The Horn Book Guide

RELIGION

Kimmel, Eric A., Reteller

Brother Wolf, Sister Sparrow: Stories about Saints and Animals

62 pp. | Holiday | April, 2003 | Trade ISBN 0-8234-1724-7 $$18.95

(3) K-3 Illustrated by John Winch. Animals play a pivotal role in the lives of these twelve legendary men and women on the road to sainthood. Kimmel narrates their acts of piety and faithfulness (and includes a few frightening details of persecution and martyrdom) in a straightforward manner. A full-page illustration accompanies each vignette. An excerpt from St. Francis's "Sermon to the Birds" serves as a preface, and an author's note explains canonization.

Reviewer: Christina Dorr