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FOLKTALES AND NURSERY RHYMES
Shannon, Mark

The Acrobat and the Angel

32 pp. | Putnam | September, 1999 | Trade ISBN 0-399-22918-3 $$15.99
(3) K-3 Illustrated by David Shannon. The stone arches that frame the acrylic paintings cannot contain the acrobatic antics of Péquelé, an orphan living in a monastery. Though he defies the Abbot and uses his "carnival ways" to entertain a dying baby, his spiritual nature is revealed when the statue of an angel miraculously flies off with the young acrobat. A note provides one source for this simple yet affecting French folktale.
Reviewer: Melinda Greenblatt

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