One special night, something incredible happens! A little mouse who is being chased by a cat scurries to safety and ends up inside a home, eventually gazing at a beautifully decorated Christmas tree. As the mouse pokes through the gifts, he comes upon a book and falls into it. To his surprise, he finds himself in the stable where Jesus has just been born. He watches as shepherds come to worship the baby and tell Mary and Joseph how the angels appeared to them. This beautifully illustrated story helps children experience the nativity in all its glory through the eyes of an endearing observer!

Join Mouse from If You Give a Mouse a Cookie as he decorates his Christmas tree in a holiday counting adventure. This board book with sturdy pages is perfect for toddlers, who will enjoy this simple introduction to numbers. Mouse adds ornaments to his tree, one by one. A great opportunity for the littlest ones to practice counting along with the ever-popular Mouse. Fans of the If You Give... series won't want to miss this special Christmas board book.

Finger puppet attached to back cover appears through die-cut hole in all pages.

From the creators of the New York Times bestseller Snowmen at Night comes a lively story about discovering the joy and meaning of Christmas When Mr. Mouse and his family move into the warm spot beneath the kitchen stove in a big house, they discover something new and wonderful: an evergreen tree decorated with lights, ginger and peppermint smells in the air, and cookies baking in the oven. They hear about a child born long ago, and a jolly man named Santa who brings gifts to celebrate Jesus’s birth on a day called Christmas. And so Mr. and Mrs. Mouse decide that their family should celebrate Christmas too. With delightful rhyming verse, detailed illustrations (with hidden pictures to search for!), and a childlike sense of wonder, the story of the Mouse family’s first Christmas is sure to become a holiday tradition.

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