SKU: 1436037 Victor Hugo's Wondrous Feast
Description
Guernsey, Channel Islands, 1860
At the marketplace, a five-year-old girl is carrying a baby and crying, hungry for food. She is just one of the many needy children in the streets, and Adèle Hugo, wife of author Victor Hugo, is moved to make a difference. Victor is equally determined and organizes a Christmas party at the Hugo mansion and invites a few malnourished children, convinced that a good meal is what they need.
This first Christmas feast turns into weekly dinners every Monday where up to forty children are invited. For seven more years—week in, week out—children and adults come to the Hugo mansion for dinners and the annual Christmas feast.
This timeless, true story with beautiful illustrations will inspire young hearts to embrace empathy and do good works, especially during the holidays. Victor Hugo’s Wondrous Feast teaches that “to love is to act” and reminds us that it only takes one person to make a difference.
Pages: 32
Size: 11.375x32
David T. Warner is the author of eleven books and numerous film, television, and live presentations, including commemorative and holiday programs aired on PBS stations since 1993. A frequent collaborator with Mack Wilberg, music director of The Tabernacle Choir, Warner’s texts have been published by Oxford University Press for over two decades and include “O Light of Life,” “Let Peace Then Still the Strife,” and The Prodigal. In addition to his responsibilities as a director of film and television, theater, opera, and international concerts, Warner often oversees the design elements of his productions, providing renderings that inspire and guide collaboration among his fellow team members. The illustrations in this book offer readers a look at the visual sensibilities that have been expressed in Warner’s work for decades, including the annual Christmas concerts of The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square.