Abigayil, The story of the cat at the Manger

Inbunden bok. by Rouben Mamoulian, illustrated by Marshall Goodman. Second Printing uppl. 1964. 43 sidor.

Gott skick. Skyddsomslag i gott skick. Dust jacket slightly taped and mended.
Beautiful drawings illustrated by Marshall Goodman.
A beautifully told nativity story told from the perspective of a cat. A mother cat has her broken paw healed after keeping the christ-child warm overnight on the first night Mary bears him in the manger.
There are salient refernces, buried, within the story relating to the Armenian genocide. This wonderful story is written by a very successful Armenian (of the disaspora)who wrote and directed flms and stage plays. Info on this can be found elsewhere. He was clearly sympathetic to cats.
Been looking for this book for over 25 years. Read it to my class each year at Christmas and they fully enjoyed....so happy to find it again!!!!