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Saint Bernadette and the Miracles of Lourdes
Each year, millions of people from all over the world bathe in the water of a spring in Lourdes, France. They come to pray for physical and spiritual healing and to remember a young girl who was chosen by the Mother of Jesus to draw us closer to her Son. Captivatingly illustrated with delicate mixed media―watercolor, inks, gold overlays, and collage―this lovely book tells the story of Saint Bernadette and the beautiful lady, the miraculous spring, and the wonders that continue to make Lourdes a sign of God's tender love for humanity, and especially for the sick. This book has a very precious look with its lovely gold overlays, and its very unique art. It has a quite different style from the other volumes in the "Life of a Saint" series. Ages 5 and up.
- GenresChildrensPicture Books
48 pages, Hardcover
Published September 1, 2017
About the author
Demi
164 books168 followersDemi (September 2, 1942) born Charlotte Dumaresq Hunt, is an award-winning children’s book author and illustrator. During her career she has published over 300 titles.
Demi was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She is the great-grand daughter of the American painter William Morris Hunt, and the great-grand niece of architect Richard Morris Hunt. Demi earned her nickname as a young child when her father started calling her demi because she was half the size of her sister.
She studied art at Instituto Allende, Mexico, and with Sister Corita at the Immaculate Heart College in Los Angeles. She was a Fulbright scholar at the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, India where she received her Master’s degree.
Demi is known for her biographies for spiritual figures including Buddha, Krishna, Lao Tzu, Jesus, Mary (mother of Jesus), Muhammad, Rumi, Francis of Assisi, Gandhi, and the Dalai Lama.
In 1990, Demi and her husband Tze-si “Jesse” Huang represented the United States at the First Children’s International Book Conference in Beijing.
Source: Wikipedia
Demi was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She is the great-grand daughter of the American painter William Morris Hunt, and the great-grand niece of architect Richard Morris Hunt. Demi earned her nickname as a young child when her father started calling her demi because she was half the size of her sister.
She studied art at Instituto Allende, Mexico, and with Sister Corita at the Immaculate Heart College in Los Angeles. She was a Fulbright scholar at the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, India where she received her Master’s degree.
Demi is known for her biographies for spiritual figures including Buddha, Krishna, Lao Tzu, Jesus, Mary (mother of Jesus), Muhammad, Rumi, Francis of Assisi, Gandhi, and the Dalai Lama.
In 1990, Demi and her husband Tze-si “Jesse” Huang represented the United States at the First Children’s International Book Conference in Beijing.
Source: Wikipedia
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December 7, 2017
Saint Bernadette and the Miracles of Lourdes is a children's book written and illustrated by Demi. The book begins by speaking of a miller and his wife, named Francois and Louise Soubirous. Their first child was a girl named Bernadette. Louise had an accident shortly thereafter and another woman had to care for Bernadette. Soon she had a sister named Toinette. When Bernadette was ten, her family lost their mill and Bernadette had to go live and work with the woman who cared for her. Bernadette was a shepherdess for this woman. It was this profession that would eventually change her life, as it was during this time that her devotion to the Rosary grew. One day Our Lady appeared to her in an apparition. No one believed her for the longest time despite the miracles. Bernadette was even threatened with jail time if she kept going back to the grotto where she saw Mary, but Bernadette's faith was strong. Today, Bernadette is a saint and that grotto, Lourdes, is a Catholic shrine that greets six million visitors annually. The book tells the story beautifully, making sure not to miss a single detail, and this story is vividly captured in a unique illustration style that keeps drawing your eye from page-to-page. This is an excellent book to introduce your children to St. Bernadette and Our Lady of Lourdes.
November 3, 2017
For believers, I'm sure this is a wonderful story. It's certainly informational - I'd heard of Lourdes, but didn't know all the details behind it. Bernadette's life was certainly not an easy one.
Demi's signature illustrations are gorgeous!
Demi's signature illustrations are gorgeous!
August 8, 2021
A very sweet story about Saint Bernadette. The illustrations were beautiful but I didn't find the text to be as engaging. To interest students one must include facts or details that they can relate to. I would have liked seeing a few more of these in the book.
August 19, 2018
A miraculous Mary in a grotto with a healing spring?! When is the next flight to Lourdes? Another lovely book of a saints life by Demi.
February 3, 2020
This is a very informative book.
April 3, 2024
I have been loving Demi's work, but not this one so much. I had a real problem with the artwork.
She used these beautifully painted people and set them on a plain watercolor background. I really didn't like the effect. I don't think it worked. It was very surreal, I suppose.
The story is about St. Bernadette who I've never heard of. Being raised baptist, we didn't talk about all the saints. It's too bad because it's sort of interesting.
Bernadette was a poor cheerful girl. One day at the river she sees a vision of Mary. As she prays to Mary in the 1860's, people notice her and they all start to show up. One day, Mary tells Bernadette to drink from a newly formed spring. She does and the spring flows forth. Later several people dip their bodies in the spring and are healed. The spring becomes important.
Today in Lourdes, there is a large Cathedral where that spring is and miracles still happen in it. Some people still see Mary to this day.
A nice story I didn't know. I simply wasn't impressed with the medium it was told in. I guess I expect more from Demi now.
She used these beautifully painted people and set them on a plain watercolor background. I really didn't like the effect. I don't think it worked. It was very surreal, I suppose.
The story is about St. Bernadette who I've never heard of. Being raised baptist, we didn't talk about all the saints. It's too bad because it's sort of interesting.
Bernadette was a poor cheerful girl. One day at the river she sees a vision of Mary. As she prays to Mary in the 1860's, people notice her and they all start to show up. One day, Mary tells Bernadette to drink from a newly formed spring. She does and the spring flows forth. Later several people dip their bodies in the spring and are healed. The spring becomes important.
Today in Lourdes, there is a large Cathedral where that spring is and miracles still happen in it. Some people still see Mary to this day.
A nice story I didn't know. I simply wasn't impressed with the medium it was told in. I guess I expect more from Demi now.
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