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40 pp.
| Simon/Beach Lane |
September, 2017 |
TradeISBN 978-1-4814-7041-4$17.99
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EbookISBN 978-1-4814-7042-1
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Rylant uses the most humble of painting techniques to illustrate a picture book that is half Nativity, half Beatitudes. Adapted and abridged from Matthew and Luke, the medley isn't particularly coherent, but the pictures, setting bits and blobs of naively conceived sheep and people against expansive landscapes rendered in broad strokes, are homely in the best sense, providing calm and quiet to the season.
Reviewer: Roger Sutton
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
November, 2017