| Martin de Porres: The Rose in the Desert Contributor(s): Schmidt, Gary D. (Author), Diaz, David (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0547612184 ISBN-13: 9780547612188 Publisher: Clarion Books OUR PRICE: $17.99 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Religious (see Also Religious - Christian - Bio - Juvenile Nonfiction | History - Central & South America - Juvenile Nonfiction | Religious - Christian - Biography & Autobiography |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2011025721 |
| Lexile Measure: 640 |
| Series: Pura Belpre Award Winner - Illustration |
| Physical Information: 0.55" H x 9.3" W x 10.74" (0.88 lbs) 32 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Latin America - Ethnic Orientation - Hispanic - Religious Orientation - Christian - Topical - Inspiration |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 152089 Reading Level: 4.4 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 2013 Pura Belpre Award for Illustration As the illegitimate son of a Spanish nobleman and a former slave, Martin de Porres was born into extreme poverty. Even so, his mother begged the church fathers to allow him into the priesthood. Instead, Martin was accepted as a servant boy. But soon, the young man was performing miracles. Rumors began to fly around the city of a strange mulatto boy with healing hands, who gave first to the people of the barrios. Martin continued to serve in the church, until he was finally received by the Dominican Order, no longer called the worthless son of a slave, but rather a saint and the rose in the desert. |
Contributor Bio(s): Schmidt, Gary D.: - Gary D. Schmidt is the best-selling author of Pay Attention, Carter Jones; Orbiting Jupiter; the Newbery Honor and Printz Honor book Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy; the Newbery Honor book The Wednesday Wars; and Okay for Now. He is a professor of English at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan.Diaz, David: - David Diaz has illustrated numerous award-winning books for children, including Smoky Night by Eve Bunting, for which he was awarded the Caldecott Medal; The Wanderer by Sharon Creech, which received a Newbery Honor; and Diego: Bigger Than Life by Carmen T. Bernier-Grand, a Pura Belpré Honor Award winner. An illustrator and graphic designer for more than twenty-five years, he is also a painter and an accomplished ceramic artist. Mr. Diaz lives in Carlsbad, California.Diaz, David: - David Diaz has illustrated numerous award-winning books for children, including Smoky Night by Eve Bunting, for which he was awarded the Caldecott Medal; The Wanderer by Sharon Creech, which received a Newbery Honor; and Diego: Bigger Than Life by Carmen T. Bernier-Grand, a Pura BelpreHonor Award winner. An illustrator and graphic designer for more than twenty-five years, he is also a painter and an accomplished ceramic artist. Mr. Diaz lives in Carlsbad, California. |