Sun, Moon, Star

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Summary: Children's Story?
Review: A book about the world as the baby Jesus saw it after his birth . . . just shapes and colours. Seems to be a child's tale at first, but no child would probably get much out of it. Just a few words, and some pictures. I wasn't that impressed, but the story and method of presentaion may be charming enough for some readers. Not Vonnegut's best effort. Although, it is original! I've never seen an approach even remotely close to the one taken here.

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Summary: The beauty of simplicity
Review: A fabulously original take on the birth of Christ. The simple images serve to compliment Vonnegut's child-like prose perfectly. The depth of imagination it takes to write a compelling, joyful story about the first Christmas, through the eyes of the baby Jesus, is mind-boggling. Never has a Christmas story - or rarely a story of any kind - said so much with so little.

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Summary: A giggle and a tear jerk.
Review: It is quite an odd thing for a biting satirist like Vonnegut to write a children's story. Odder still is the way this one was written. First the artist provided the pictures, then Vonnegut wrote words to fit them. Telling in an unusually "cute" style the sights that met the eyes of Baby Jesus just after being born, the story is likely to make the reader feel young and innocent again