Readers travel back in time with Hannah, the innkeeper’s wife, to the day when Mary and Joseph came to Bethlehem. Roman decree mandated that every Judean must return to his ancestral home. With no place to stay, Mary was provided none of the customary help she should have had to give birth.
Warm and generous as always, Hannah invited the couple to stay in the stable alongside her husband’s inn. When the baby was delivered, with Hannah’s help, no one cared that they were in a stable; all were thankful that both the mother and the baby were as healthy as joy and love filled the stable.
The chapters are divided by sacred Christmas hymns that families can sing together as they read the story aloud. The book features several full-color original illustrations and is available in bookstores nationwide and on amazon.com.
About the Book:
The Innkeeper’s Wife
By Lynda M. Wilson
Illustrated by Brandon Dormon
Published by Shadow Mountain
Publication Date: October 2006
Price: $12.95
Hardcover 5 x 7 ½, 48 pages
ISBN: 1-59038-479-2
