Shoemaker Martin: Based on a Story by Leo Tolstoy - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0805000402 ISBN 13: 9780805000405

Synopsis

This beautiful story about sharing is a joy to read at Christmas or anytime throughout the year!

Re-designed in celebration of 50 years of working with Bernadette Watts--one of Europe's most recognized and beloved fairy-tale artists, this story is sure to win new fans as well as pleasing existing ones!

Martin, a Russian shoemaker, wishes to meet Jesus. Instead he finds three strangers in need. After showing kindness towards each one, Martin learns that it was Jesus who visited him three times. Written by Leo Tolstoy and illustrated by one of Europe's most beloved illustrators, Bernadette Watts, this story of compassion is as relevant today as when it was first conceived.

Praise for Bernadette Watts
Little Red Riding Hood, "My what big talent she has!" -- Kirkus Reviews
The Three Little Pigs, "A marvelous offering that begs to be added to everyone's storytelling repertoire." -- School Library Journal

About this title

About the Author

Bernadette Watts was born in Northampton, England, in 1942. From an early age her father always ensured that she had paper to draw on despite its scarcity in the post-war years.

At the age of six she made her first trip to the cinema to see Walt Disney's "Pinocchio," from that moment on it was clear to her that she wanted to draw. This dream started to turn to reality when she received a place to study at Maidstone College of Art where her teachers included Brian Wildsmith, William Stobbs and, later, an unknown young artist by the name of David Hockney.

In 1967 Bernadette went to the Frankfurt Bookfair for the first time. Publisher Dimitri Sidjanski was enchanted with her work and in 1968, her first book, "Little Red Riding Hood," was published by NordSud. To this day it remains in print and is among her most loved. Over the next four decades there followed an array of books illustrated by Bernadette, many of them Grimm or Andersen fairy tales but also some self-penned stories. To this day Bernadette is full of ideas for new projects although she increasingly draws inspiration from the everyday flora and fauna around her home in Kent, UK.

Synopsis

After reading his Bible, Martin the shoemake r dreams that he hears Christ saying he will come to see Mar tin the next day. Martin looks out for the important visitor , but instead finds himself helping and befriending a succes sion of ordinary folk '

Edition details

• Publication date: 1840
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0805000402
• ISBN 13: 9780805000405
• Binding: Hardcover