Twenty days! We are halfway through the Fast and celebrating the feasts of St. Barbara and St. John of Damascus today!
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oday's book is one I've blogged about in the past. I'm just repeating that blog here. The book is The Donkey and the Golden Light, which is a lovely folktale about a donkey whose life is closely tied to that of Christ. I won't give away the details. It also has beautiful illustrations. These were inspired by the paintings of Pieter Bruegel the Elder. In the back there is an explanation about each illustration and the painting that inspired it. We've had this book for years. Last year we studied the art of Pieter Bruegel in school with my then first grader. I didn't even remember it's connection to this children's book. Then when we pulled out this book to read this year, my son recognized one of the illustrations as being just like one of the paintings we had studied!! One of the things I really like about this book is that at the back it lists all of the illustrations along with an explanation of which Bruegel painting inspired that illustration. So this book would be great for art study in addition to being beautiful as a Christmas (and Pascha!) story.
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