Saints And Angels

Local Description

PUBLICATION MARCH 2013

Description

Richly illustrated with fine art, Saints and Angels describes the lives and works of many familiar and unfamiliar saints and angels. Among those included are the apostles, John the Baptist, Joan of Arc and the first native-born American saint, Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton. Details of feast days and patronages are also discussed. Coverage includes information about choirs of angels, guardian angels and fallen angels.

Author description

Claire Llewellyn is a prize-winning author of non-fiction for young readers -- in 1991, she was shortlisted for the prestigious TES Junior Information Book Award for Take One: Rubbish -- and in 1992, she won that award for My First Book of Time. Since then, Claire has written more than 100 children's books on a wide range of subjects. Ask Dr K Fisher About Animals was shortlisted for the 2008 Royal Society prizes for Science Books Junior Prize.