An old woman who was too busy to travel with the Wise Men to find the Child now searches endlessly for Him each Christmas season.

"Baboushka, verse by Edith M. Thomas, music by Mary Clement Sanks": p. [26]-[27].

This beautifully illustrated retelling of a folktale blends the story of Christmas with the tradition of gift giving. Everyone in the village is bubbling with excitement, eager for news about the new star in the sky, everyone but old Baboushka -- busy sweeping, scouring, & polishing her house. When 3 strangers arrive, following the star in search of a new baby king, Baboushka offers them hospitality. The 3 kings bid her join their quest, but how can she? Who will keep house? What will she bring? When at last Baboushka follows, bearing gifts for the baby, she arrives too late. Some say Baboushka continues her search to this very day, & at Christmas -- when she sees a sleeping child & hears of good deeds -- she will leave a toy from her basket, just in case.

Baboushka is too busy cleaning and polishing her already cleaned and polished house to join the three strangers who stop in the village on their way to seek a new baby king. When she later changes her mind, she searches for them to no avail--and it is said she still searches today. Full-color stylized art captures the flavor of this classic Russian fable.

An old woman who was too busy to travel with the Wise Men to find the Child now searches endlessly for Him each Christmas season.

Children's picture book telling the traditional Russian Christmas story of the woman who is visited by the three kings as they follow the star. They invite her to come with them, but she comes later and misses the Christ child.

Meet Babushka, a woman who is so busy focusing on the little things, that she hardly notices the miraculous events going on around her. This touching Christmas story shows that the more you give away in love, the more you will receive.