Monastery Fred
12 October 2009
First there was The Nuns' Garden and now we introduce Monastery Fred!
Our dear friend, Helen Franks loved being greeted by our dog Fred on her visits. She was saddened as we were when we had to put him to sleep due to illness. However, already up her artistic sleeves was the beginnings of a new book, Monastery Fred, a little dog a bit bored in a monastery who manages to get out when the cloister gate is left open. What he finds makes him realize that the nuns’ life isn’t so boring after all! It is a wonderful story for children from 3-93! Perfect for storytelling time!
This summer Helen and her husband, Sid, celebrated with us in the parlor when the first copies arrived. In over 50 years of marriage this is the first time that Helen and Sid collaborated on a book! Sid wrote the story on the urgings (nagging?) of Helen who needed a story for her delightful illustrations. Sid is a lyricist who wrote the lyrics for songs for Frank Sinatra and Perry Como.
We hope you will enjoy this delightful little book as much as we do. It surely will make a great Christmas gift. We are also grateful to Sid Helen for donating 50% of the proceeds to the monastery!
Sid reads his story about Monastery Fred while Helen shows the appropriate illustration.
5 comments:
That looks like such a sweet book, which, of course, I will have to order from you. I don't know about you Sisters, but I sure do miss poor Fred's sweet little face on the blog. (I know you miss him, too!)
With love in Christ,
Candice
The book looks lovely! I didn't know you had to put Fred to sleep, now I understand why I wasn't seeing him lately.
Hope this helps you to get the $500.000 goal for renovation. :-)
How do we order the book?
You can easily order Monastery Fred by clicking on any of the hyperlinks of the title of the book which will bring you to our website and gift shoppe.www.nunsospummit.org.
Thank you! God bless you!
I did realize Fred is now with St. Francis. I am so sorry for your loss! I will be ordering a copy for my children, I know they will love it!
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