A review by littlebookjockey
Brother Sun, Sister Moon: Saint Francis of Assisi's Canticle of the Creatures by Katherine Paterson

5.0

This is absolutely gorgeous in every way. I've seen other reviewers complain about the original text of Saint Francis of Assisi being dumbed down for it, though. First, he wrote this in his native Umbrian dialect, which would be inaccessible to most of today's readers, and it has since been translated into Modern English. Second, this is a picture book, meant for anyone but especially little children who are just grasping the English language. I'm all for changing up a poem if it's to make it more accessible to younger readers. That accessibility is what's important here, along with the message the book contains.