Gabriel and the Hour Book by Evaleen Stein

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Gabriel and the Hour Book by Evaleen Stein - Absolutely love this book and recommend it highly.

"No works in juvenile fiction contain so many of the elements that stir the hearts of children and grown-ups as well as do the stories so admirably told by this author." -Louisville Daily Courier

"The story of a little Norman boy in the time of Louis XII, who went daily to St. Martin's abbey to help the monks who made the wonderful illuminated books….He worked with one of the monks who was the most skillful of them all on an hour book which the king wanted as a gift to his bride….Finally a little prayer to the king which he put into the book brought great fortune." -The New York Times