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Saints: Lives & Illuminations Paperback – Picture Book, July 15, 2011

by Ruth Sanderson (Author)
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From well-known saints like Patrick and Francis of Assisi to such lesser-known figures as Saint Kateri Tekakwitha and Saint Bernardino, this volume brings together for the first time all of the saint stories in Ruth Sanderson’s two previous books, Saints and More Saints, now presented in combined picture book format.

Each of the saints featured -- over 70 in all -- is presented through a beautiful detailed portrait page paired with a brief biographical sketch, which includes dates, feast days, and patronage.

The book also features an introduction detailing the process of becoming a saint, a list of additional resources, and a glossary offering readers deeper insight into the historical and religious context of the saints’ lives.

Readers of all ages will be inspired and informed by the stories of these remarkable men and women who have provided spiritual examples to Christians from the very beginning of the church up to the present day.
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    8 - 12 years
  2. Print length
    80 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Grade level
    2 - 3
  5. Dimensions
    11.75 x 0.21 x 9.25 inches
  6. Publisher
    Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
  7. Publication date
    July 15, 2011
  8. ISBN-10
    0802854028
  9. ISBN-13
    978-0802854025
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“A book as beautifully illuminated, designed and printed as this artistic testimony to the lives of 40 saints from the first millennium drawn from the eastern and western churches will be treasured by all who find comfort and courage in their company. Done in pencil and oil on paper, the attractive full-page presentation of picture and text will delight young and older alike.”
―Prairie Messenger

“Forty stories of Christian saints from the first millennium are illustrated with appropriately gorgeous, pencil-and-oils-on-paper art.”
―Kirkus Reviews

“This compilation of saints almost feels like a throwback to another era. . . . Each saint gets a lovely oil-and-pencil portrait that takes up a third of the page and an overview of his or her life.”
―Booklist

“Opulently illustrated. . . . For those interested in sharing inspiring stories of Christian devotion with children, this volume is well designed, attractive, and easy to use.”
―School Library Journal

About the Author

Ruth Sanderson has illustrated many books for children,including Cinderella and The Snow Princess(both Little, Brown) and the companion volumes Saints:Lives and Illuminations and More Saints: Lives andIlluminations. Her artistic style is inspired byRenaissance art, icons, illuminated manuscripts, oldengravings, and woodcuts. She lives in Easthampton,Massachusetts.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Eerdmans Books for Young Readers (July 15, 2011)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 80 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0802854028
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0802854025
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 8 - 12 years
  • Grade level ‏ : ‎ 2 - 3
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 14.4 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 11.75 x 0.21 x 9.25 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
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I loved two things the most when I was growing up - fairy tales and horses. I used to play in an abandoned theme park near a friend's house ---our imaginations went wild there. I loved a little stone cottage which was supposed to be the house of the Seven Dwarves. And over the past 40 years I have been drawing and painting fairy tales and horses (among other things) for the 90+ books I have illustrated. Many of my fairy tales are now back in print, including THE TWELVE DANCING PRINCESSES, CINDERELLA, and THE SNOW PRINCESS. I also illustrate the HORSE DIARIES series from Random House. A STORM OF HORSES is a picture book biography I wrote and illustrated about the French artist Rosa Bonheur, who painted an 8x16-foot painting titled the Horse Fair in the 1850's.

I love cats. A CASTLE FULL OF CATS is a humorous story in rhyme. GOLDEN DREAMS, THE ART OF RUTH SANDERSON, is an art book on my 40+year career as an illustrator. I enjoy creating coloring books for adults and have coloring tutorials on YouTube.

Visit www.ruthsanderson.com for the latest about my upcoming books, including news on more upcoming coloring book releases, and I sell signed copies of books, prints, and original art. I am on facebook at RuthSandersonART

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Lynne
5.0 out of 5 stars Must see book. You won't regret it. A+A+A+A+A+
Reviewed in the United States on December 3, 2016
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I love Ruth Sanderson's art and books. They are very enlightening and amazing. Definitely love her illustrations. Ruth's books are a must see. You will love them. Check it out.
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GRANDMAx7
5.0 out of 5 stars VERY NICE SAINTS BOOK
Reviewed in the United States on December 24, 2013
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MY GRANDDAUGHTER ASKED FOR A BOOK OF SAINTS FOR CHRISTMAS AND I AM QUITE PLEASED WITH THE QUALITY OF THIS BOOK I KNOW SHE WILL LOVE IT. I WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND
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5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on February 27, 2016
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Didn't realize this was such a small book- small as in height, not in pages. Content is great
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R. Long
5.0 out of 5 stars Gorgeous illustrations!
Reviewed in the United States on February 21, 2017
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Simply beautiful illustrations and a nice short story that tells about each saint.
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Joan Troy
5.0 out of 5 stars Amazon
Reviewed in the United States on October 22, 2012
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The book met my expectations and arrived in a timely manner. I plan to use it with my CCD classes. I will know if it suits the purpose later.
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David Crumm
5.0 out of 5 stars Collection of Saints Perfect for Families with Important "Newer" Saints
Reviewed in the United States on July 17, 2010
This is NOT merely a book for children. Millions love saints. Their heroic goodness fuels our own hopes, because unlike fairy tales--the lives of saints supposedly are factual. I add "supposedly" because we all know that many saints' lives are part fact and part legend. One reason I'm so strongly recommending Ruth Sanderson's new "Saints: Lives and Illuminiations" today is that her collection of more than 70 saints' stories and iconic illustrations leans toward some of the documented real-life saints of particular interest to North Americans.

For example, you'll find St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, pioneering American educator and passionate advocate for the poor and orphaned. Plus, Sanderson has included two saints who the Vatican has not yet officially canonized, but who already are very important: One is Mother Teresa, whose personal example of service as well as her writings continue to inspire millions around the world. The other very welcome addition in this regard is Kateri Tekakwitha, the remarkable 17th-century Algonquin-Iroquois woman who now is widely regarded as patronness of ecology, the environment and youth. While the Vatican has not yet canonized them, which is the Vatican's official declaration of their sainthood, Christian teaching clearly indicates that they're both saints already.

What most impressed me about this collection, though, is the inclusion of another very important saint: St. Moses the Ethiopian, sometimes known as St. Moses the Black. Sanderson includes him in this collection with an illustration depicting him as a youthful monk. So often, when St. Moses' image is displayed these days, he's shown as a much older father of the church. St. Moses is a vital bridge between Africa and the rest of the Christian world. He's also a bridge between East and West in Christianity--venerated both by Orthodox and Western-Rite Christians.

This book is not just for children, although the reading level does make it great for young readers. This book, in fact, is terrific for the whole family.
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Miryam Shoresh
5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful 1 Page/Saint Children's Book
Reviewed in the United States on October 14, 2005
This is a beautiful book for children which has one page per saint. Each page has about 2/5 of it with a beautiful colored picture of the saint. The other 3/5 of it has a equally beautiful stories of the saints. The saints included in this book are as follows.
Alexandra . . . . Anthony . . . . Augustine . . . . Barbara . . . . Basil . . . . Bede . . . . Benedict . . . . Brendan . . . . Brigid . . . . Catherine . . . . Cecilia . . . . Christopher . . . . Columba . . . . Constantine . . . . Dorothy . . . . Dunstan . . . . Edmund . . . . Eloi . . . . Ephraim . . . . Genevieve . . . . George . . . . Gregory the Great . . . . Helen . . . . Jerome . . . . John Chrysostom . . . . Kevin . . . . Lawrence . . . . Martin of Tours . . . . Mary of Egypt . . . . Maud . . . . Monica . . . . Moses . . . . Nicholas . . . . Nina . . . . Paula . . . . Patrick . . . . Scholastica . . . . Spyridon . . . . Stephen . . . . Theodora
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Marie
4.0 out of 5 stars A must for any Catholic child
Reviewed in the United States on May 25, 2015
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A lovely book for children to get acquainted with Catholic saints. This contains the biographies of 76 popular and some lesser-known saints, from St. Stephen, the first martyr of the Church to Mother Teresa, a really good collection for all Catholics to know about. This book would appeal to girls and boys alike as there is a fair distribution among male and female saints. (Note: is this a later publication as it contains more saints than listed in the description and reviews? A few saints are coupled, such as St. Scholastica and St. Benedict).

It seems to be nicely bound with a hard-cover and dust jacket. The writing is easy to read, perhaps 2nd grade and up, simple enough for children, though appealing for adults as well. The illustrations are very beautiful, done with stunning, illumination-style frames. None of your insipid, effeminate saints here! I think boys and girls alike, as well as adults, will appreciate the art in this book.

Each saint has two pages, one with an illustration and the facing page with his or her biography. The biographies are well-written. These are generally composed of several paragraphs describing the saint's life, and usually includes some anecdote from his or her life. At the bottom of the page is a mention of what the saint if patron of and the saint's feast day. At the back is a short glossary of terms used, such as "martyr" or "doctor of the church".

This makes a good gift, especially because it has a special page to personalize a dedication with a little embellished frame with "For..."--good for godparents, sponsors, etc.

I'm giving it four stars because of two reasons: I find that the book is rather small for having such excellent pictures, about 8" by 5", and some of the saints' costumes are not accurate (a pet peeve of mine), though most of the inaccuracies are mostly variations in religious habits: St. Monica in medieval garb, St. Bede in teal, St. Scholastica in blue (Benedictine=black), St. Clare in white (Franciscans=brown), St. Thomas Aquinas in a brown cloak (Dominicans=black), St. Catherine of Siena in black veil and scapular (Dominican Tertiary=white veil and white scapular, though modern orders have black veils), St. Francis Xavier in brown (Jesuits=black), St. Rose of Lima in black veil and brownish habit (Dominican Tertiary), St. Therese of Lisieux in BLACK-oh, no!(Carmelite=brown)...yes, this is a bit nit-picky of me since many illustrations in other books of saints are equally inaccurate, but many moms rely on books of Saints for dressing their little ones on All Saints Day, and I find it very confusing and embarrassing when a child is unidentifiable because Mom followed an inaccurate picture in a book.

Other than the minor inaccuracies, a thoroughly handsome book I would recommend for the family bookshelf, especially if you need to replace a current, hideous book of saints (like the one with St. Michael depicted with a Marilyn Monroe head and Schwarzenegger body-ugh!).
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freckled2much
5.0 out of 5 stars Love Sanderson's Art
Reviewed in Canada on September 1, 2013
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I bought this to do as part of our daily readings with my children after borrowing the first edition from the library. I love that the Saints the author has chosen come from both the Catholic and Orthodox streams, the illustrations are beautiful and powerful, the readings just enough for my 5 year olds attention span, and interesting enough for my 11 year old (and me) to enjoy. I also like that the Saints are presented in chronological order - as a homeschooler I can tie Saints from specific time periods into our history timeline so this book does double duty for us.
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Songbird
5.0 out of 5 stars beautiful book
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 15, 2014
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My Grandaughter loved this book, and enjoyed reading all the stories on each of the Saints. The illustrations are beautiful!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Nice introduction of saints to children
Reviewed in Canada on April 23, 2016
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We have several books illustrated by Ruth Sanderson and are glad to add this one to our collection. My 5 year old child enjoys looking at the pictures, but the text I find is a bit advanced for that age. The text has brief and not too complicated info about saint's life and contribution to Christian faith, but still some understanding of basic historical events and theological terminology (like: pagan, idol, persecuted and etc.) is necessary for young children.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Saints were people too
Reviewed in Canada on April 12, 2017
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Nice little book,could be used in instruction classes for young people

Better read by younger people ,still a nice book of stories.
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