Give Us This Day: The Lord's Prayer by Tasha Tudor

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Tasha Tudor's beloved paintings enhance William Tyndale's classic sixteenth-century translation of the Lord's Prayer.

"The stately text of the Lord's Prayer...is exquisitely illustrated by the soft, rich glow of Tudor's customary delicate and sentimental watercolors. The backgrounds show rural New England of the Victorian era, filled with charming children, appealing little forest creatures, mischievous Corgi dogs and striped cats." --School Library Journal

"Images of children in turn-of-the-century New England are sentimentally framed in ribbons or flowers,...allowing them to serve as excellent discussion or meditation starters." --Booklist

Publishers Weekly

This sentimental, neo-Victorian rendering of the Lord's Prayer does an injustice to the psalm it illustrates. Angelic 19th century children scamper through most of the volume, observing with reverence God's luminous creations. Then the phrase ``Thy will be done, On earth as it is in heaven'' is illustrated by a picture of three wistful tykes placing flowers on their mother's grave. Similarly, the phrase ``But deliver us from evil'' is accompanied by a terrifying scene of a post-apocalyptic landscape, glowing red while a lone child cowers in the foreground. Parents who want to strike some old-fashioned fear of damnation into their children will be well-served by this book; other familiesreligious or notshould steer clear. All ages. (November)

Publishers Weekly

Nostalgic but lively watercolors set William Tynsdale's classic version of the Lord's Prayer against a Victorian New England backdrop featuring (mostly) cherubic children, misbehaving dogs and vistas shot through with sunshine. All ages. (May) Copyright 1999 Cahners Business Information.

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