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A review by katiekeeler
Martin de Porres: The Rose in the Desert by Gary D. Schmidt
4.0
Schmidt, G. D., & Diaz, D. (2012). Martín de Porres: The rose in the desert. Boston: Clarion Books/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Summary: Martin was not accepted well, even from his birth. But he made his mind up to do something significant in this world. He did that by caring for the unloved and the unaccepted. One person at a time, he made a beautiful stamp on this world.
Awards:
America's Award for Children's and YA Literature - Honor '13
Children's Books Of The Year 2013 - Ages 5 To 9
Pura Belpre Illustrator Award Winner 2013
Curriculum connection: In primary grades, students could read this selection, in addition to others, as a part of a study of the world's most influential, self-less people who ever lived.
Diversity: Martin de Porres was born in Peru, and much of his influential work was set in South and Central America.
Genre: Biography
Age: Primary grades
Summary: Martin was not accepted well, even from his birth. But he made his mind up to do something significant in this world. He did that by caring for the unloved and the unaccepted. One person at a time, he made a beautiful stamp on this world.
Awards:
America's Award for Children's and YA Literature - Honor '13
Children's Books Of The Year 2013 - Ages 5 To 9
Pura Belpre Illustrator Award Winner 2013
Curriculum connection: In primary grades, students could read this selection, in addition to others, as a part of a study of the world's most influential, self-less people who ever lived.
Diversity: Martin de Porres was born in Peru, and much of his influential work was set in South and Central America.
Genre: Biography
Age: Primary grades