The Innkeeper's Daughter

by Kathryn H. Kidd

Young Disciples Volume 1: Deborah's mother is being crabby, not because Mother's new baby is almost due to be born. It's because Father and Mother keep the inn at Bethleham, and this week they have more guests than they ever thought possible. They're all coming to be counted in the Census, and somehow they all have to be given food and water and a clean place to sleep. With so much work to do, there's no time for Deborah to see her friend Andrew, the shepherd's boy that she has decided to marry when they both grow up. Now a couple from Galilee are at the gate, hoping, somehow, to get a room at the inn. There's not a speck of space. But the young woman is about to have a baby, just like Mother. Father can't turn them away, not when Deborah knows there is a place where they could stay.

42 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1990

About the author

Kathryn H. Kidd was an American author. Many of her books concern The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She co-wrote some of these with her husband, Clark L. Kidd, and also co-wrote a novel with Orson Scott Card.

Reviews

[Sarah Melissa · Rating 4 out of 5]

If you are thinking of ordering this because you liked "Lovelock," a collaboration between Kidd and Orson Scott Card, and an excellent science fiction novel in my view, don't. This book is a short retelling for young readers of the Christmas story. The only thing even vaguely interesting about it is its commentary on the chauvinism of the Jewish men of the time--except for Joseph--as to who gets to ride on donkeys.

[Megan Ray · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was pretty good for a children's book, The storyline wasn't entirely flat.