Brother Hugo and the Bear (CD-Audio)

from dutchgirldtd

Brother Hugo borrows a copy of St. Augustine's Letters, but before he returns it to the library, a bear eats it...so Hugo has to copy it out himself. This is a beautiful book. The illustrations are detailed but not distracting, and beautifully help tell the story. The book has the look of an old ...

from MaowangVater

On the first day of Lent, in medieval France, Brother Hugo confesses to his Abbot that he cannot return his library book because a bear ate it. The penance imposed on him is to travel to another monastery and borrow its copy of the same book, and make another copy to replace the one the bear ate,...

from 4hounds

I loved this...but I have to wonder who the audience is. The language is beautiful (and funny), but it doesn't seem like kids of picture-book age will get it. Maybe I'm underestimating kids? Anyway, that's why it's 4 stars and not 5. Personally, I think it's a fabulous picture book for adults! Th...

from VaterOlsen

Brother Hugo faces an unfortunate event, the loss of a library book. More unfortunately, the book was lost to a bear with a taste for them and Brother Hugo must reproduce the book by hand because it is the Middle Ages. Brother Hugo is assisted by his friends to gather the materials and begins to ...

from nbmars

This beautifully illustrated book about monks in the Twelfth Century echoes the look of manuscripts they produced. According to a Historical Note at the end of the book, this story was inspired by correspondence between Peter the Venerable of the Benedictine monastery of Cluny, and Prior Guigo of...