A Christmas Bell for Anya with Claire Bloom This beautiful illustrated story underscores the true reason for celebrating Christ's birth. First presented at the Mormon Tabernacle Choir's 2005 Christmas concerts by acclaimed British actress, Claire Bloom. A CD and DVD version of the original presentation, featuring the music of Alfred Reed performed by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and the Orchestra at Temple Square, is included with the book. Continue reading...

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Claire Bloom
London-born Claire Bloom made her first stage appearance with the Oxford Repertory Company at the age of 16. Just a year later she starred at Stratford-upon-Avon as Ophelia in her first major role. Her acting career has spanned stage, film and television for decades. Ms. Bloom was most recently seen on Broadway at the Ethel Barrymore Theater as Clytemnestra in Electra, for which she was nominated for a Tony Award, and in London at the prestigious Almeida Theatre in Conversations after a Burial. She is the recipient of the Shakespeare Medal from the Shakespeare Society and was also honored by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in an evening devoted to her film career in 2001. Ms. Bloom has appeared as narrator with many leading orchestras, including the New York Philharmonic, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the BBC Symphony, and the London Philharmonic. Ms. Bloom appeared with her daughter, the soprano Anna Steiger, in a recital entitled "Women in Poetry and Song." She has also published a best-selling book of memoirs called Leaving a Doll's House.

uring the winter of 1917, all of Russia had fallen into dark and tumultuous times as the reign of the Czars came to a bitter and violent end. But in a small Siberian village famous for producing the finest bells in the world, the townspeople made their usual preparations for a Christmas tradition that went back many generations. For eight-year-old Anya and her widowed father, this Christmas had special significance. This Christmas, Anya was one of the girls chosen from the village to ring in Christmas morn with her very own Christmas bell.

This beautiful illustrated story underscores the true reason for celebrating Christ's birth. First presented at the Mormon Tabernacle Choir's 2005 Christmas concerts by acclaimed British actress, Claire Bloom. A CD and DVD version of the original presentation, featuring the music of Alfred Reed performed by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and the Orchestra at Temple Square, is included with the book.

Anticipated Release: November 2006