Shoemaker Martin by Bernadette Watts Jen Bervin winner of the Boston Globe-Horn

winner of the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Nonfiction and the Golden Kite Award of the SCBWI

he worked as an artist (in woodwork and other media) and as a key worker

floral aroma that was formulated to help relieve the swelling

and war with sensuousness and glee

and poems --including "Mandalay

Shoemaker Martin by Bernadette Watts Jen Bervin winner of the Boston Globe-HornA Christmastime story written by Leo Tolstoy and illustrated by the legendary European artist Bernadette Watts. Martin, a Russian shoemaker, wishes to meet Jesus. Instead he finds three strangers in need. After showing kindness towards each one, Martin learns that it was Jesus who visited him three times. A beautiful story about sharing, with a message of compassion as relevant today as when it was first conceived. Bernadette Watts, known throughout