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Millen, C. M.

The Ink Garden of Brother Theophane

32 pp. | Charlesbridge | July, 2010 | Trade ISBN 978-1-58089-179-0 $17.95
(4) K-3 Illustrated by Andrea Wisnewski. Brother Theophane, a medieval monk, prefers being outdoors to writing in the scriptorium. He enlivens his manuscripts with pigmented inks made from plants he grows in the monastery garden. Millen's text incorporates poems by actual Irish monks, but the rhyming story is bland overall. Wisnewski's hand-colored papercut prints successfully capture the look of early manuscripts.
Reviewer: Maeve Visser Knoth

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