Two-time Newbery Award winner and National Ambassador for Young People's Literature Katherine Paterson reimagines Francis of Assisi's 1224 hymn of praise in celebration of all living things in an edition illuminated with the illustrations of a prodigiously gifted cut-paper artist new to picture books.

 

There are 36 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 2011 by Chronicle Books .

A one-time editor of Parents magazine, Pamela Dalton has owned and edited a provincial newspaper. A contributor to a wide variety of magazines and newspapers, both in Britain and overseas, she has written numerous radio scripts for the BBC. Her previous children's book was chosen for the Children's Books of the Year exhibition. She lives in Hertfordshire. Katie Paterson lives in the Midlands and is the mother of two grown children. Her ambition is to keep reading alive for children.