Mortimer's Christmas Manger
What's This Book About
Mortimer Mouse needs a new house – a house that’s not so cold, cramped, and dark. Where can he go?He sees a huge tree covered with twinkling lights. And next to the tree, a mouse-size house. And inside the house, a wee wooden manger just Mortimer’s size. But statue people seem to already live there! One by one, Mortimer lugs and tugs the statues out of the house – only to find them all put back in their places each evening! What is Mortimer to do?It’s not until he overhears a very special story that Mortimer realizes whose house he is sharing and where Mortimer himself belongs. It is the story of Christmas and the ngiht the baby Jesus was born that warms Mortimer’s heart in this magical holiday offering from award winners Karma Wilson and Jane Chapman.
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The Creatives Behind the Book
Karma Wilson is the bestselling author of several picture books, including the Bear Books series, Where Is Home, Little Pip?, and A Dog Named Doug. Karma lives in Montana. (Bio via http://www.simonandschuster.com/authors/Karma-Wilson/20539052)
Jane Chapman is the illustrator of over one hundred books for children, including Dilly Duckling by Claire Freedman and I Love My Mama by Peter Kavanagh, as well as Karma Wilson’s Bear Snores On, Bear Wants More, Bear Stays Up for Christmas, and Mortimer’s Christmas Manger. She lives with her family in Dorset, England. Visit Jane at ChapmanandWarnes.com. (Bio via http://www.simonandschuster.com/authors/Jane-Chapman/1685186)
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Book Details
- ISBN
- 9780689855115
- Publication Date
- October 4, 2005
- Page Count
- 40
- Word Count
- 728
- Audience
- Picture
- Reading Age
- 4 - 8 years
- Lib. of Congress (LCCN)
- 2002155116
- WorldCat Number (OCLC)
- 51297101
- Est. Lexile® Level
- ~361L
- Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
- ~K
- ATOS® Book Level
- 2.6
- Accelerated Reader® Points
- 0.5
- Accelerated Reader Quiz
- 101531
- Accelerated Reader Interest Level
- LG
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