Martin de Porres - (Pura Belpre Award Winner - Illustration) by Gary D Schmidt (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>From the bestselling and award-winning writer Schmidt, and Caldecott-winning illustrator Diaz, comes the story of Saint Martin de Porres--an endearing tale of perseverance, faith, and triumph over racial and economic prejudice. Full color.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>2013 Pura Belpre Award for Illustration <p/>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 <i>barrios</i>. 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.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>With images of surpassing beauty and power and a text both simple and lyrical, Diaz and Schmidt tell the life of the first black saint of the Americas . . . A visual--and, it must be said, spiritual--delight.--<i>Kirkus</i> </p> </p>Schmidt's telling, touching in its simplicity, is well matched with Diaz's exceptional artwork, which is bold and referential in equal parts.--<i>Booklist, </i>starred review </p> </p>An artful and reverent portrait of a lesser-known figure.--<i>School Library Journal</i> </p><p> </p><p>Diaz's visualization of this story is magnificent.--<i>Horn Book</i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Gary D. Schmidt is the best-selling author of <i>Okay for Now</i>, the Newbery Honor and Printz Honor book <i>Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy, </i> and the Newbery Honor book <i>The Wednesday Wars</i>. Mr. Schmidt lives in Grand Rapids, Michigan. David Diaz has illustrated numerous award-winning books for children, including <i>Smoky Night</i> by Eve Bunting, for which he was awarded the Caldecott Medal and <i>Diego: Bigger Than Life</i> by Carmen T. Bernier-Grand, a Pura Belpré Honor Award winner. Mr. Diaz lives in Carlsbad, California.<br>
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