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El peso de una misa
El peso de una misa

El peso de una misa

Un relato de fe

<DIV>5 & up, grades k & up<BR></DIV>

JUVENILE FICTION

32 Pages, 8 x 11 1/2

Formats: Hardcover Picture Book, Paperback Picture Book

Hardcover Picture Book, $17.95 (US $17.95) (CA $26.95)

Publication Date: October 2003

ISBN 9780940112155

Rights: WOR

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Overview

When a poor devout widow begs for a scrap of bread from a rich faithless baker, she promises to participate in the king’s wedding mass as payment for the baker’s generosity. The baker writes “One Mass” on a scrap of paper and places it on his scale to determine how much bread it is worth. To his and the entire town’s surprise, nothing in the shop, not even the gigantic wedding cakes made for the king, outweighs the simple piece of paper representing the true worth of a mass. Luminous old-world watercolor paintings grace the interior of the book and lend an air of solemnity and sacred beauty to the story.
 
Cuando una pobre viuda devota ruega por unas migajas de pan a un acaudalado panadero desleal, promete su participación en la misa de la boda del rey como agradecimiento por la generosidad del panadero. El panadero escribe "Una misa" en un pedazo de papel y lo pone en la balanza para determinar su valor en pan. Para sorpresa suya y de todo el pueblo, nada en el negocio, ni siquiera el gigantesco pastel de bodas hecho para el rey tiene más valor que un simple pedazo de papel que representa el valor de una misa. Luminosas acuarelas del viejo mundo dan gracia al interior del libro brindan un aire de solemnidad y sagrada belleza a la historia.

Reviews

"Wholly beautiful! For those of any religious background—or none."  —Kirkus


"Lilting storytelling style. Charming."  —School Library Journal


"Universal . . . sharp and briskly told . . . beautiful watercolors that evoke the Europe of classic fairy tales."  —Criticas

Author Biography

Josephine Nobisso is the author of 17 children's and adult books, including Grandpa Loved and Grandma’s Scrapbook. She lives in Quogue, New York. Katalin Szegedi has illustrated numerous children’s books and was awarded the Most Beautiful Children’s Book Award by the Society of Hungarian Publishers and Distributors.

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