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70 Million Believers Will Welcome The Weight of a Mass!

	Catholic Press Association Award
	"One of The Best Children's Books of the Year" Selected by the Children's Book Committee at Bank Street College of Education
	An ABA Book Sense "Pick of the Lists"

Just as folk tales about African American, Jewish, Native American, and other cultural and religious traditions fill a real and active need not only on booksellers' shelves, but also for schools, and for libraries ' circle times, THE WEIGHT OF A MASS, A Tale of Faith supplies a tale rooted in Christian tradition to fill a sorely-neglected gap.

While this trade-quality fairy tale neither treats of theology, nor of the actual liturgy of the Mass itself, it presents this Christian reality with the respect and reverence due to it.

For the members of the Catholic and Orthodox churches, to whom the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass is the source and summit of their spirituality, the release of THE WEIGHT OF A MASS, A Tale of Faith has been a genuine cause for celebration.

The book includes an Author 's Postscript about the historical miracle that prompted the telling.

A comprehensive Study Sheet about the Catholic theological symbolism in the art and text of this tale can be found at:

Filling these Special Needs

A perfect solution for Communion, Confirmation and Christian gift-giving,

for both boys and girls. Appropriate for any public multi-cultural collection,

for religious education programs, and for many home schooling families.

About the Author & Illustrator

In 2000, the author was named "Distinguished Graduate " by the National Catholic Educational Association, and in 2001, the illustrator won Hungary 's equivalent to the Caldecott, "The Most Beautiful Children 's Book Prize " from the Society of Hungarian Publishers and Distributors.

Author: Josephine Nobisso

Illustrator: Katalin Szegedi

Trim Size: w 8" × h 11½" w/ Dust Jacket (hardcover only)

Pages: 32, Full Color Illustrations

Ages: All (A "Cross-over" Picture Book for Both Children and Adults)

Hardcover ISBN: 0-940112-09-4

Hardcover Price: US $17.95 Add to Cart

Paperback ISBN: 0-940112-10-8

Paperback Price: US $9.95 Add to Cart

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Also available in Spanish, in both hardcover and paperback!