cover image Francis: The Poor Man of Assisi

Francis: The Poor Man of Assisi

Tomie dePaola. Holiday House, $9.95 (0pp) ISBN 978-0-8234-0812-2

In lively prose and folksy paintings, dePaola tells of the Italian brother who forsook his worldly possessions to travel from village to village helping the poor and sheltering animals. All ages. (Mar.)