Who is Coming to Our House? [Board book]

A modern Christmas classic about how the animals prepare a cozy welcome for the baby Jesus.

Who is coming to our house?

Someone, someone, says Mouse.

As Pig makes room, Lamb cleans up, Goose stacks the hay, and Duck lines the crib with eiderdown, Mary and Joseph are on their way by donkey. All the animals are eager to welcome the baby Jesus to their home.“This Nativity story’s perspective will envelope the youngest listeners. . . The rolling cadence of the large-print text makes this ideal as a read-aloud.” –Booklist
 
“Wolff portrays her animals with unusual sympathy and occasional touches of humor. . . A lovely addition to the Christmas canon.” –Kirkus Reviews, starred review
 
“This well-crafted picture book resonates with genuine warmth and spirit.” –Publishers WeeklyJoseph Slate, a native West Virginian, has always loved to paint and write. I majored in journalism at the University of Washington in Seattle, worked as a reporter onThe Seattle Times, was an editor forForeign Broadcast Information Service(Washington, D.C., California, and Tokyo), then took a degree in fine arts at Yale, although I never illustrated my own books. My painting took a direction that was at odds with the fine art of illustration.

My ideas come from everywhere: a childhood drawing I did of a porcupine, a silly song I once sang to a godchild, and my teacher-niece and pupil-grand nephew getting ready for kindergarten, all kicked off an idea for a book. Now I am writing novels, and it's the same what-if approach, although the first one came out of my West Virginia boyhood. It's calledCrossing the Trestle, and the young narrator faces an obstacle I did as a child.

Mr. Slate is Professor of Art Emeritus at Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio, where he taught for 30 years. He now lives in Silver Spring, Maryland, with his wife, Patty. A MarilÄ