Martin de Porres: The Rose in the Desert - Hardcover
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Availability:In StockContributor:Gary D. Schmidt, David Diaz (Illustrator)Series:Pura Belpre Award Winner - IllustrationAudience:Ages 9-12Publish date:2012-06-26Pages:32
Language:EnglishPublisher:Clarion BooksISBN-13:9780547612188ISBN-10:547612184UPC:9780547612188Book Category:Juvenile NonfictionBook Subcategory:Biography & Autobiography, History, ReligiousBook Topic:Religious, Central & South America, ChristianAward:2013 Pura Belpre Award Winner - Illustrator Award|2013 Americas Award for Children & Young Adult Literature Honorable Mention - Children/Young Adult AwardSize:10.74 x 9.30 x 0.55 inchesWeight:0.8818Product ID:SC0ADE7V1M
Martin de Porres: The Rose in the Desert
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...Language:EnglishPublisher:Clarion BooksISBN-13:9780547612188ISBN-10:547612184UPC:9780547612188Book Category:Juvenile NonfictionBook Subcategory:Biography & Autobiography, History, ReligiousBook Topic:Religious, Central & South America, ChristianAward:2013 Pura Belpre Award Winner - Illustrator Award|2013 Americas Award for Children & Young Adult Literature Honorable Mention - Children/Young Adult AwardSize:10.74 x 9.30 x 0.55 inchesWeight:0.8818Product ID:SC0ADE7V1M
Gary D. Schmidt is the best-selling author of Okay for Now, the Newbery Honor and Printz Honor book Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy, and the Newbery Honor book The Wednesday Wars. Mr. Schmidt lives in Grand Rapids, Michigan. David Diaz has illustrated numerous award-winning books for children, including Smoky Night by Eve Bunting, for which he was awarded the Caldecott Medal and Diego:...
Publisher: Clarion Books
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🏆 2013 Pura Belpre Award Winner - Illustrator Award|2013 Americas Award for Children & Young Adult Literature Honorable Mention - Children/Young Adult Award
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