(3) 4-6 Illustrated by Pamela Dalton. Paterson divides this collection of prayers, poems, and meditations into thanks for food, life, spirit, and community. Her selection is catholic and spans the centuries, from the Bible to Julian of Norwich to the Dalai Lama, along with folk material. Cut-paper silhouettes, occasionally embellished with watercolor, decorate the pages. Short autobiographical essays introduce each section, giving the volume a welcome personal touch. Ind.

Reviewer: Roger Sutton | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2013

(3) K-3 Illustrated by Pamela Dalton. Paterson's reworking of Saint Francis of Assisi's famous prayer is poetic, contemporary, and deeply reverent: "We praise you for our Sister Earth...as she sustains our bodies with food and our souls with beauty." Dalton's remarkable cut-paper and watercolor illustrations elegantly reinforce the tone of Paterson's words. Appended author's and illustrator's notes tell more about their creative process.

Reviewer: Maeve Visser Knoth

(3) K-3 Dalton (Brother Sun, Sister Moon) illustrates the King James version of the Nativity story with cut-paper art. The folk medium is well suited to the old-fashioned language; the result is a handsome, homey Christmas book that ends not with the Wise Men but with Jesus growing up in Nazareth "and the grace of God was upon him."

Reviewer: Maeve Visser Knoth