num_pages: 40
description: "When my mother, Angela, was six years old, she felt sorry for the Baby Jesus in the Christmas crib at St. Joseph's Church near School House Lane where she lived...."* * * *Frank McCourt's Pulitzer Prize-winning memoir "Angela's Ashes" is a modern classic. Now he has written a captivating Christmas story about Angela as a child -- often cold and hungry herself -- compelled to rescue the Baby Jesus and take him home. This story is pure McCourt -- genuine, irreverent and moving.It is elegantly illustrated by two-time Golden Kite Award winner Loren Long and is the perfect Christmas story for all ages.
language: English
title: Angela and the Baby Jesus
titlecomplete: Angela and the Baby Jesus
genres: Childrens, Christmas, Picture Books, Holiday, Fiction, Short Stories, Fantasy, Ireland, Christian, Family
ratings_count: 1068
publisher: Scribner