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The Day the Animals Came: A Story of Saint Francis Day
40 pp.
| Philomel |
August, 2003 |
TradeISBN 0-399-23630-9$$16.99
(3)
1-3
Illustrated by
Loren Long
&
Loren Long.
Spanish-speaking Ria misses the animals she left back in her Caribbean home. The young girl suddenly begins to feel at home in New York City when she participates in the blessing of the animals on the Feast of Saint Francis celebration in a grand cathedral. Long's angular, heavy acrylic paintings convey the majesty of the setting, while Weller's text expresses Ria's feelings of displacement.