Brother Sun Sister Moon

Download or read book Brother Sun, Sister Moon written by Margaret Mayo and published by Orion Children's Books. This book was released on 2000-08-03 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: St Francis, who talked to birds and animals, is the saint most loved by children, and the one with the best stories. surround him - how he saved the people of Gubbio by taming a fierce wolf, freed a trapped hare, quietened noisy swallows and was the first to celebrate the Nativity by making a crib scene in a church. Margaret Mayo's charming, simple narrative tells the whole of St Francis's life story, interspersed with the legends of medieval Italy that are reminiscent of the Old Masters, and is surely destined to be one of the great illustrators of our time.