The Barefoot Book of Blessings
"Dearborn's editorial choices imply a unity of spirit among a diversity of belief systems, so that her book fosters both a reverence for life's gifts and tolerance for other ways of receiving them.... The art invites scrutiny, luring readers back again and again to the rewards of the text." --Publishers Weekly<br /><br />"Recognizing that the hunger for the spiritual exists everywhere, Dearborn has compiled a series of short blessings from many cultures.... The text is set in richly decorated frames with image heaped upon image in jewel-like, iconic panels that include flora, fauna, dwellings and people of many ages and places in a profusion of color and line. Reminiscent, in both tone and image of Caitlin Matthews' The Blessing Seed (1998), the book has a gentle, inclusive voice. --Booklist<br /><br />"This book promises to earn a special place in the libraries of families seeking imaginative, nondenominational ways to bring the sacred into everyday life." --Napra Review"Dearborn's editorial choices imply a unity of spirit among a diversity of belief systems, so that her book fosters both a reverence for life's gifts and tolerance for other ways of receiving them.... The art invites scrutiny, luring readers back again and again to the rewards of the text." --Publishers Weekly"This book promises to earn a special place in the libraries of families seeking imaginative, nondenominational ways to bring the sacred into everyday life." --Napra Review