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El peso de una misa: Un relato de fe (Spanish Edition)
Josephine Nobis
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Description for El peso de una misa: Un relato de fe (Spanish Edition)
Hardcover. Illustrator(s): Szegedi, Katalin. Num Pages: 32 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 2ADS; E. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 298 x 203 x 8. Weight in Grams: 400.
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 ... 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 and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Gingerbread House
Condition
New
Number of Pages
32
Place of Publication
Westhampton Beach, NY, United States
ISBN
9780940112155
SKU
V9780940112155
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-50
About Josephine Nobis
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 El peso de una misa: Un relato de fe (Spanish Edition)
"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