It’s Vonnegut. So it’s 5 stars, man. Perfect little story for the Christmas season.

I think reading it on Christmas Eve made it more sentimental than it would have been any other day if the year.
Favorite quote: "and the fourth dream was simply green. he had never seen green before."

A good book

The book had a sweet flow and a new perspective on such an old tale. A great example of how a children's book should read.

Simple and lovely.

It was.....interesting. The backstory is fascinating - illustrations first, and then making up a story to go along with them. But some parts of the story seemed like they were stretching to try to include the pictures, and the story overall was... well, it was interesting. It's not to my taste, but that's not to say that it was bad.

Gorgeous book. Never thought I could love Vonnegut more. Will be purchasing for Christmastime.

Absolutely wonderful. Kurt Vonnegut relates the story of the first Christmas, and in it captures the very humanity of Jesus. For me, I think that this shows the wonder and mystery of life in a perfect way.

Tracked down a mint copy of this in time for Christmas this year. Shared it with my children. The pictures and words are both simple, but I was drawn to how that simplicity, so well crafted, brought a real humanity to the Christ child. There is a passage when Jesus first sees Mary, and Vonnegut states (as only he can) in one simple sentence the immensity of love a child feels for its mother. Powerful.

Cool concept to make some pictures than make a story around it.

Just didn't come together for me.

Seemed to simple.

Would be curious to see Vonnegut make a children's story.

We will never know.

“A man draws shapes and kurt tells the story of JC”

The pictures were drawn before the story was written. Kurt Vonnegut is adorable.

Quite possibly the most influential book of my childhood. Stunning.

I met Ivan Chermayeff (and his long time business partner Tom Geismar) a couple years back. He, like Vonnegut, is a true artist in every way.