Saints: Lives and Illuminations - Softcover

Sanderson, Ruth

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0802853323 ISBN 13: 9780802853325

Publisher: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, 2007

Synopsis

Provides brief stories from the lives of forty Christian saints of the first millenium.

About this title

About the Author:

Ruth Sanderson has illustrated many books for children. Her artistic style is inspired by Renaissance art, icons, illuminated manuscripts, old engravings and woodcuts. She lives in Easthampton, Massachussetts.

From Booklist:

Gr. 4-6. This compilation of saints almost feels like a throwback to another era. Forty saints are introduced, two to a spread. Each saint gets a lovely oil-and-pencil portrait that takes up a third of the page and an overview of his or her life. Although not sensationalized, the descriptions clearly relate how many of these people were martyred. In the profile of Saint Barbara, the text notes, "When a shepherd betrayed her to her father, she was arrested, tortured and sentenced to death. Her father struck her down with his own sword." In Saint Cecilia's case, Sanderson writes that "she was arrested, tortured and beheaded." This sentence is rather jauntily followed by the statement, "Cecilia is the patron saint of musicians and singers." Some names are familiar (Saint Christopher is included, although he has been removed from some official lists of saints), but many are not, perhaps because Sanderson has chosen saints from the Eastern Orthodox tradition as well as from the Roman Catholic Church. The lives of saints continue to be a source of inspiration for many children; buy this handsome book where there will be an audience. Ilene Cooper
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About this edition

• Publisher: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0802853323
• ISBN 13: 9780802853325
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 40
• Illustrator: Sanderson Ruth