You can't go wrong with a classic Little Golden Book.
Purple Butterfly received this book as Christmas present from a friend her first Christmas, and I immediately fell in love with it. The Animals' Christmas Eve by Gale Wiersum and illustrated by Alexandra Steele-Morgan is a sweet retelling of the Nativity story told from the point of view of the animals in a barn on Christmas Eve. It's also a counting book from 1-12, which I just find clever. Each number represents an animal telling part of the Nativity story, with the number 12 being the bells of Christmas Day. The illustrations are darling with farm animals that are drawn to be warm and fuzzy looking, without being overly cute.
I do have a slight issue that number 3 mentions the Three Wise Men (obviously) before Mary, Joseph, or the Baby Jesus are mentioned, but it is a counting book, and where else would the Three Wise Men be? It can be easily overlooked by the rest of the sweetness contained in the telling.
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