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Here There Be Angels
Exquisitely rendered duotone pencil drawings complement a collection of short stories, folktales, and poems about angels, including "Once a Good Man," "Child's Prayer," and "Brother Kenan's Bell."
92 pages, Hardcover
First published September 1, 1996
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Jane Yolen
984 books3,240 followersJane Yolen is a novelist, poet, fantasist, journalist, songwriter, storyteller, folklorist, and children’s book author who has written more than three hundred books. Her accolades include the Caldecott Medal, two Nebula Awards, the World Fantasy Award, three Mythopoeic Awards, the Kerlan Award, two Christopher Awards, and six honorary doctorate degrees from colleges and universities in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Born and raised in New York City, the mother of three and the grandmother of six, Yolen lives in Massachusetts and St. Andrews, Scotland.
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March 10, 2023
Most of the stories and poems in this collection fell flat for me. None Yolen stories are really hit or miss with me, and these were mostly misses unfortunately.
June 6, 2010
Lovely book of short stories and poems about angels by Yolen and gorgeously illustrated by David Wylgus.
“Once a Good Man” a good man is offered a reward by God, so the Chief Angel takes him to see Heaven and Hell, as he asks. “He saw long sweeping green meadows edged around with trees. He saw long wooden tables piled high with food. He saw chicken and roasts, fruits and salad, sweetmeats and sweet breads, and goblets of wine. Yet the people who sat the table were thin and pale. They devoured the food only with their eyes. The people of Hell were bound fast to their chairs with bands of steel. There were sleeves of steel from their wrists to their shoulders. There was no way they could bend their arms to lift the food to their mouths.”
There’s a poem called “The Angel of Mons” about angelic figures seen by both British and German soldiers during a World War I battle.
“Once a Good Man” a good man is offered a reward by God, so the Chief Angel takes him to see Heaven and Hell, as he asks. “He saw long sweeping green meadows edged around with trees. He saw long wooden tables piled high with food. He saw chicken and roasts, fruits and salad, sweetmeats and sweet breads, and goblets of wine. Yet the people who sat the table were thin and pale. They devoured the food only with their eyes. The people of Hell were bound fast to their chairs with bands of steel. There were sleeves of steel from their wrists to their shoulders. There was no way they could bend their arms to lift the food to their mouths.”
There’s a poem called “The Angel of Mons” about angelic figures seen by both British and German soldiers during a World War I battle.
March 6, 2010
On the whole, my least favorite of the "Here There Be..." books, HOWEVER contains my favorite heaven/hell definition I've yet come across, in a lovely retelling of a pan-cultural fable.
August 13, 2011
A wonderful set of short entries that hit the spot when you need a bit of spiritual inspiration.
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