The Song of Francis and the Animals
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The Song of Francis and the Animals   -     By: Pat Mora

The Song of Francis and the Animals

Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. / 2005 / Hardcover

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Product Description

With lilting verse and playful imagery, award-winning author Pat Mora celebrates the tender relationship between the beloved saint and the animals he loved. Woodcut artist David Frampton captures the exuberant songs of Francis and the animals in charming, colorful woodcuts that underscore the harmony between humans and the natural world. Inspired by Saint Francis's own reverence and love for animals, this book will encourage readers young and old to join in with the clucks of the chickens, the whirring of the cicadas, and the songs of the nightingale. For ages 3 and up.

Product Information

Title: The Song of Francis and the Animals
By: Pat Mora
Format: Hardcover
Number of Pages: 32
Vendor: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.
Publication Date: 2005
Dimensions: 12 X 9 (inches)
Weight: 1 pound 1 ounce
ISBN: 080285253X
ISBN-13: 9780802852533
Stock No: WW85253X

Publisher's Description

"Baa-baa," sang the lamb.
"Shoo, go play," said Francis,
but the little lamb just grinned
and trotted happily behind the man
who preached to people and dogs
and flowers and fish and frogs.
With lilting verse and playful imagery, award-winning author Pat Mora celebrates the tender relationship between the beloved saint and the animals he loved. Woodcut artist David Frampton captures the exuberant songs of Francis and the animals in charming, colorful woodcuts that underscore the harmony between humans and the natural world.

Inspired by Saint Francis's own reverence and love for animals, this book will encourage readers young and old to join in with the clucks of the chickens, the whirring of the cicadas, and the songs of the nightingale.

Author Bio

Pat Mora is a literacy advocate and prolific author of poetry, nonfiction, and children's books. Her picture book, This Big Sky (Scholastic), was named a Texas Institute of Letters Best Children's Book; Tomás and the Library Lady (Knopf) was included in Teachers' Choices, a project of the International Reading Association; and My Own True Name: New and Selected Poems for Young Adults (Arte Público Press), was selected for the New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age List. Pat Mora lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Visit Pat Mora's website: www.patmora.com

David Frampton has been writing and illustrating books for young readers for thirty years. Some of his honored works include The Whole Night Through (HarperCollins), My Son John written by Jim Aylesworth (Henry Holt), and Rhyolite written by Diane Siebert (Clarion). David Frampton grew up in Brooklyn, New York and lives in Apex, North Carolina.

 

School Library Journal

PreS-Gr 2-Mora's narrative about the Saint and his tender relationships with wild creatures is more poetry than story. The lyrical text describes how Francis speaks with birds, tames a wolf that threatens the people of Gubbio, and re-creates the manger scene with the help of villagers, lambs, an ox, and a donkey. Throughout, the animals sing and call back to him. Some Italian phrases are included, with a translation at the front of the book. The variety of species that populate Frampton's vibrant, detailed two-page woodcuts will delight youngsters. The animals are full of character and personality and emphasize Francis's belief in their gentleness. The fierce wolf turns into a fawning supplicant and a falcon shelters the sleeping man with spread wings. While this book may be more relevant to parochial than secular schools, its message of treating all living things with kindness is universal. Francis's compassion for a worm shows children an example of having respect for even the lowliest of creatures.-Jane Barrer, formerly at Washington Square Village Creative Steps, New York City Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.

Editorial Reviews

Publishers Weekly
"Pat Mora praises in poetry Saint Francis' calming way of communing with creatures great and small in this celebratory picture book, made all the more joyous by Frampton's handsome colored woodcuts."

New Mexico Magazine
"David Frampton's colorful woodcuts are both bold and detailed. . . . The Francis here has universal appeal as he bonds with the myriad wonders of nature."

Kirkus Reviews
"Strikingly beautiful woodcuts and an oversized format create a first-rate visual accompaniment to this imaginative story about St. Francis of Assisi. The lyrical text focuses on St. Francis's affinity with animals and describes him simply as a man who preached and sang with ’people and dogs and flowers and fish and frogs.' . . . This treatment serves well as an introduction to the saint who lived in an down-to-earth fashion."

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