And you may never look at a manger scene the same way again. Dave Barry has been delighting readers for decades with his newspaper columns, nonfiction, novels for adults and novels for children, but this book is something special: a story for all ages that'll touch the heart and make you laugh out loud. And for Doug and his family, this will be the most miraculous Christmas of all. Elkins yell at all of them the girl he likes is playing Mary opposite a Joseph who is depressingly smart and athletic and cute the family dog is doing very poorly, and they have no idea what they're going to tell Doug's little sister Becky, who's playing one of the Host of Angels and who loves the dog more than anything and his dad's just gotten a flat tire, which means they might not even get to the pageant at all. But there are problems everywhere: His fellow shepherds are hacking around, which makes Mrs. Doug is a shepherd this year, which is better than being a Three King, because, for one thing, you get to carry a stick. Elkins-who used to be in The Theater in New York, and who is tall and skinny, with hair the color of the orange part of a candy corn-is a very big deal. The Shepherd, the Angel, and Walter the Christmas Miracle Dog by Dave Barry - 9780425276716 Categories: Fiction Books Contemporary Fiction Share The Shepherd, the Angel, and Walter the Christmas Miracle Dog 3.93 (2,912 ratings by Goodreads) Paperback English By (author) Dave Barry List price: US14. John's Episcopal Church, directed by Mrs.

The year is 1960, and, as it is every year, the Christmas pageant at St. My name is Doug Barnes, and this stuff happened on Christmas Eve in my town, which is Asquont, New York. From the Pulitzer Prize-winning humorist comes one of the funniest, warmest, most delightful Christmas stories ever.

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