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Peso De Una Misa
Josephine Nobisso
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Description for Peso De Una Misa
Paperback. Illustrator(s): Szegedi, Katalin. Num Pages: 32 pages, illus. BIC Classification: YFB. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 291 x 205 x 4. Weight in Grams: 214.
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 to ... Read more
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 to ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Gingerbread House United States
Language
Spanish
Number of pages
32
Condition
New
Number of Pages
32
Place of Publication
Westhampton Beach, NY, United States
ISBN
9780940112179
SKU
V9780940112179
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-50
About Josephine Nobisso
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.
Reviews for Peso De Una Misa
"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
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