El Nino Espiritu: Una Historia de la Navidad Book

This acclaimed picture book—originally published in 1984 and now being published in both English and Spanish editions—brings to life a stirring message of hope and salvation.

Beneath the light of a brilliant star in Bethlehem, a "spirit child" is born to rescue the world from evil. He is Jesus, "savior of the people," and his story has not been told in these words for over four hundred years.

This Native American nativity story from the Aztec tradition was rediscovered by noted scholar John Bierhorst and it is filled with vivid language and some of the most striking imagery of Caldecott Medalist Barbara Cooney's distinguished career.

Author Biography: John Bierhorst, an authority on the Aztec language, is also well known for his books of Native American stories and poetry, including In the Trail of the Wind and The Girl Who Married a Ghost. He lives in West Shokan, New York.

Barbara Cooney (1917–2000), one of the premier illustrators of our time, was awarded the Caldecott Medal in 1959 for Chanticleer and the Fox, and again in 1980 for Chanticleer and the Fox, and again in 1980 for Ox-Cart Man.

An English translation of the Aztec version of the birth of Jesus Christ told in 1583.