(1) K-3 Illustrated by Angela Barrett. This reissue features Poole's cool, limpid, flowing text and Barrett's elegant, mysterious illustrations--delicate yet strong, in deep, muted colors. A splendid work, with the flavor of eighteenth-century German Romanticism.

Reviewer: Ann A. Flowers | Horn Book Magazine Issue: March, 1992

(1) K-3 Illustrated by Angela Barrett. Poole's treatment of her subject is deeply spiritual, evanescent, a haunting impression of an era, a place, and an enigmatic human being, anchored in time by an adjoined chronology. The text reads like a story, a recounting of an extraordinary event, repeated to a young audience to ensure that Joan's memory would remain alive. Barrett's dramatic full-color illustrations unfold like a gorgeous pageant in this compelling presentation.

Reviewer: Mary M. Burns | Horn Book Magazine Issue: September, 1998