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Brother Sun, Sister Moon: Saint Francis of Assisi's Canticle of the Creatures
32 pp.
| Chronicle/Handprint |
June, 2011 |
TradeISBN 978-0-8118-7734-3$17.99
(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.