With dexterity, the author of Bridge to Terabithia … creates nine insightful stories [in Angels and Other Strangers] that stir Katherine (Womeldorf) Paterson 1932– Photograph by Rosalind Anglin. Courtesy of E. P. Duttonthe emotions while reflecting the joy of the Christmas season…. [These] tales celebrate the birth of Jesus through the loneliness, fears, hopes, and simple beliefs of men, women, and children but never lapse into sentimentality or zealous pomposity…. Such scope offers a broad base for family sharing where nuances of meaning can be discussed and savored.

Barbara Elleman, in a review of "Angels and Other Strangers: Family Christmas Stories," in Booklist, Vol. 76, No. 2, September 15, 1979, p. 126.