The healing power of community is tenderly expressed in this picture book which tells the story of Cecil, who has a broken heart, and mends it by fixing the broken valuables of the neighborhood kids. (Casey Robinson)The Awards celebrate authors, illustrators, writers, producers and directors, whose work “affirms the highest values of the human spirit” and reflect the Christopher motto, “It’s better to light one candle than to curse the darkness.”The healing power of community is tenderly expressed ...
The healing power of community is tenderly expressed in this picture book which tells the story of Cecil, who has a broken heart, and mends it by fixing the broken valuables of the neighborhood kids. (Casey Robinson)
The Awards celebrate authors, illustrators, writers, producers and directors, whose work “affirms the highest values of the human spirit” and reflect the Christopher motto, “It’s better to light one candle than to curse the darkness.”
The healing power of community is tenderly expressed in this picture book which tells the story of Cecil, who has a broken heart, and mends it by fixing the broken valuables of the neighborhood kids. This gentle, kindhearted story brings the generations of a community together to sustain and enrich one another, and it showcases the value of fixing things?and loving their history?rather than quickly discarding them.
Robinson grew up in Maine where she kept a shoebox of favorite words and phrases under her bed. When she’s not writing, she manages book events for her local indie bookseller. Her debut picture book, “Iver and Ellsworth,” was a finalist for the Crystal Kite Award and Pennsylvania Young Reader’s Choice Award. “Small Things Mended” is a New England Book Award winner, a Golden Poppy Award finalist, a Golden Kite Award finalist, a Kids’ Indie Next Pick, and was chosen for School Library Journal’s Best Picture Books 2024 list.
Whitesides is an author and self-taught illustrator born and raised in the Philippines who is now based near Los Angeles.
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Christopher Awards were also given to creators of 9 TV/Cable shows and feature films. They celebrate authors and illustrators as well as writers, producers and directors whose work “affirms the highest values of the human spirit” and reflects the Christopher motto, “It’s better to light one candle than to curse the darkness” which also guides the organization’s publishing and radio programs.
Tony Rossi, The Christophers’ Director of Communications, said, “Our award-winning stories, both true and fictional, highlight people who have the odds stacked against them, but who face their challenges with faith and perseverance, allowing them to move through the darkness into the light and serve a higher purpose than themselves. In other words, these books, films, and TV programs don’t just engage and entertain; they teach, they heal, and they inspire.”
The Christophers, a nonprofit founded in 1945 by Maryknoll Father James Keller, is rooted in the Judeo-Christian tradition of service to God and humanity. More information about The Christophers is available at www.christophers.org.
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