This book has lovely art work by Loren Long, the same artist/writer who did The Toy Boat. I love the story and the artwork together. The book is about a little drummer boy who gets put in the trash and ends up being taken by different animals to different places in the snow and cold of winter. Even in his loneliness and fatigue he continues to play his drum for every lonely, cold creature he is brought to. Each time he gives his music away, something changes. The owls fell asleep, the city was more at peace, the snow fell etc. In the very last scene, the drummer boy is back at home after being found by the boy and is placed in front of the baby Jesus in the manger. Unlike every other scene, this one is unique. When the drummer boy finishes playing his drums like never before, it mentions the drummer boy's own feelings for the first time. Instead of changing the atmosphere around him, his own heart feels warm. I love how this story speaks about the truth that no one can out give God, the greatest giver of all. When we give to Him, he gives much, much more in return.
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