Christopher: The Holy Giant
Title | Christopher: The Holy Giant PDF eBook |
Author | Tomie dePaola |
Publisher | Open Road Media |
Pages | 37 |
Release | 2013-06-18 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1480411337 |
A stunning picture-book interpretation of the legend of St. Christopher Because of his stature, Reprobus the giant sets off to serve the most powerful ruler in the world. At one point during his travels, the giant uses his impressive strength to carry travelers across a fast-flowing river. One stormy night, he risks his life to help a small child across. With each step, the river rises higher, the wind blows harder, and his passenger grows heavier. Finally safe on the other side, the child reveals that he is Jesus, and renames Reprobus “Christopher,” or “Bearer-of-Christ.” Stunning illustrations accompany the dramatic text in this picture book portrayal of the legend of Christopher. This fixed-layout ebook, which preserves the design and layout of the original print book, features read-along narration by the author.
Christopher
Title | Christopher PDF eBook |
Author | Tomie De Paola |
Publisher | |
Pages | 32 |
Release | 1996 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 9780718829520 |
As Reprobus carries a child across a river one stormy night, the boy gets heavier and heavier until Reprobus feels he is carrying the world on his shoulders--thus goes the legend of the name Christ-bearer, or Christopher.
Legend of Saint Christopher
Title | Legend of Saint Christopher PDF eBook |
Author | Margaret Hodges |
Publisher | Eerdmans Books for Young Readers |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2009-09-23 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 9780802853608 |
The legend of Saint Christopher, first written in the thirteenth century, tells the story of a strong man named Offero, who wants to find the greatest ruler in all the world and to serve him as his bearer. Offero's search is in vain until a mysterious child at a riverside asks Offero to carry him over the river. Only after Offero has carried the child over the river does he discover the child's true identity. Then Offero's name is changed to Christopher. / Author Margaret Hodges retells with power and simplicity this unforgettable tale of the man who became known as the patron saint of travelers. And illustrator Richard Jesse Watson has created hypnopompic paintings that dramatically capture Offero's journey and the brilliance of his discovery of the One he sought. / Based on old nursery rhymes, the poetic text by Newbery Honor winner Kathi Appelt and the beautiful light-filled paintings of Debra Reid Jenkins combine to make this gentle bedtime story a perfect illustration of God s abiding love.
Big Giant Floating Head
Title | Big Giant Floating Head PDF eBook |
Author | Christopher Boucher |
Publisher | Melville House |
Pages | 225 |
Release | 2019-06-18 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1612197582 |
"Boucher makes the world come alive by making language come alive." —George Saunders, Lincoln in the Bardo A WILDLY INVENTIVE, HEARTBREAKING, AND HILARIOUS NEW NOVEL ABOUT A MAN WHOSE LIFE IS FALLING APART . . . IN VERY BIZARRE WAYS . . . After his wife announces on Twitter that she's leaving him, Christopher's life in small-town Coolidge just goes from one catastrophe to another. He contracts a strange illness that divides him in half, undergoes a failure competition, and is driven to join a cult called The Unloveables. How did it all get this bad? How can he regain his bearings, and find meaning and love once again? Heartfelt and riotously imaginative, Big Giant Floating Head is the daring, dazzling account of a man’s struggle with love, loss and redemption.
Petook
Title | Petook PDF eBook |
Author | Tomie dePaola |
Publisher | |
Pages | 32 |
Release | 2021-03-08 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 9781621644576 |
Petook is a snowy white rooster and proud of his wife's new brood of chicks, and quick to protect them from an intruding young stranger named Jesus walking through the garden. But when he sees the child kneeling in wonder and caressing his newborn chicks, Petook is soothed and crows happily. Years later, Petook, whose home is in sight of Calvary's hill, is awaiting another hatching and becomes strangely agitated when he sees men being lifted onto crosses there. He doesn't know that one of the men being crucified is the same boy who visited Petook's family long ago. But three days later on Easter morning, as a new brood of chicks hatches that coincides with the Resurrection of the stranger, Petook is inspired to crow with great joy, celebrating the mystery of new life.
Mary, the Mother of Jesus
Title | Mary, the Mother of Jesus PDF eBook |
Author | Tomie dePaola |
Publisher | Open Road Media |
Pages | 37 |
Release | 2013-06-18 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1480411388 |
A beautifully illustrated picture book portrayal of the life of Mary, mother of Jesus Mary has captured the hearts of people throughout the centuries. Great cathedrals have been built in her honor. Many Christians venerate her image. Nearly 80,000 visions of Mary have been claimed since the third century AD. Drawing on scripture, legend, and tradition, Tomie dePaola re-tells the story of Mary’s life in fifteen beautifully illustrated, child-friendly segments. This is a fixed-format ebook, which preserves the design and layout of the original print book.
Christopher
Title | Christopher PDF eBook |
Author | Tomie dePaola |
Publisher | Turtleback |
Pages | |
Release | 1995-04-01 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780613872225 |
The story of Reprobus, the giant who carried a child across a stormy river.