Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Picture Book Database Description An account of the resource The Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University (CPBD@MU) contains abstracts of over 5900 picture books for children, preschool to grade 3. Search over 1100 keywords (topics, concepts, and skills) to locate books with story lines adaptable to your curriculum or program. Picture Book Entry The elements of an Entry illustrator Illustrator of the Work Collington, Peter ISBN The ISBN of the work 0-679-88725-3 pub_city Publisher City New York pub_year Publication Year 1997 abstract_author Author of the Abstract Abstract provided by Valerie Ubbes, 2024 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A small miracle Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Collington, Peter Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Alfred A. Knopf Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1997 Description An account of the resource This Christmas narrative is a moving visual narrative without words. A hungry, old woman leaves her home to find food in the snow but is sad to give up her treasured accordion for sale when no one gives her money for playing music in the village street. She experiences a theft in the streets and then observes vandalism in the church by a man on a motorcycle. The woman reassembles the nativity scene in the church for Christmas and later earns the mercy and support from the participants when she collapses in the snow. This story of Christmas has a surprise ending (A wordless book). accordion christmas church holidays instrument miracle money motorcycle music nativity performance poverty robbery seasons shopping sleep snow surprise town transportation walking winter