THE CRÈCHE 
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Apperley, Dawn, Illustrator
The Christmas Story, with Press-Out Play Set
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, Inc., 1997
(18-piece nativity)

Awalt, Barbe and Rhetts, Paul
Our Saints Among Us/ Nuestros Santos entre Nosotros 400 Years of New

Mexican Devotional Art
With an essay by Thomas J. Steele, SJ, and Charles M. Carrillo
Albuquerque: LPD Press, 1998
(catalog of a traveling exhibit of southwestern santos)

Babcock, Barbara A. and Monthan, Guy and Doris
The Pueblo Storyteller. Development of a Figurative Ceramic Tradition
Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, 1986
(mentions nativity makers, but no photos)

Bainton, Roland H.
Behold the Christ. A portrayal of Christ in words and pictures
Author assisted by Sumathi Devasahayam
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, A Collins Associates Book, 1974
(collection of images of Jesus Christ as depicted by artists
from the first to the twentieth Centuries nativity-related:
pp. 34-65.

Barbash, Shepard
Oaxacan Woodcarving. The Magic in the Trees
San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1993
(mention, photos of nativities many carvers produce)

Bartocci, Barbara
Christmas in Many Lands. Stories and Fun from Around the World.
A Hallmark Pop-Up Book

Illustrated by Judy Griffith
Paper Mechanics by Howard Lohnes
Kansas City, Missouri: Hallmark Cards, no date, c. 1976
(8 double-page pop-ups-nativity sets are part of scenes in United States and Italy)

Bauroth, Nan
"Away in a Manger"
Traditional Home, Holiday 1995, Volume VII, Issue VI, pp. 102-104
(nativity collection in the Bavarian National Museum)

Beck, Ian
La Notte Santa
Milano: Arnoldo Mondadori S.P.A., 1994
publicato per acordo con Orion Children's Books,
a division of Orion Publishing Group Ltd., London
(carousel-folds out to 4 scenes and ties)

Beckett, Sister Wendy
Sister Wendy's Nativity
New York: HarperCollins Publishers in association with Rose
Publishing, 1998

Benson, Robert (Text) and Dean Dixon (Photography)
The Night of the Child. Photographs from the Upper Room Museum Nativity Collection
Nashville: Upper Room Books, 2001
(nativity photographs, with reflections on the birth of Jesus)

Bertrand, Régis
Crèches et santons de Provence
Avignon: A. Barthlemy, 1992
(Bibliography)

Birth of Jesus, The  
Press-out Creche Model
Cincinnati: The Standard Publishing Company, 1992
(more than 125 pieces to press out and put together)

Bolz, Diane M.
"Art imitates life in the small world of Baroque crèches"
Smithsonian Magazine, December 1991, pp. 101-105

Bonn, Franz
The Children's Theater: A Reproduction of the Antique Pop-up Book
Harmondsworth, Middlesex; London: Kestrell Books,
Penguin Books Ltd., New York: Viking Press, 1978
(first published in 1878 by J.F. Schreiber, Esslingen, Germany -
"4 scenes on stage, one showing the nativity scene")

Borrelli, Gennaro and Fildelfo, Margherita
"The Neapolitan Christmas Crèche, A Living Tradition with a
Glorious Past"
Italy Italy Magazine, Year VI, No. 9, November 15-December 15, 1988

Bowden, Joan
A Pop-Up Book for Christmas. A Treasury of Celebrations Around the World with an Advent Calendar to Count the 24 days until Christmas
Designed and Engineered by Pat Paris - Illustrated by Robin Richesson
New York: Clarion Books, a Houghton Mifflin Company imprint, 1994
(4 double-page pop-ups-one is a nativity scene)

Boyd, E.
Popular Arts of Spanish New Mexico
Santa Fe: Museum of New Mexico Press, 1974
(nativity-related representations in various media Bibliography)

Brenner, Robert
Christmas Past. A Collectors' Guide to its History and Decorations
West Chester, Pennsylvania: Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 1985
(nativities: pp. 25-27, 49)

Brenner, Robert
Christmas Revisited
West Chester, Pennsylvania: Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 1986
(Chapter 7, pp. 86-89, 196: "Nativity Scenes Celebrating the Birth of Christ")

Brenner, Robert
Christmas Through the Decades. A Guide to Christmas Antiques
Atglen, Pennsylvania: Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 1993
(information on: Nativities 1950s-60s, Putz 1910-1980s - Bibliography)

Brenner, Bob
"Crèche Scenes Paper and Cardboard"
The Golden Glow of Christmas Past, Volume 11, Issue 5, November, 1990,
pp. 71-75

Brown, F. Lucy Rudston
The Story of Jesus
Illustrations by Eileen M. Watts - Produced by S. Louis Giraud
North Finchley, England: Strand Publications, no date, c. 1938
Bookano Living Pictures Series
(9 double-page pop-ups - one is a nativity scene)

Bruna, Dick
The Christmas Book (With press-out Christmas crib)
London: Methuen Children's Books, 1992, 1964
(11-piece Nativity)

Burgard, Anna Marlis (Retold by)
Holy Night. An Illuminated Nativity Story with Fold-Out Creche
Illustrated by Bradley H. Clark
New York: Victor Books, 1994

Burrow, Barbara
The Very First Christmas: The Story of the Nativity Adapted from the Scriptures
Illustrated by Arlene Noel
Kansas City, Misouri: Hallmark Cards, Inc., Hallmark Children's Editions,
no date, c. 1974
(4 double-page pop-ups)

Butz, Geneva M.
Christmas Comes Alive!
New York: The Pilgrim Press, 1988
(the living crèche of Old First Reformed Church,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

Byj, Charlot
Christmas on Stage - A Book of words in rhyme and reason, To greet the Magic Christmas Season
New York: Polygraphic Company of America, Inc., 1950
(5 pop-ups, one is a nativity)

Bynum, Flora Ann L.
The Christmas Heritage of Old Salem,
Williamsburg: The Williamsburg Publishing Co., 1983
(story of German Moravian Christmas, pyramids, putz)

Cannon, Elaine
The Christmas Crèche
Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1998
(features nativity scenes from the collection of Holly Zenger)

Carpenter, Denise and Kelsey, Sandra
The Nativity (Presepio, Krippe, Crib, Pesebre, Crèche, Nacimiento)
The Golden Glow of Christmas Past
(catalog for nativity exhibit at 1990 Golden Glow Convention Bibliography)

Carpenter, Denise and Kelsey, Sandra
"The Nativity"
The Golden Glow of Christmas Past, Volume 11, Issue 4, September, 1990, pp. 53-60

Cartwright, Stephen, Illustrator
Nativity - Press-Out Model
London: Usborne Publishing Ltd., 1992
(60 pieces)

Castaldo, Giuseppe
"Christmas in Naples"
Italy Italy Magazine, Year VII, No. 9, November 15-December 15, 1989, p. 18
(other related articles in same issue)

Chalippe, O.F.M., Father Candide
The Life and Legends of Saint Francis of Assisi
New York, P.J. Kennedy & sons, 1918
(contains the story of the Christmas Crib of Greccio)

Chrismas, Irma Brown
Christmas Trees, Decorations and Ornaments
New York: Hearthside Press Incorporated, 1956
(nataivity scenes, pp. 50-94)

Christmas. An American Annual of Christmas Literature and Art
Minneopolis: Augsburg Publishing House, 1996
(every issue has at least one nativity-related article a few listed in this Bibliography under the name of the author)

Christmas at Home 
Des Moines Better Homes and Gardens Books, 1992
(directions for making two nativities, pp. 47-60)

Christmas Crèche, The. A 3-Dimensional Picture Book
Bridgeport, Connecticut: WJ Fantasy, Inc., no date c. 1992/3
(reproduction of children's theater scene created by Paul Wagner for the publisher, J.F. Schreiber, in 1888)

Christmas Cut and Colour Book, The - Plus a delightful cut-out-and-build colour crib and advent calendar
Illustrated by Jim Robins, Hayward Artists, Pauline O'Boyle
London: Kingfisher Books Limited, 1987
(stable + 10 pieces)

Christmas in Austria
Chicago: World Book Encyclopedia, Inc., 1982
(family krippe, p. 25 - development Austrian krippe, pp. 60-62)

Christmas in Brazil
Chicago: World Book, Inc., 1991
(nativity displays/plays, pp. 15-20)

Christmas in Britain
Chicago: World Book, Inc., 1978. 1988 reprint
(Canterbury Cathedral, p. 14 Salisbury Cathedral, p. 61)

Christmas in Canada
Chicago: World Book, Inc., 1994
(French Canadians/Acadians, pp. 16, 20, 22-23)

Christmas in Colonial and Early America
Chicago: World Book Encyclopedia, Inc., 1975
(Moravians, Hurons, p. 22 French New Orleans, p. 32)

Christmas in France
Chicago: World Book - Childcraft International, Inc., 1980
(photos throughout "Christmas in Provence", pp. 58-63)

Christmas in France
Lincolnwood, Illinois: Passport Books, 1991
(history of crèche coming from Italy, Revolution 1789, Santons, Today, pp. 30-31, 58-63)

Christmas in Germany
Chicago: World Book Encyclopedia, Inc., 1974
Lincolnwood, Illinois: Passport Books, 1992
(Christmas Art, pp. 56-61)

Christmas in the Holy Land
Chicago: World Book, Inc., 1987
(crafts: pretzel nativity scene, pp. 64-75)

Christmas in Ireland
Chicago: World Book, Inc., 1985/1988
(home nativities, pp. 19, 53)

Christmas in Italy
Chicago: World Book - Childcraft International, Inc., 1979
Lincolnwood, Illinois: Passport Books, 1991
(development of the presepio from catacombs of 4AD to today
"The fabulous Italian mangers", pp. 30-43 photos throughout)

Christmas in Mexico
Chicago: World Book Encyclopedia, Inc., 1976
Lincolnwood, Illinois: Passport Books, 1991
(history and development of the nacimiento, pp. 14-15 "Nacimientos", pp. 16-21)

Christmas in the Philippines
Chicago: World Book, Inc., 1990
(history and development of the belén, pp. 28-31)

Christmas in Poland
Chicago: World Book, Inc., 1989
("Szopki: Fairy-Tale Stables", pp. 58-64)

Christmas in Russia
Lincolnwood, Illinois: Passport Books, 1993
(icon, p. 12)

Christmas in Spain
Chicago: World Book, Inc., 1983
Lincolnwood, Illinois: Passport Books, 1991
(St. Francis at Greccio, development nativity scenes, customs today, pp., 14-15, 28 "The Christmas Story in Art", pp. 56-63 photos throughout)

Christmas in Today's Germany
Chicago: World Book, Inc., 1993
(family cribs, pp. 36-37)

Christmas in Washington D.C.
Chicago: World Book, Inc., 1988
(White House crèche, p. 20 Nativity at Christmas, pp. 52-55)

Christmas Star, The - A Light-up Shadow-box Book
Illustrations by José Miralles - Paper engineering by Jane McTeigue
New York: Dorling Kindersley Publishing, Inc., 1995

Christmas Story, The
Gospel Trumpet Co., A Warner Press Product, 1952
(Manger Set accompanies The Christmas Book and consists of a background
manger scene and three die cut sheets containing sixteen pieces that can be pressed out and assembled)

Christmas Story Sticker Fun
London: Covent Garden Books Limited
New York: Snapshot TM, 1995

Civardi, Anne (Retold by)
The Story of Christmas Picture Puzzle Books
Illustrated by Susan Field - Designed by Anne Warring
San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1997

Cohen, Gohen and Dumelle, Grace
Nativity Stories
Roselle, Illinois: Roman, Inc., 1996
(features the art of Fontanini stories of the figures made by Master Sculptor, Elio Simonetti)

Congdon-Martin, Douglas
Storytellers and Other Figurative Pottery
West Chester, Pennsylvania: Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 1990
(nativity photos and Southwestern artists' biographies throughout)

Coomler, David
The Icon Handbook. A Guide to Understanding Icons and the Liturgy,

Symbols, and Practices of the Russian Orthodox Church
Springfield, Illinois: Templegate Publishers, 1995
(nativity related pp. 70-74, 100-107 - Bibliography)

Coville, Katherine Dietz, Illustrator
The Friendly Beasts
Paper engineering by Dick Dudley
New York: Dial Books, A Dial Stockingstuffer, 1991
(3 pop-up scenes, 12 page illustrated story, music score)

Cowern, R.T., Illustrator
The Birth of Jesus - A Peepshow Book
London: Folding Books, Ltd., no date, c. 1947, 1952
(unfolds into carousel of 6 scenes)

Creche Herald. The Newsletter of the Christmas Nativity
Rita Bocher, Editor
Wynnewood, Pennsylvania
(quarterly publication "for all who love, own or collect creches")

Crèches et traditions de Noël
Musée national des arts et traditions populaires, 21 octobre 1986 - 16 fevrier 1987
Paris: Ministere de la Culture et de la Communication
Editions de la Reunion des musées nationaux, 1986
(Bibliography)

Cremins, Bob, Illustrator
The First Noel
Paper engineering by Dick Dudley
New York: Dial Books, A Dial Stockingstuffer, 1991
(3 pop-up scenes, 12-page story book, music score)

Crespi, Francesca
A Christmas Carousel
London: Frances Lincoln Limited
San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1999
(5-pop-up carousel/advent calendar)

Crespi, Francesca
Make a Joyful Noise: A Pop-Up Book of Christmas Cards
New York: Little Simon - Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division, 1997
(5 pop-ups)

Crespi, Francesca
The Nativity - A Glorious Pop-Up Book
New York: Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, Inc., A Rooster Book, 1994
(6 glorious scenes)

Crespi, Francesca, Illustrator
Silent Night
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1987
(a pop-up book - 4 fan-folded scenes)

Cunningham, Aline
Christmas Crèche Craft: sewing sculpture patterns for a Nativity group
St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, c. 1979

De Paola, Tomie
The First Christmas - A Festival Pop-up Book
Keith Moseley, paper engineer
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1984
(6 pop-up scenes - one is a nativity)

De Robeck, Nesta
The Christmas Crib
Milwaukee: The Bruce Publishing Company, 1956
London: Burns, Oates and Washbourne, 1937

De Vitta, Oretta Zanini
"Gold, Frankincense, Myrrh and Macaroni"
Italy Italy Magazine, Year VII, No. 9, November 15-December 15, 1989
(article, photos Neapolitan presepi)

Döderlein, Wilhelm
Alte Krippen
München: Verlag Georg D.W. Callwey, no date
(Bibliography)

Downer, Maggie
The First Christmas. An Advent Calendar to Treasure
Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1992
(spreads out to 9 feet)

Dufrenne, Pascale
Petit Dictionnaire des Santons de Provence
Text in English and French
Marseille: Ateliers Marcel Carbonel, 1986

Edwards, Virginia Lee
"The Story of Christmas"
Americas Magazine, Volume 21, Number 11-12, November-December, 1969,
pp. 18-27
(a history of the celebrations of Christmas traditions and crèches of Latin America, with photos)

Ehrenberger, Jerry
"The Krakow 'Szopki'"
The Golden Glow of Christmas Past, Volume 16, Issue 3, June, 1995, p. 38

Erickson, Joyce
In Straw and Story
Elgin, Illinois: The Brethren Press, 1983
(directions for making ethnic nativities)

Evans, Michael (Retold and illustrated by)
The Nativity With Press-Out Stable, Animals, People and More
Nashville: Ideals Children's Books, 1993
(30 pieces)

Fährmann, Willi and Fuchshuber, Annegert
Das Weihnachts Puzzle Bilderbuch
Stuttgart und Wien: K. Thienemanns Verlag, 1991

Finch, Hilda M. (Written and Adapted by)
Christmas Time
Cover and "The Very First Christmas" illustrated by Charlot Byj
No publisher, no date, c. 1950s?
(1 nativity pop-up)

Firpi, Jose
El arte de la imaginería popular en Puerto Rico
The Art of Folk Imagery in Puerto Rico
Text in Spanish and English
San Juan: Ediciones Tau, 1973
(history of Puerto Rican santeros with photos of their work)

First Christmas, The - A Christmas Pop-Up
Ashland, Ohio: Landall, Inc., 1995
(5 pop-up pictures)

First Christmas, The - A Mini Pop-Up Storybook
Ashland, Ohio: Landall, Inc., 1997
(5 pop-ups)

First Christmas, The - A Pop-Up Picture Story
Leicester, England: Brown Watson Ltd., 1991
(6 double-page pop-ups)

Fisher, Sally
The Christmas Journey. An Illustrated Storybook and 15-piece Creche
Illustrations by Douglas Sardo
New York: Viking Children's Books, 1993

Fittipaldi, Teodoro
Il Presepe Cuciniello
Napoli: Electa Napoli, 1990
(includes catalog of the exhibition held at the Museo Nazionale di San Martino, Naples - Bibliography)

Fittipaldi, Teodoro
Il Presepe Napoletano del Settecento
Napoli: Electa Napoli, 1995
(Bibliography)

Foley, Daniel J.
Little Saints of Christmas The Santons of Provence
Boston: Dresser, Chapman & Grimes, Inc., 1959

Friskey, Margaret, Editor
The First Christmas
Designed and Edited by L.B. Wuerfel and Associates, Motion by Victor Havel
Chicago: Children's Press, Inc., 1950
(a panorama book)

Gasperini, Pietro
Italian Christmas Cribs: The Brembo di Dalmine Crib Museum
Text in Italian and English
Ivrea: Priuli & Verlucca Editori, 1993

Gatbonton, Esperanza Bunag
Heritage of Saints
Manila: Editorial Assoc. Ltd, 1979
(colonial santos of the Philippines, with a section on wooden belén figures)

Galtier, Charles
Les santons de Provence
Rennes: Ouest-France, 1980

Gavin, Robin Farwell
Traditional Arts of Spanish New Mexico: The Hispanic Heritage Wing

at the Museum of International Folk Art
Santa Fe: Museum of New Mexico Press, 1994
(nativity scenes and related material throughout)

Gibson, Helen and Congdon-Martin, Douglas
Carving the Nativity with Helen Gibson
West Chester, Pennsylvania: Schiffer Publishing, Ltd., 1992

Gibson, Helen and Congdon-Martin, Douglas
Helen Gibson Carves the Animals of the Nativity
Atglen, Pennsylvania: Schiffer Publishing, Ltd., 1993

Gillies, Ed (Written and Illustrated by)
My Own Nativity
Chicago: The Aspen Press Ltd., 1992
(read-along text, narration tape, complete ready-to-color nativity scene)

Giner Pastor, Juan
El Belén
Alicante: La Caja de Ahorros del Mediterráneo, navidad 2000
(Spanish language - history of the belén/nativity, past, present, future - of 170 pages, 160 have full-color pictures of belenes made by members of the Asociación de Belenistas de Alicante)

Gingrich, Ruth Ann and Mast, Jan Steffy
Amish Nativity: Complete Projects and Instructions
Intercourse, Pennsylvania: Good Books, 1998

Girard, Alexander
The Nativity: The Church Festival Commemorating the Birth of Jesus
A Catalog of the Exhibition of the Girard Foundation Collection of Nativities at the Museum of International Folk Art in Santa Fe Santa Fe: Museum of International Folk Art, 1961

Glassie, Henry
The Spirit of Folk Art. The Girard Collection at the Museum of

International Folk Art
New York: Henry N. Abrams, Incorporated, 1989
(special mention of nativities: pp. 16, 18, 20, 49, 67, 147 photos: 14-15, 19)

The Glow
Newsletter of The Golden Glow of Christmas Past, Volume 17, No. 6
December, 1996
(entire issue devoted to the Crèche)

Gockerell, Nina
Krippen, Nativity Scenes, Crèches
English translation, Pauline Cumbers French translation, Michele Schreyer
München: Bayerisches Nationalmuseum Köln: Taschen, 1998

Gockerell, Nina
Krippen, Nativity Scenes, Crèches, Nacimientos 30 Postcards of Nativity
Scenes from the Collection of the Bayerische National Museum, Munich
Köln: Benedikt Taschen Verlag GmbH, 1998

Gockerell, Nina
Krippen im Bayerischen Nationalmuseum
München: Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, 1993, 1994
(Bibliography)

Gray, Carole, Illustrator
A Christmas Diorama
Designed by Graham Brown - Paper engineering by Paul Wilgress
New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 1992
(unfolds into carousel - 4 pop-up nativity scenes)

Gulli Grigioni, Elisabetta
Santi auguri!: presepi di carta, santini, calendarietti,

devozionali per augurare le buone feste: secoli XIX e XX
Ravenna: Essegi, 1995
(Bibliography)

"The Grand Neapolitan Christmas Crèche"
Italy Italy Magazine, for an Exhibit November 17, 1990-January 7, 1991
at the Rhode Island School of Design
(articles, photos on Italian Grand Baroque presepi)

Great Masters of Mexican Folk Art
Mexico City: Fomento Cultural Banamex, A.C., octubre 1998
("Catalog" of an exhibition which toured several Mexican cities - Nativities specifically: 142-145, 189, 203, 249, 337-38, 508-509, but many others of the artists highlighted produce nativities also)

Harries, Richard
A Gallery of Reflections The Nativity of Christ
Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1996
(paintings, icons, early representations of the Nativity)

Hayes, Allan and Blom, John
Collections of Southwestern Pottery. Candlesticks to Canteens,

Frogs to Figurines
Flagstaff: Northland Publishing, 1988
(nacimientos, pp. 36-37)

Hecht, Johanna
The Nativity. Adapted from an eighteenth century Neapolitan Christmas Crèche
Watercolors by Borje Svensson
New York: Delacorte Press, 1981
(opens to display a 3-foot, 3-dimensional scene inspired by the nativity of the Metropolitan Museum of Art)

Hefty, Donna
Folk-Carved Nativity: Step-by-Step to a Beautiful Christmas

Heirloom, with 11 detailed patterns
Atglen, Pennsylvania: Schiffer Publishing, Ltd., 1995

Henley, Clair, Illustrator
The Baby in the Manger
Oxford: A Lion Jigsaw Book, Lion Publishing, 1992

Henley, Clair, Illustrator
Come to Bethlehem
Oxford: A Lion Jigsaw Book, Lion Publishing, 1992

Hermann, Reinhard, Illustrator
We Have Seen His Star
Lahr/Schw., West Germany, Verlag Ernst Kaufmann
Abingdon, 1980
(miniature fold-out to 27")

Hermann, Reinhard and Hoffman, Friedrich
A Christmas Crib Book. The Story of Christ's Coming - A Cut-Out Advent Calendar
Translated from the German Der Weg Zur Krippe by W.K. Holmes, 1960
London: Blackie and Son Ltd., and Pelham, New York: Merry Thoughts, Inc., 1961
(make a Nativity scene - cut out one portion for each day of Advent)

Hiebert, Charlene
"Crafting a Christmas Creche"
Christmas. An Annual Treasury, Volume Sixty-Six, pp. 38-42
Minneapolis: Augsburg Publishing House, 1996
(directions for making a nativity)

Howard, Linn and Pool, Mary Jane
The Angel Tree. The Loretta Hines Howard Collection of Eighteenth
Century Neapolitan Crèche Figures at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1984.

Howard, Linn and Pool, Mary Jane
The Angel Tree. A Christmas Celebration
New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, 1993
(Bibliography)

Iijima, Geneva Cobb
The First Christmas in Origami
Illustrated by Francesca Pelizzoli
Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1993

Jedlinski, Sheryl
The Christmas Crèche. The Evolution of a Family Tradition
Harwood Heights, Illinois: Roman, Inc., 1986

Jennings, Kate
"Christmas at The Met The Angel Tree"
December, 1984, pp. 34-39"

Jesus' Bethlehem Birthday. A Jigsaw Puzzle Story Book.
Four Jigsaw puzzles Help Tell the Story of Christmas

London: Binky Books, an imprint of Grange Books, 1993

Jeunesse, Gallimard et Vallon, Jacqueline
Les crèches
Editions Gallimard Jeunesse / Mes Premieres Decouvertes de L'Histoire, 1997
(children's book crèches from around the world)

Johnson, Susan C.
The Neapolitan Presepio
Pittsburgh: Carnegie Institute, Museum of Art, 1979

Johnstone, Janet and Anne Grahame
Little Jesus Pop-Up Book
London: Dean and Son, Ltd., 1976
(3 pop-ups, one of which is an almost nativity)

Jones, Evan
"Christmas in Provence"
Gourmet Magazine, December, 1989, pp. 108-109, 146-158
(information on living nativities, santonniers today, with emphasis on recipes and food)

Jordan, Philip D.
"Around the Manger"
Christmas Treasury - 50th Anniversary Edition
Minneapolis: Augsburg Publishing House, 1980, pp. 41-48
(folk art nativities from around the world)

Kelly, Laura
Born in a Stable. The Story of the First Christmas retold by Laura Kelly
Illustrated by Don Page
Cincinnati: The Standard Publishing Company, 1992
("Bible Sticker Books")

Knab, Sophie Hodorowicz
Polish Customs, Traditions, & Folklore
New York: Hippocrene Books, 1993, Revised Edition 1996
("December", pp. 21-55 "A Szopka", pp. 43-51 - Bibliography)

Kondeatis, Christos, Illustrator and Designer
Scenes from the Life of Jesus Christ. A Three-Dimensional Bible Storybook
New York: Dial Books for Young Readers, A Division of Penguin Books USA Inc., 1994
(4 double-page pop-ups, including a nativity scene)

Koslinski, Dennis (English) and Szalapak, Anna (Polish)
Krakovian Szopka from the Collection of the Historical Museum
of the City of Krakow. Szopka Krakowska z. kolekcii Muzeum
Historycznego Miasta Krakowa
Exhibit November 18, 1994 February 15, 1995
Chicago: The Polish Museum of America, 1994

Kubasta, V.
A Christmas Tale - with Pop-Up/Fold-out Creche Scene
Westminster: Westminster Books, Bancroft & Co. Publishers, Ltd.
Prague: ARTIA, 1961
(story pp. 1-8 + fold-out creche)

Lamarche, s.n.d., Denise
Noël pour le monde
Montreal: Fides, 1992
(Christmas meditations with photos of creches from the Oratory of St. Joseph collection)

Lamont, Priscilla
No Room at the Inn. An Advent Calendar and Picture Book
Woodbridge, England: Henderson Publishing, Limited, 1991
(32 page picture book + free-standing nativity scene with slots in which to insert a piece a day)

Langan, Kay
"Confessions of a Crèche Collector"
Greenwich Magazine, December, 1997, pp. 71-85

Lanza, Barbara, Illustrator
The First Christmas
Racine, Wisconsin: Western Publishing Company, Inc., 1993
A Golden Pop-Up Book
(4 pop-up carousel)

LeMarechal, A.
Les Santons de Provence
English version by R. Field
Septemes les Vallons: Editions PEC, 1997

Letwenko, Edward
Make Your Own Advent Scene (12 Piece Christmas Scene)
Elgin, Illinois: David C. Cook Publishing Co., 1980

Lewis, Jay
"Putzing Around The Making of a World Beneath the Tree"
The Golden Glow of Christmas Past. Volume 14, Issue 3, June, 1993, pp. 38-39

LIFE. The Book of Christmas
The Glory of Christmas> (The Story of the Birth)
The Merriment of Christmas (Family Christmas)
The Pageantry of Christmas (Development of Christmas Celebrations)
New York: Time Incorporated, 1963

Litto, Gertrude
South American Folk Pottery
New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, 1976
(information on several nativity-making potters and towns
Pomaire, Chile Quinua, Peru Raquira, Colombia)

MacGregor, John
"Tesuque Pueblo Man Makes Traditional Clay Figures Dancers,
Nativity Favorite Subjects"
The New Mexican, Santa Fe, New Mexico. September 10, 1967, p. D6
(story of Hispanic clay artist, Manuel Vigil)

Maine, Lee
The Three Wise Men
Retold by Lee Maine, Illustrated by Randie M. Wasserman
Ottenheimer Publishers, Inc., 1991
(3 double-page pop-ups)

Maltese Islands, The Story of Cribs and Pasturi in the
In English Maltese Italian
Ghawdex, Malta: Ghaqda Hbleb tai-Presepju, 1985

Maroski, Jack
"The Christmas Putz at Central Moravian Church in Bethlehem PA"
The Glow, Volume 19, No. 3, June, 1998, pp. 8-13

Martínez-Palomero, Pablo
El belèn: historia, tradición, y actualidad
Barcelona: Aura Comunicación, 1993
(Bibliography)

McCreary, Jane, Illustrator
The Story of Christmas. A Trim-A-Tree Story with Six Ornaments
Wilton, Connecticut: Joshua Morris Publishing, Inc., 1990

McGuire, Leslie
The First Christmas
Written and Designed by Leslie McGuire, Illustrated by Kathy Mitchell
Los Angeles: Price Stern Sloan, Inc., 1992
(a miniature three-dimensional carousel book, with 5 pop-ups)

Mediaeval Nativity, The - A Pop-Up Nativity Scene Based on Paintings by the Old Masters
Design and Paper Engineering by Mark Hiner, Illustration by Max Schindler
Van der Meer Publishing, no place, no date
(opens to 15 1/4" wide x 12 3/8" high)

Miles, Joan
"A World Made in Miniature"
Italy, Italy Magazine, December, 1990

Miller, Albert G.
The Story of the Nativity
Designed by Bill Ayton, Illustrated by Marvin Brehm
New York: Random House, no date, c. 1970
(3 double-page pop-ups + tab-operated mechanicals)

Monthan, Guy and Doris
Nacimientos. Nativity Scenes by Southwest Indian Artisans.
Weihnachtskrippen von Indianischen Kundsthandwerken des Sudwestens
Nacimientos hechos por Artistas Indios del Suroeste
Flagstaff: Northland Press, 1979
(Bibliography)

Monthan, Guy and Doris
Nacimientos. Nativity Scenes by Southwest Indian Artisans.
Weihnachtskrippen von Indianischen Kundsthandwerken des Sudwestens
Nacimientos hechos por Artistas Indios del Suroeste + "Changes: 1979-1990"
Albuquerque: Avanyu Publishing, Inc., 1990
(Bibliography)

Moore, Gary
A Child Is Born
Illustrated by Michael Hampshire, Paper Engineering by Samantha Smith
New York: Derrydale Books, 1994
A Treasury Collection of Christmas Pop-Ups.
Created and manufactured by arrangement with Ottenheimer Publishers, Inc.
(3 pop-up scenes, one of which is "Hark the Herald Angels Sing")

Museo de Belenes / Nativity Scenes / Crèches
Alicante: Ayuntamiento de Alicante, no dates
(pamphlets about Museo in Spanish, English, French)

Nacimientos Mexicanos
México DF: Fundación Cultural Serfin, 1994, octubre
(Bibliography)

National Gallery of Canada
Venite Adoremus
Italian Embassy in Ottawa and Musée de Beaux-Arts de Canada, 1993
(exhibition catalog December 10, 1993 January 30, 1994)

"Nativity Trail, The" Holiday Guide Book
Marseille: Comité Départemental du Tourisme des Bouches-du-Rhone, no date
(pp. 64-65 and others)

Neapolitan Nativity
Italy Italy Magazine, Year XII, No. 6, December 1994
(limited text - photos of presepio at Caserta)

Oettinger, Jr., Marion, Editor
Folk Art of Spain and the Americas El Alma del Pueblo
Translated by Mervyn Samuel
San Antonio: San Antonio Museum of Art
New York: Abbeville Press Publishers, 1997
(traveling exhibition "Miraculous Images and Living Saints in Mexican Folk Catholicism", pp. 159-189, provides an understanding of why there were no nativity "sets" in the early history of Mexico nor, therefore, in the southwestern
United States)

Orsini, Jacqueline
MARY. Images of the Holy Mother
San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2000
(short text on how the world sees the personage of Mary - plates are mostly paintings, but also other media - nativity scenes but no nativity sets)

Ortega, Peter Ribera
Christmas in Old Santa Fe
Santa Fe: Piñon Publishing Company, 1961
("San Francisco y el Nacimiento", English translation of Brother Velano's description of how St. Francis celebrated Christ's birth in 1223, pp. 53-57)

Osborne, Richard N., Illustrator
A Child's Book of the Nativity
New York: Triad Binding Corp., no date, c. 1950s
(8 die cut, heavy pages fold up to form nativity)

Ouspensky, Leonid and Lossky, Vladimir
The Meaning of Icons
Crestwood, New York: St. Vladimir's Seminary Press, 1989

Packard, Mary
The Story of Christmas. Story Book Set and Advent Calendar
Illustrations by Carolyn Croll, Design by Antler and Baldwin, Inc.
New York: Workman Publishing, 1994
(covers fold out, 24 tiny books inside)

Page, Don, Illustrator
The Very First Christmas. The Story of Jesus' Birth
New York: Random House, 1995
(Bible Sticker Books)

Panyella, August General Editor
Folk Art of the Americas
New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, and
Barcelona: Editorial Blume, 1981
(nativities: pp. 85, 109. 141, 205, 229 Bibliography)

Paskaleva, Kostadenka
Icons from Bulgaria
London: Alpine Fine Arts Collection, Ltd., 1991

Passmore, Aileen E.
My Baby Jesus. A Pop-Up Book.
Illustrations by Janet and Anne Grahame Johnstone
London: Dean & Son Ltd., 1982, reprinted
(3 double-page pop-ups)

Patti, Joyce
The First Christmas. With Four Classic Nativity Ornaments
New York: Dutton Children's Books, a Division of Penguin Books USA Inc., 1990

Pelauzy, M. A.
Spanish Folk Crafts
F. Català Roca, Photographer
Translated from the Spanish by Diorki
Barcelona: Editorial Blume, 1978
(nativities: pp. 203-214)

Pellicer, Carlos, y colaboradores
"Nacimento, Villancico, y Pastorela"
Artes de México, #72, May, 1965
Text in Spanish, English, French, German
(Nativity scenes, Christmas "carols", religious plays)

Perrone, Antonio
Historic Notes on the Nativity Scene
Naples, 1996

Piazzoli, Giacomo
Presepi del mondo (Nativities of the World)
Brembo-Dalmine, BG: Museo del Presepio, 1981

Pietrsakowa, Ewa Frys and Iracka, Anna
Folk Art in Poland
Warsaw: Arkady Publishing House, 1988
(references to szopka and other Christmas-related topics throughout book)

Pina, Leslie and Lorita Winfield
Nativity. Crèches of the World
Photography by Leslie and Ramon Pina
Atglen, Pennsylvania: Schiffer Publishing Ltd, 2000
(features the collection of Emma Lincoln - bibliography)

Powell, Matthew, O.P.
The Christmas Crèche. Treasure of Faith Art & Theater
Boston: Pauline Books & Media, 1997
(Bibliography)

Presepio di Salzillo, Il, Fantasia Ispanica di Natale
El belén de Salzillo, Fantasía Hispánica de la Navidad
Esposizione nel Braccio di Carlo Magno, Citta del Vaticano,
12 febraio/11 marzo 1999
(Salzillo's Nativity. Spanish Christmas Fantasy)
Text in Italian, Spanish, English
Murcia: Ministerio de Educación y Cultura, 1999

Prose, Francine
"Christmas in Provence"
Travel & Leisure Magazine, December, 1994, pp. 102-109, 146-148
("A Family Discovers the Season at Its Purest Through the Eyes of the Villagers of Southern France")

Raggio, Olga
The Nativity. The Christmas Crèche at The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1965 and 1969
(The Loretta Hines Howard Collection photographed by Lee Boltin)

Ragona, Antonino e Cagnes, Marco
Presepi
Siracusa, Palermo: Arnaldo Lombardi Editore, 1988
(30 pages of text, 139 pages of plates)

Regalado Trota, José
Images of Faith
Pasadena: Pacific Asia Museum, 1990
(tells about religious carvings, santos, from the Philippines
in general, with some sections dealing with belén figures,
specifically)

Retablo ayacuchano, El. Un arte de los Andes. Exposicion
Organizada en el Museo Nacional de Antropologia y Arqueologia.
10 noviembre 10 diciembre 1992
Lima: Instituto de Estudios Peruanos, 1992
(Bibliography)

Reyntiens, Patrick, Introduction and Index
A Stained-Glass Christmas, with Six Removable Windows
New York: Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 1998

Roche, A.
El Museo Salzillo, Murcia, España
Madrid: Editorial Everest, S.A., 1978
(information on Salzillo's Belén, pp. 28-35)

Reus, Peter und Neuhaus, Heinrich G.
Krippen in Nürnberg
Bamberg: Bayerische Verlagsanstalt GmbH, 1998

Rippley, La Vern J.
"Salzburger's Crèche/Toy Exhibit"
Christmas. An American Annual of Christmas Literature and Art.
Volume Forty-seven, pp. 61-66
Minneapolis: Augsburg Publishing House, Publishers, 1977

Röhrig, Hans-Günter
Das Bamberger Krippenbuch
Bamberg: Bayerische Verlagsanstalt GmbH, 1994

Rosenak, Chuck and Jan
Museum of American Folk Art Encyclopedia of 20th Century
American Folk Art and Artists
New York: Abbeville Press Publishers, 1990
(Southwestern nativity makers, Helen Cordero, Louis Naranjo
Manuel Vigil, among others)

Rosenak, Chuck and Jan
The People Speak Navajo Folk Art
Photographs by Lynn Lown
Flagstaff: Northland Publishing Company, 1994
(nativity photos: Mamie Deschillie, p. 27, Tom Yazzie, p. 76
Bibliography)

Samuelson, Sue
Christmas. An Annotated Bibliography
Garland Folklore Bibliographies, Vol 4
New York: Garland Publishing Inc., 1982

Sanderson, Ruth, Illustrator
The Story of the First Christmas
Designed by Christopher Scott Peck and Ruth Sanderson
Atlanta: Turner Publishing, Inc., 1994
(A Carousel Book - 5 pop-ups)

Sauser, Ekkart und Kapferer, Martin
Krippen in Innsbrucker Kirchen
Innsbruck, 1997

Sayer, Chloe
Arts and Crafts of Mexico
San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1990
(nativity figures: pp. 110, 111, 124 - bibliography)

Schmidt, Esther & Franklin
"From Collector to Creator"
Art and Antique, December, 1999, pp. 59-63
(story of Jeffery Gueno, his Neapolitan presepio)

Scholey, Arthur
Christmas Manger Scene - Make A Model
Designed and Illustrated by Sue Shields
Nashville: Ideals Children's Books, 1989
(21 pieces)

Seeley, Mary Evans
Season's Greetings from the White House
Tampa: A Presidential Christmas, 1996, 1998
(Nativities: frontispiece, pp. 4, 104, 111, 128-130, 168, 179, 184)

Shoemaker, Alfred L.
Christmas in Pennsylvania. A Folk-Cultural Study
Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania: Stackpoole Books, 1999
("Moravian Christmas Putz", pp. 126-128
"The Moravian Christmas Putz, Its Origins", pp. 142-143)

Smath, Jerry, Illustrator
Once Upon A Christmas. A Child's First Nativity Play Scene
Westport, Connecticut: Reader's Digest Young Families Book Set
Published by Joshua Morris Publishing, Inc., 1997
(opens to reveal triptych Nativity scene, with 8 small paper books telling the Nativity story)

Smith, Jean Louise
"Christmas Wonder Oberammergau's Gift to Us
Christmas. An American Annual of Christmas Literature and Art,
Volume Twenty-Nine, pp. 19-26
Minneapolis: Augsburg Publishing House, 1959

Smith, Jeff
The Frugal Gourmet Celebrates Christmas
New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1991
(crèche scenes and notes about individuals, as well as "a recipe for everyone who appears in the traditional crèche or manger scene. There is a dish for each.", pp. 1-105)

Smith, Lisa and Dick
Christmas Collectibles. A Guide to Selecting, Collecting and Enjoying the Treasures of Christmas Past
Secaucus: Chartwell Books, Inc., 1993
(nativities, putzes, pp. 8, 68-73 - Bibliography)

Steplen, Karin, Editor
The Library of Great Masters: Della Robbia
Riverside: Scala, 1992
(crèches - Bibliography)

Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht Geschichte und Austreitung eines Lieder
Innsbruck / München: Universit„tsverlag Wagner Ges.m.b.H., 1967
(words to "Silent Night" in 45 languages, accompanied by a nativity from each country)

Story of Jesus, The
Ashland, Oregon: Landoll, Inc., 1999
(miniature with 5 pop-ups)

Strejan, John (Designed by)
The Shepherd's Surprise - A Pop-Up Book
Illustrated by Linda Griffith, Paper engineering by Tor Lokvig
Elgin, Illinois: David C. Cook Publishing Company, no date
(6 pop-ups, 4 pull tabs)

Svenson, Borje, Illustrator
The Christmas Story - A Carousel Book
Elgin, Illinois: David C. Cook Publishing Company, 1980
(A Carousel Book - 5 pop-ups)

Tangerman, E. J.
The Big Book of Whittling and Woodcarving
New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1973
("How to carve a Nativity Scene", pp. 100-105)

Thatcher, Fran, Illustrator
The First Christmas. Pop-Up Book With Light and Music. Complete With Press-Out Characters and 20-Page Full-Color Story Book
Nashville: Nelson Regency, no date (purchased 11-93, new)
(unfolds 27 inches into a panoramic multilevel Bethlehem manger scene
with 33 press-out pieces - pull a tab, hear 'Silent Night')

Theobalds, Prue
Silent Night. A Traditional Christmas Crib to Press Out and Slot Together
Idea and Illustrations by Prue Theobalds
St. Leonards, E. Sussex, England: Prue Theobalds Ltd., 1989
(11 pieces)

Timchenko, S. V.
Russian Icons Today
Text in Russian and English
Mockba: Cobpemehhnk, 1994
(nativity icons depicted)

Tudor, Tasha
A Book of Christmas
New York: William Collins Publishers, Inc., 1979
(6 double-page pop-ups, one of which is Nativity)

V. J. M. y J. Viva Jesús, María y José A Celebration of the Birth of Jesus
San Antonio: Trinity University Press, 1977
(Mexican Folk Art and Toys from the Collection of Robert K. Winn Bibliography)

Van Mullekom-Cserep, Elisabeth
Christmas Nativities & Stories. The Christmas Story told in a most unusual way with nativity scenes, poems and stories from all over the world!
Hoesley Park, Australia; Des Plaines, Illinois: Nativity House Publishing, 1999
(Bibliography)

Vigil, Arnold
"Crèche collection spans the planet"
New Mexico Magazine, Vol. 75, No. 12, December, 1997, pp. 58-59
(collection of Joseph E. Valdes, a former Mayor of Santa Fe)

Vloberg, Maurice
Les Noëls de France
Ouvrage orne de 166 heliogravure Couverture et hors-texte:
enluminures relevées sur les originaux par Robert Lanz
Grenoble: B. Arthaud Editeur, 1938, 1953
(Chapitre VII "Crèches, Santons et Berceaux",
pp. 181-217 - Bibliography)

von Merhart, Nenna und Sporr, Walter
Weihnachtskrippen bauen
Mit 9 Farbbildern und 63 Schwarzweiss-bildern von Engelbert Poschl
sowie 118 Zeichnungen
Innsbruck-Wien: Tyrolia-Verlag, 198

Waldman, Byrne, Illustrator
The First Christmas. A Christmas Treasury Pop-Up
New York: Derrydale Books, 1991
Created and manufactured by arrangement with Ottenheimer Publishers
(6 fanfolded pop-ups)

Walser, Pierre
L'Art de faire la Crèche
L'Escolo dei Felibre de la Mar Marsiho
Ouvrage publie grace au concours de l'Office Regional de la Culture
Marseille: Editions Jeanne Laffitte, 1987

Wasserspring, Lois
Oaxacan Ceramics - Traditional Folk Art by Oaxacan Women
Photographs by Vicki Ragan
San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2000
(biographies of six ceramic artisans, four of whom produce nativities. lovely photos)

Water, Mark
Build Your Own Nativity
Illustrated by Cathy Shuttleworth
Nashville: Broadman & Holman Publishers, Inc., 1995
(19 pieces - stable and figures)

Waugh, Julia Nott
The Silver Cradle. Las Posadas, Los Pastores, and Other Mexican
American Traditions
Austin: University of Texas Press, 1988, paperback 1955, hardcover
(chapters 2 and 3 deal with the role of the nacimiento in the posadas and pastores traditions in San Antonio, Texas)

Weber, Hans-Ruedi
Immanuel. The Coming of Jesus in Art and the Bible
Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1984
(a variety of illustrations, including nativities)

Weinhold, Gertrud
Freude der Völker: Weihnachtskrippen und Zeichen der
Christgeburt aus aller Welt
München: Claudius Verlag, 1978, 1984
(pp.1-64, Telling of all phases of the Christmas story pp. 65-83, Colored photos "Cribs from Around the World" - Bibliography)

Whitaker, Irwin & Emily
A Potter's Mexico
Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1978
(Teodora Blanco and her nacimientos, pp. 103-107 - Bibliography)

Whitmyer, Margaret & Kenn
Christmas Collectibles
Paducah: Collector Books, A Division of Schroeder Publishing
Co., Inc., 1987. Values updated 1990
(nativity scenes: pp. 137-141, 158, 218)

Wilson, Maggie
"The Beauty Makers"
Arizona Highways Magazine, Special Edition: "Southwestern Pottery
Today", Vol. L, No. 5, May, 1974
(nativities of Helen Cordero, Cochiti Pueblo Potter)

Wilson, Martin (Text by)
The Nativity. Christmas retold with pop-up nativity scene
Illustrated by Sue Faulks
London: Electric Paper, 1998
(opens to double-page pop-up of the nativity, with small book telling the story)

Winsted, Manya
"Spirit of Christmas Past"
Santa Fean Magazine, Vol. 24, No. 11, December, 1996
(collection of Ray Crenna of Nambe/Santa Fe, New Mexico)

Wood, Jeremy
The Nativity. Themes in Art
London: Scala Publications Limited in association with
Paris: Réunion des Musées Nationaux, 1992
(illustrations are Nativity-related paintings)

Wood, Tim and Jenny (Adapted by)
The Christmas Story
Illustrated by Katy Rhodes
New York: Little Simon,
An imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division, 1996
(book in folder, fold-out nativity diorama on one side)

Woolley, Patricia
Santons. Provencal Crèche Figures
Manhattan Beach, California: Teddy Traveler Press, 1987

Zmijewski, Chester M.
"An 18th Century Nativity Scene"
The Glow, Newsletter of The Golden Glow of Christmas Past, Volume 19,
No. 4, August, 1998, pp. 2-3
(Presepio of the Basilica of Sts. Cosmos and Damian, Rome)

Zsuzsa, Radvany
Az Elso Karacsony
Budapest: Program Kiadoi Kft, no date
(accordion nativity)

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