The Holy Twins
Author: Kathleen Norris Illustrator: Tomi DePaola Publisher: G. P. Putnam & Sons I have a big list of posts I want to do, and I’ve featured Tomie DePaola recently but today is the Feast of St....
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TITLE: Saint Nicholas: The Story of the Real Santa Claus AUTHOR: Mary Joslin ILLUSTRATOR: Helen Cann PUBLISHED BY: Pauline Books Just in time for St. Nick’s Day, here’s a lovely retelling of the...
View ArticleMary: The Mother of Jesus by Tomie de Paola
TITLE: Mary: The Mother of Jesus AUTHOR + ILLUSTRATOR: Tomie De Paola PUBLISHED BY: Holiday House, 1995 In anticipation of the feast of the Immaculate Conception, let’s focus on Mary. This is, by...
View ArticleMary Mother of Jesus by Mary Joslin and Alison Wisenfeld
TITLE: Mary, Mother of Jesus AUTHOR: Mary Joslin ILLUSTRATOR: Alison Wisenfeld PUBLISHED BY: Loyola Mary Joslin is perhaps the second best (second to Tomie dePaola) children’s book author dealing with...
View ArticleA Small Nativity by Aquiles Nazoa and Ana Palmero Caceres
TITLE: A Small Nativity AUTHOR: Aquiles Nazoa ILLUSTRATOR: Ana Palmero Caceres PUBLISHED BY: Groundwood Books Nazoa, a winner of the Venezuelan National prize for Journalism, created this little poem...
View ArticleIllustrated Bibles and Biblical Picture Books
When I was little the only illustrated Bible available was a reprint of a 1950’s NIV New Testament, which has illustrations that were somehow both overwrought and evocative of comics with their...
View ArticleSt. George and the Dragon by Margaret Hodges and Trina Schart Hyman
Today is the feast of St. George, which can only mean one thing: it’s time to grab our copy of Saint George and the Dragon by Margaret Hodges and Trina Schart Hyman, and read it again. A Caldecott...
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