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Title: The Donkey's Dream by Barbara Helen Berger ISBN: 0-399-21233-7 Publisher: Putnam Pub Group Juv Pub. Date: October, 1985 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (9 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: An Old Favorite
Comment: My Godmother got me this book for christmas of 1985, and I still love to curl up on the couch on christmas and read it. It tell's a beautiful story with beautiful pictures to help tell the story. This is a great gift for the younger children.
Rating: 5
Summary: A poetic story of the Savior's birth
Comment: What a beautiful story. It is very moving. I highly recommend it.
Rating: 5
Summary: A Story For Everyone
Comment: I decided to write this review because I love this book very much, I love this author/illustrator's beautiful work and I love this timeless mythological story. People say and rightfully so that this book tells the story of the night of Christ's birth. One of the reasons that I love this book is that it tells this familiar story that actually predates Christ by centuries without ever once using the well-known names of Bethlehem, Mary, Joseph or Jesus. You see, it is told from the perspective of the humble little donkey that carried the Mother who was pregnant with Her Son. A little donkey would know nothing of names, nothing of salvation, nothing of the doings of kings or priests or tax collectors. By telling the tale from this humble perspective no one is excluded from it's sweet and graceful message. I am a Pagan and at Winter Solstice or Yule I celebrate the Goddess's labor and delivery of her beautiful Son/Sun, the light,the sacrificial king who comes to renew the world, as the wheel of the year turns from it's dark half unto it's light half. The message of hope and life that the returning and growing rays of the sun promise to the sleeping earth fills my heart with gladness. I begin to anticipate spring and I renew my faith in the wisdom and love of the Earth's cycle.
The pictures in this book are exceedingly beautiful and tell the tale of the little donkey's dreams as he walks along. He doesn't know that he is carrying the hope of the world on his back, but he feels the magic in his dreams and thinks of a magnificent city glowing with promise, a huge rose glowing with softness and beauty, a fountain that waters the desert and brings the barren world to life with lush plants, and a sailing ship that carries him over the waters on his path. Like all good myths this story is timeless and transcultural. The symbols of one path speak the same language as others. The text is surrounded by lovely blue forget-me-nots on many pages and I think it is a gentle reminder to everyone to remember the inclusive message of the Winter Solstice and of Christmas that sees us all as one, bravely and faithfully facing the darkness together with hope in our spirits and love in our hearts. Ms. Berger uses a wonderful jewel-like blue color in many of the illustrations and it evokes a serene and peaceful feeling that adds to the overall message of the pictures. The Queen of Heaven is draped in the softly glowing folds of a starry sky and her little baby son gives off a gentle glow in her arms. The story is so gentle and humble. I love this book because it tells a story that belongs to the whole world and it doesn't make anyone feel left out.
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Title: Grandfather Twilight by Barbara Helen Berger ISBN: 0698113942 Publisher: Puffin Pub. Date: November, 1996 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Animalia: Thirteen Small Tales by Barbara Berger ISBN: 1582460124 Publisher: Tricycle Pr Pub. Date: September, 1999 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
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Title: A Lot of Otters (Picture Puffins) by Barbara Helen Berger ISBN: 0698118634 Publisher: Puffin Pub. Date: 28 August, 2000 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: All the Way to Lhasa: A Tale from Tibet by Barbara Helen Berger ISBN: 0399233873 Publisher: Philomel Books Pub. Date: September, 2002 List Price(USD): $15.99 |
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Title: The Jewel Heart by Barbara Helen Berger ISBN: 0698116348 Publisher: Puffin Pub. Date: July, 1998 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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