Saint Francis celebrates Christmas
By: retold by Mary Caswell Walsh ; illustrated by Helen Caswell.
Contributors: Thomas, of Celano, fl. 1257.; Caswell, Helen Rayburn, ill.
Publisher: Loyola Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 40
Subjects: Francis, of Assisi, Saint, 1182-1226.; Francis, of Assisi, Saint, 1182-1226.; Christian saints -- Italy -- Assisi -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; Crèches (Nativity scenes) -- Juvenile literature.; Christmas -- Juvenile literature.; Crèches (Nativity scenes); Christmas.
Description: Recounts St. Francis of Assisi's reenactment of the manger scene of the birth of Jesus, and how that led to the use of small nativity scenes in people's homes at Christmas.
Notes: "A true story based on Thomas of Celano's thirteenth-century biography of Saint Francis of Assisi."