The Acrobat and the Angel

by Mark Shannon

After his grandmother dies, Pe+a7quele+a7, a boy with a talent as an acrobat, finds a home at a monastery where he must give up his "carnival ways"--until he performs one last miraculous time. 50,000 first printing.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens

1 pages, Hardcover

First published September 13, 1999

Reviews

[Michelle Gray · Rating 4 out of 5]

A beautiful story with rich and lovely illustrations by David Shannon.

[♥♣Mary♦♠ If She So Pleases · Rating 5 out of 5]

Entertaining story and nice illustrations. I like how medieval it is.

[Set · Rating 5 out of 5]

I honestly love the illustrations so much that I can't help but give the book five stars. The medieval story is a bit odd for various reason, first reason being that although Catholics have prayers to specific angels, they don't pray to random statues of angels. I won't hold some events against the author because the story is fictional but it is a bit confusing to children that don't know about the Catholic church.

[Georgiana · Rating 5 out of 5]

"Such a warm book about expression of religion. "Every night before dinner, Pequele and his grandmother would kneel down to pray before the angel Pequele's mother had left them. They would give thanks for each other and, as Pequele's grandmother would say, "for the warmth and light inside us, which is all simple folks like ourselves can understand of God's mysterious ways." (J 398.244 Ac77)"

[The Brothers · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book just struck me as being really weird. It's about an orphan boy who does acrobatics and ends up with some monks. The plague is going around and he's not suppose to do acrobatics anymore and there's an angel statue he likes. All muddled up together.

Nice illustrations (by David Shannon).

[Kerry · Rating 5 out of 5]

Gave me goosebumps when I read it. This is a children's book.

[Josette · Rating 4 out of 5]

Beautiful, melancholy re-telling of a 13th century French folktale. The illustrations are lovely.

[Michael Fitzgerald · Rating 3 out of 5]

Story is good, but the pictures are not.

[Elizabeth Heath · Rating 4 out of 5]

Picture Book- A cute story about a boy who takes the plague out of a city by performing acrobats.