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Mortimer's Christmas Manger
by
Karma Wilson (Goodreads Author)
A holiday story to be cherished by families everywhere
Hardcover, 40 pages
Published
October 2nd 2007
by Margaret K. McElderry
(first published October 4th 2005)
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The story of Mortimer, a mouse who doesn't like his cold, dark, and creepy home in the wall. He goes searching for a new home, only to find a nice house that is filled with statues. He pushes them all out, including the baby that was in the bed of straw, and makes it his home. Each evening he returns to find his new house once again full of the statues, and so he removes them. Then one night, he overhears the story of baby Jesus, and he realizes who he has been taking out of his house. He p...more
This year, my 5 year old has asked to read this book again and again. It is a really cute story highlighting the real reason for Christmas. It tells the story of Jesus birth in an accessible way and invites children to make room for Jesus in our Christmas celebration. I use a "mouse" voice for Mortimer and my son really likes the squeaky "no, no, no" when Mortimer can't find room in the stable for him.
This was my favorite from this year's pile of Christmas books. I love Wilson and Chapman and their expressive characters (like Bear and Mole and Badger), and maybe it's because we just finally rid our house of its rodent residents and I'm feeling more generous toward mice, but I found this to be a wonderful glimpse of Christmas magic.
Mortimer lives in a dark hole until he spies a house just his size near the Christmas tree. He moves all the occupants from the stable...until he overhears the story of Jesus. Warm ending...too much Christian theme to bring out for library storytime...may be perfect for outreach to Christian education preschool.
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I love this book. It is darling the pictures are wonderful. It made me laugh and a little teary when mortimer finds out the true meaning of Christmas. I loved the ending, it was so cute. Children love reading this story about Mortimer.
A wonderful preschool Christmas book with the cutest pictures.(This is Karma Wilson, of Bear Wants More, Bear Stays Up, etc. fame)
I challenge you to read it without tearing up at the end!
I challenge you to read it without tearing up at the end!
Entertaining perspective of a mouse's experience with a nativity scene and Christmas. It says ages 2-6, but there's too much text on some pages to hold a toddler's attention, in my opinion.
This is cute, and a nice message.... if you can stop yourself from thinking too much about a mouse wanting to find a cozy place in your house!
I LOVE. THIS. BOOK!!! It has always been a favorite at Christmas time for Thomas too! What a great realization this little mouse has! A must read!
best christ mas book EVER i love the story ...................... i like how he thinks the sttaus are people
Great Christmas book because it actually focuses on the Christmas story. Mortimer finds a new home in the manger.
I started a Christmas picture book collection for my kids, and this was one of my first purchases a few years back. This is such a cute story - Mortimer dislikes his cold, lonely mouse hole and when he finds the manger scene, he thinks it is the perfect replacement- until he hears the story of the first Christmas. Such a great way to talk about the Nativity. The writing is a little more lengthy than Wilson's Bear books, but still just as good. I haven't found a Karma Wilson book yet that we don'...more
Picked this book up at the library and loved it. Now it's one of my favorite Christmas childrens' books.
A Christmas story that is actually has to do with the Savior. What a concept! Mortimer crawls out of his "cramped," "creepy" hole in search of a new home, when he comes upon the family manger. Not understanding what it is, he pushes out all the figurines and sleeps in the cozy hay in the manger, but each day, while he searches the house to crumbs to eat, he returns to the manger to find the figurines set up again. And frustrated he drags them back out... until he hears th...more
Such a sweet story! I even teared up a bit. Perfect to read on Christmas Eve with the little ones.
Got this book last year and love love love it. Such a sweet message w/o being overly preachy.
How a little mouse learns the story of Jesus's birth. My kids favorite Christmas book.
I just loved this story. Mortimer found not one but two places to call home and learned a lesson with each one. The illustrations were a delight.
I love this little book. The story of a little mouse who is looking for a warm place to sleep around Christmas. He moves into the manger scene and takes Jesus out of the hay. Eventually, he hears the story of Christ's birth, though, and he decides to make room for Jesus. He then is rewarded with an even better place to stay--a gingerbread house!
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Mortimer the mouse is tired of his cold, dark hole and finds a perfect new place to sleep-- a tabletop nativity scene. Every night he removes all of the statues to make room, until he hears the Christmas story of Jesus being born in a stable because there was no room. He puts all the pieces back and prays for a new home... which appears in the form of a gingerbread house. Giggle. CUTE!
This was much cuter than I had anticipated. H had picked out a bunch of "junk" books while we were both browsing at the library. I let her borrow them all. I assumed this would be in that "ok" category, but it was much more charming than I had anticipated. It is now in our permanent collection for December reads.
What a precious book! I love Karma Wilson and Jane Chapman. This has become one of my favorite Christmas stories-a wonderful gift for little people.
I loved this sweet book about a mouse who discovers the story of Christmas while looking for a new house!
Oh dear, this book made me tear up. Beautiful.
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Karma Wilson grew up an only child of a single mother in the wilds of North Idaho. Way back then (just past the stone age and somewhat before the era of computers) there was no cable TV and if there had been Karma could not have recieved it. TV reception was limited to 3 channels, of which one came in with some clarity. Karma did the only sensible thing a lonely little girl could do…she read or pl...more
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