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“This tender, loving story shaped by the bond of motherhood adds an unusual feather to the crown of nativity stories”
--Booklist
“The soothing cadence of verses will calm preschoolers frazzled by the bustling pace of the holidays.”
--The Minneapolis Star Tribune
THE FEATHERED CROWN
By Marsha Hayles
Illus. by Bernadette Pons
ISBN: 0-8050-6421-4
Copyright © 2005-2009 Marsha Hayles
They gathered bits
Of straw and sticks,
And leaves to cushion best—
To build a home,
A manger throne,
A feathered-softened nest.
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