New “Susie’s Book Nook” YouTube Episode! St. Francis Books

There is a new ‘Susie’s Book Nook’ children’s book review live on YouTube!

The books reviewed by Susie this week are: Francis, The Poor Man of Assisi, by Tomie de Paola and Brother Sun, Sister Moon (Which is a Canticle of the Creatures written by St. Francis) but this book is reimagined by Katherine Paterson.

“I have many favorite books about St. Francis so to select just one or two to recommend and share with you is very hard, but here it goes!

This particular book, Francis, the Poor man of Assisi by Tomie de Paola, he captures Francis’ life before and after recognizing his calling from God. Stories that children find enthralling as Francis “preaching to the birds,” or taming the wolf in Gubbio, or creating the Christmas story outside in a cave near Greccio are all included.

In ‘Brother Sun, Sister Moon’ , Katherine retells this canticle/hymn of St. Francis in a poetic language while maintaining Francis’ understandings of all creation, all life itself, all nature and all community and family, being connected to our creator. The canticle is very beautiful in itself. But this book’s illustrator Pamela Dalton has created an amazing and exciting way to bring this canticle to life….”
Click on the link to see the full YouTube review :)!

This book review puts a spotlight on well-written and thought-provoking books focused on the topics of creation care and social justice. This is a great resource for parents everywhere to help them find those unique stories for their children that are both fun to read and bring about awareness.

A Book Review for Parents with Kids and Teens!