This book was based on the Canticle of the Sun by St. Francis of Assisi, who was very devoted to nature. This was another very poetic book. It had a very definite rhyme scheme AA, BB, CC, DD, etc The book talked about all areas of nature (food, water, sun, air, etc.) and it was very simple and direct. It was written very cause and effect. It brought everything together to show how we live and survive and what mother nature creates, that people take for granted. I thought the book was kind of boring. It was too slow and it really didn't have a plot of story line in the text. There was no dialogue, but the story line and setting were rather in the illustrations. The illustrations told the story more than the text did, which was something that I haven't come across a lot. The book is more of a Sunday school read rather then something I would read to my whole class because it mentions God (it doesn't talk about Him a lot, but it seems to be a touchy subject in the schools these days). But I would have it on my book shelf for the children to look at and read if they wanted.
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