The Nativity: From the Gospels of Matthew and Luke, Little, Brown (Boston, MA), 1993. The Enchanted Wood, Little, Brown (Boston, MA), 1991. (Reteller) The Twelve Dancing Princesses, Little, Brown (Boston, MA), 1990. Black Award, Bank Street College of Education, 1992, and Young Hoosier Award, Association for Indiana Media Educators, 1995, both for The Enchanted Wood Texas Bluebonnet Award, 2003, for The Golden Mare, the Firebird, and the Magic Ring. Outstanding Science Book Award, National Association of Science Teachers, for Five Nests Notable Children's Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies, National Council for Social Studies/Children's Book Council, 1982, for A Different Kind of Gold School Library Journal Best Books designation, 1982, for The Animal, the Vegetable, and John D. Western Massachusetts Illustrators Group, Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, Society of Illustrators. Hobbies and other interests: Horseback riding. Education: Attended Paier School of Art, 1970–74. Kenneth and Victoria (Sasur) Sanderson married Kenneth Robinson children: two daughters. 'About this title' may belong to another edition of this title.Born November 24, 1951, in Ware, MA daughter of C. Ilene CooperĬopyright © American Library Association. The lives of saints continue to be a source of inspiration for many children buy this handsome book where there will be an audience. Her father struck her down with his own sword.' In Saint Cecilia's case, Sanderson writes that 'she was arrested, tortured and beheaded.' This sentence is rather jauntily followed by the statement, 'Cecilia is the patron saint of musicians and singers.' Some names are familiar (Saint Christopher is included, although he has been removed from some official lists of saints), but many are not, perhaps because Sanderson has chosen saints from the Eastern Orthodox tradition as well as from the Roman Catholic Church. In the profile of Saint Barbara, the text notes, 'When a shepherd betrayed her to her father, she was arrested, tortured and sentenced to death. Although not sensationalized, the descriptions clearly relate how many of these people were martyred. Each saint gets a lovely oil-and-pencil portrait that takes up a third of the page and an overview of his or her life.

Forty saints are introduced, two to a spread. This compilation of saints almost feels like a throwback to another era.

Saints by Ruth Sanderson