_pages: 32
description: This is a Christmas miracle like no other, with such richness in image and story that children will return to it again and again." (Booklist, starred review).The wooden figures in a Christmas crèche come to life to save a poor old woman in this truly original, deeply moving contemporary parable. Told with 96 pictures by Peter Collington, the master of the wordless story, this is a Christmas treasure the entire family can enjoy."Without a doubt the most original Christmas book of the year not the least because of its surprising yet, in context, fitting combination of the devout and the surreal." -The Horn Book, starred review"The story is sweet, simple and wordless. The illustrations are intricate enough to warrant reading this one over and over." - American Bookseller"an upbeat story to treasure for this and many Christmases to come." - School Library Journal
language: English
title: A Small Miracle
titlecomplete: A Small Miracle
genres: Holiday, Fiction, Religion, Childrens, Picture Books, Graphic Novels, Christmas, Art, Fantasy, Poverty
ratings_count: 274
publisher: Alfred A. Knopf