The Horn Book Guide

RELIGION

Lindbergh, Reeve Felstead, Cathie, Illustrator

The Circle of Days

26 pp. | Candlewick | January, 1998 | Trade ISBN 0-7636-0357-0

(3) K-3 Lindbergh uses material from St. Francis of Assisi's "Canticle of the Sun" to write a prayer in praise of the natural world. The poem is accessible--"Praise for brothers wind and air, / Serene or cloudy, foul or fair"--and quite lyrical. Felstead uses collage and paint to create a benevolent and varied world to complement the poem. The book emphasizes St. Francis's wonder at the universe and is more ecumenical than the original prayer.

Reviewer: The Horn Book, Inc.