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32 pp.
| Augsburg |
September, 2001 |
TradeISBN 0-8066-4268-8$$16.99
(4)
K-3
Illustrated by
Susan Field.
Filleul retells the French folktale about an acrobat who decides to serve God by entering a monastery. Both he and the other monks eventually recognize that being a tumbler is also a way to glorify God. The storytelling is a bit choppy, but the curved lines and brush strokes of the illustrations convey the movement and spirit of the acrobatics. No source note is included.