The Horn Book Guide

RELIGION

Mayer, Marianna

Seeing Jesus in His Own Words

32 pp. | Fogelman | October, 2002 | Trade ISBN 0-8037-2742-9 $$16.99

(4) 4-6 Mayer pairs paintings by Rembrandt, da Vinci, Millet, and other artists from the fifteenth to twentieth centuries with Christ's words as recorded in the Gospels. Although this attractively designed volume is more of an adult coffee-table book than a picture book, it provides a context for the paintings that may make the art more approachable to children. An appended author's note adds some contemporary context, as well.

Reviewer: Anne St. John