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Angela and the Baby Jesus
"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...more
Hardcover, Adult Edition, 40 pages
Published
November 6th 2007
by Scribner
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Nov 23, 2010
K.D. Oliveros
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2 of 5 stars
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Riding on the popularity of his Pulitzer award-winning book, Angela's Ashes, two years before his death, Frank McCourt (1930-2009) wrote this book, Angela and the Baby Jesus. According to Wiki, this is based on his mother's story when the latter was a small girl in Limerick, Ireland.
The book is an easy 15-minute read. It is about a girl who thinks that the statue infant in the manger of their church is real. Since it is cold in Ireland in December and she, the dirt poor girl, feels cold, she th...more
The book is an easy 15-minute read. It is about a girl who thinks that the statue infant in the manger of their church is real. Since it is cold in Ireland in December and she, the dirt poor girl, feels cold, she th...more
This is one of the sweetest, most touching Christmas books I have read in a long time. So many of the new books coming out for Christmas are either some kid's show celebrity saving Christmas so everyone can get their toys or some modern retelling of the Nativity story. This is just so sweet, so in the spirit of Christmas and something new.
Written by Frank McCourt he tells the story of his mother, Angela, as a child and how one day she took home the Baby Jesus from the local church, because he lo...more
Written by Frank McCourt he tells the story of his mother, Angela, as a child and how one day she took home the Baby Jesus from the local church, because he lo...more
A wonderful book about Frank McCourt's mother who, as a little girl, worried that the baby Jesus was cold in the manger at church. So she sneaks him home. The book is also, tangentially but quite touchingly, about her intellectually disabled brother.
The illustration of the baby Jesus flying over the garden wall is quite something to behold. A great gift for children (and Godchildren).
The illustration of the baby Jesus flying over the garden wall is quite something to behold. A great gift for children (and Godchildren).
"Angela" is Angela of Frank McCourt's award-winning Angela's Ashes. There are two versions illustrated by different artists of this true adventure McCourt's mother had as a little girl in Limerick, Ireland―one for adults, another for kids; I have the young(er) readers' edition.
The Sheehans would have been a traditionally religious working class family in turn-of-the-twentieth-century Catholic Ireland; Angela has learned their practices of piety, church, and caring for others―her distress about b...more
The Sheehans would have been a traditionally religious working class family in turn-of-the-twentieth-century Catholic Ireland; Angela has learned their practices of piety, church, and caring for others―her distress about b...more
I picked this up the day Frank McCourt died, but couldn't read it until today. Having read all of McCourt's other books, I've been saving it for the right moment, and for some reason it felt like the right moment just now. Reading it felt like getting one last Christmas present from a much-loved uncle.
Delightful book. It is Frank, at his tender best. The artwork is fabulous. To think there were a million other wonderful stories inside him, and now they're all gone. I miss 'im.
I know this sounds...more
Delightful book. It is Frank, at his tender best. The artwork is fabulous. To think there were a million other wonderful stories inside him, and now they're all gone. I miss 'im.
I know this sounds...more
This story was based on a true story about the author's mother. I liked the family interaction in this book and enjoyed the sweetness of the little children. Angela's brother is willing to go to jail for her (she stole the baby Jesus out of the nativity because she thought he was cold) because he loves Baby Jesus and he loves his sister. Too sweet! There were also some really funny lines that we all laughed about.
The illustrations were unique and very beautiful!
The illustrations were unique and very beautiful!
This is a really funny book (and touching) To really get the whole kick, read it out loud to the special little ones in your family with an Irish brogue. I guarantee that any nearby adult will also be laughing. And I don't think it's at all irreverent. You may want to change a few lines as you read, I don't know. For instance, the mother says that to lie in the presence of the Baby Jesus "it's worse than any sin in the World."
Angela and the Baby Jesus is a sweet story written with good old Irish humor. Six year old Angela is troubled baby Jesus will be cold lying in the mangage at St. Joseph's Catholic Church; so she takes baby Jesus home with her and hides him in her bed to keep warm. Once the parish priest realizes the baby Jesus is missing the police get involved. This delightful story will put a smile on your face no matter what season it is.
This is such a great holiday book with such an endearing story. I love reading this every holiday season. Frank McCourt relates a story from his mother's childhood where she saw a nativity scene in their local church, and, thinking the baby Jesus would get cold, decides to take him home to keep him warm. If you're not religious, obviously this story will not appeal to you, but if you are, this is just a sweet story.
Feb 07, 2010
Melanie
rated it
5 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
picture-books,
christmas
This is a must-read for Christmas! It is great fun to read aloud, especially if you can pull off an Irish accent! Who can resist the story of little Angela who steals the baby Jesus from the nativity display in St. Joseph's church? She only wants to warm him up, and if he'll cooperate she'll let him rest in her bed. This book is the perfect balance of sweet and funny. Your teenagers and maybe even your husband will listen!
Sweet little Angela steals the baby Jesus to take him home and keep him warm. The whole family becomes entangled in the escapade to return the babe to the Virgin Mary, St. Joseph, the nice shepherds with their lambs and the three kings with their presents. Beautifully illustrated and candidly told, this true Christmas story warmed my heart. Children and adults will enjoy this sweet tale.
This sweet tale reminds us that a story can happen anytime and anywhere...of course it helps if Pulizer Prize winner Frank McCourt is the person recalling the tale. This story is heartwarming and a bit bittersweet. Angela cannot think of letting the poor baby Jesus sleep out in the cold. The illustrations in this version are fitting.
Children's Christmas book given to me Dec 2008. I was surprised and pleased to discover that this is a true story of the author's mother's experience growing up in Ireland. This made it even more endearing to me.
The pictures in the book are darling. I'm drawn to the sweet faces of the characters, especially Angela's.
The pictures in the book are darling. I'm drawn to the sweet faces of the characters, especially Angela's.
The late Frank McCourt is best known for his book Angela's Ashes, a bittersweet autobiography of his childhood in America and then back to Ireland. This current work is Frank's dabble into the realm of Christmas literature. As such, it is very short and very touching. I'm working on a Latin translation for my students.
6 year old Angela fears that the baby Jesus laying in the nativity scene at the St. Josephs Church will become cold so she decides to take him home with her to keep him warm. This story really captures a child’s logic with warmth and humor. I enjoyed the story immensely and the pictures were wonderful.
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This book is the perfect gift. It's very short and to the point with a beautiful message. It is a true experience from the author's family history which just adds to the effect of the book. The story is so sweet and the last page always makes me teary.
I never did finish Angela's Ashes, so I don't know—was there something about Angela's parents ignoring her and fawning all over her brother Pat? Because seriously, her mother in this story. What is that.
A wonderful gem of a book to keep around for Christmas. Short, sweet and accompanied with beautiful illustrations. Funny and touching it's a story to keep for youself, read to the kids and share with friends.
Dec 25, 2007
Kirsten
rated it
3 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
childrens-literature
This book should be read with an irish accent, which I do not have but try to imagine. It carries a similar theme (I think) to the author's pulitzer prize winning novel Angela's Ashes, that being that it is a story from a poor life in Ireland. It tells of a small girl's plight to get the church nativity's baby Jesus warm. I found its tongue-in-cheek humor charming though it would be easy for a child to miss it and get the wrong interpretation of the story. Children with more literary aptitude wi...more
I know it wasn't supposed to be really funny, but I have to admit; some of the illustrations told a bit more of the story than we see in the dialogue. That's why children's stories are so awesome.
Story about THE Angela of Angela's Ashes.
I wish Frank McCourt had penned more children's books before he died, this one is a treasure, and has brought the word "whingeing" into our verbage.
I wish Frank McCourt had penned more children's books before he died, this one is a treasure, and has brought the word "whingeing" into our verbage.
I read the edition illstrated by loreen long and it was not great. Not enough illustrations. Maybe this version would be better but it wasn't available at my library. Also lot's of "Mother o' God" which I don't appreciate.
One of the sweetest little Christmas stories I've heard. I laughed so hard when I read it. It almost made me wish I could have Christmas back with some of my family in Ireland.
This is a story of a young Irish girl who sees the baby Jesus in a nativity scene at her Church and takes him home to warm Him up in her bed. Suited for 3rd grade and up.
relatable for all ages. Adorable story of the innocence and perspective of childhood and the Baby Jesus. This story shares the true spirit of Christmas and sibling love.
Apr 23, 2009
Dana
rated it
5 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
anyone
Shelves:
childrens-books
We read this aloud at Christmas to the whole family, it makes us laugh. We love it! I try my best at the Irish accent, that probably adds to the humor I'm sure.
This beautiful book was given to me on my birthday this year by a dear friend.
It will make a wonderful addition to my Christmas collection.
It will make a wonderful addition to my Christmas collection.
After reading Angela's Ashes and 'Tis, I had to read Angela and the Baby Jesus. Wonderful, caring, loving story.
Super fun Christmas story based on Mr. McCourts memory of a story his mother told him about her childhood.
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Francis "Frank" McCourt was an Irish-American teacher and author. McCourt was born in Brooklyn; however, his family returned to their native Ireland in 1934.
He received the Pulitzer Prize (1997) and National Book Critics Circle Award (1996) for his memoir Angela's Ashes (1996), which details his childhood as a poor Irish Catholic in Limerick. He is also the author of 'Tis (1999), which continues t...more
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He received the Pulitzer Prize (1997) and National Book Critics Circle Award (1996) for his memoir Angela's Ashes (1996), which details his childhood as a poor Irish Catholic in Limerick. He is also the author of 'Tis (1999), which continues t...more
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