Cheerful by Palmer Brown

Cheerful by Palmer Brown

An Easter story for young readers. This is the tale of a little church mouse named Cheerful who lives in the city with his parents; his brother, Solemnity; and his sisters, Faith and Hope. Cheerful and his brother and sisters spend their time frolicking in the rainbow shadows cast by the church's stained-glass windows and dining on the crumbs of wedding cakes. But while Solemnity, Faith, and Hope are happy to live in the bustling city, Cheerful's favorite spot has always been the greenest patches of light under the windows. His dream is to settle in the country, and one day he bids his family farewell and sets off on an adventure.
Palmer Brown's intricate filigreed drawings turn this sweet, simple story into an instrument of enchantment as glorious as a rose window and as intimate as the spun-sugar Easter egg that will finally carry Cheerful to his pastoral home.

Palmer Brown (1920-2012) was born in Chicago and attended Swarthmore and the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author and illustrator of five books for children: Beyond the Pawpaw Trees and its sequel, The Silver Nutmeg, Something for Christmas, Cheerful, and Hickory (all available from the New York Review Children's Collection). About Beyond the Pawpaw Trees, his first published book, Brown said, If it has any moral at all, it is hoped that it will always be a deep secret between the author and those of his readers who still know that believing is seeing.

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ISBN 13	9781590175019
ISBN 10	1590175018
Title	Cheerful
Author	Palmer Brown
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	The New York Review of Books, Inc
Year published	2012-09-18
Number of pages	72
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.