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Sacred Places by Jane Yolen (1996, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherHoughton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
ISBN-100152699538
ISBN-139780152699536
eBay Product ID (ePID)42723
Product Key Features
Book TitleSacred Places
Number of Pages40 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1996
TopicPeople & Places / General, Subjects & Themes / Inspirational & Religious, Poetry / General
IllustratorYes, Shannon, David
GenreJuvenile Fiction, Poetry, Juvenile Nonfiction
AuthorJane Yolen
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.4 in
Item Weight17.6 Oz
Item Length11 in
Item Width9.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceJuvenile Audience
LCCN92-030323
ReviewsYolen and Shannon, previously paired for the rollicking Ballad of the Pirate Queens, turn solemn in this verse-and-picture tour of sacred places around the world. Visiting 12 sites, the book attempts, with mixed results, an empathetic introduction to a variety of beliefs and practices from past and present religions. Subjects range from the ambiguous oracle of Delphi, speaking truth "from the perfumed cave,/ from the earth's dark center,/ from the navel of the world," to the Shinto shrine Itsukushima. While she relies heavily on repetition, Yolen's approaches vary: "Wailing Wall" reflects a contemporary view of Jerusalem; "Easter Island" asks who made the great carved heads; "Cathedrals" echoes the rhythms of nursery rhymes ("This is the crypt,/ This the nave,/ This the apse,/ These the graves"). Shannon's paintings more successfully capture different moods, as in a brooding and mist-shrouded Stonehenge, a glowing image of a stained glass window or a night view of Uluru (Ayers Rock) with animal forms from the Dreamtime creeping up its side. A bookend poem, "Hush," calls for respect and on its second appearance grandly but unconvincingly asserts that "Since you have been here,/ truth has been shaped,/ truth has been shifted,/ truth has been shown in its many forms." Ages 6-12., Grade 5-9?Holy in the distant past (Delphi), or still sacred today (Mecca), the sites of Yolen's poetic tributes include some of the world's most celebrated spiritual and cultural power centers. The poems evoke, rather than describe, their subjects, with brief additional information on each provided in an appendix. Nevertheless, many of the references to places, gods, and concepts require further research for comprehension. Of the 12 sites chosen, one is in the U.S., one in Honduras, two each in the Middle East and the Pacific, and three each in Asia and Europe. Since one of the "places" in Europe is the vast category "cathedrals," Europeans appear disproportionately blessed with sacred sites. An otherwise helpful map unavoidably highlights the utter absence of sacred places in Africa and South America. The familiar "Ayers Rock" is rightly called Uluru, but Jerusalem's Western Wall is still tagged "Wailing Wall" here. Shannon's paintings are compelling. Recognizably realistic, they are nevertheless given expressionistic emphasis, from point-of-view, composition, coloring, or simplification of form, to suggest their spiritual dimension. Browsers may be attracted by the pictures, and if the text is too allusive for some readers, others may accept the mysteries as part of the allure of the sacred.'Patricia (Dooley) Lothrop Green, St. George's School, Newport, RI
Dewey Edition20
Grade FromFirst Grade
Dewey Decimal811/.54
Grade ToFifth Grade
SynopsisFrom such sacred sites as Easter Island and the Mayan temple of Copán to Jerusalem's Wailing Wall and the Christian cathedrals of Europe, this magnificent collection of poems and paintings captures the essence of twelve holy and magical places throughout the world. A notes section gives information about further research into each of the places.
LC Classification NumberPS3566.L27
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