Advent Storybook Benjamin Bear is so impatient for Christmas. To help the time pass, his mother tells him that every day when he opens a door on his Advent calendar she'll tell him a story--24 stories in all about another little bear and his long, arduous journey to Bethlehem. .

 

There are 64 pages in this book. This book was published 2005 by North-South Books .

Antonie Schneider was born in 1954 in Allgau, Germany and after her studies worked in a school for a short time. She has published numerous children's books and has won many prizes including the French Chronos Prize in 1999 and the US National Parenting Publications Award in 1999 and 2000. Helga Bansch was born in 1957 and today lives and works in Vienna as a freelance Artist. She has illustrated numerous books for Children and also writes texts. She has also won the Austrian Children's book prize for her wonderful work. Dorothea Lachner is the writer of many books and radio programmes for children in Germany and Austria. Maja Dusikova was born in Slovakia in 1946. She has illustrated over forty books for children. She lives with her family in Florence, Italy. She is the illustrator of The Princess and the Pea (Floris Books).