treasures of the snow by patricia st john

The narrative is centred on three children, and explores love, hatred, death, disability, repentance, self-sacrifice, forgiveness and reconciliation. The story is set in Switzerland, where the author spent some time as a child, and is written for children aged eight and above.

I remembered the faces of those who had seen the first photographic exhibition of the horrors of Belsen and the state of the bombed cities of Europe the resentment of those who could not forgive others, the remorse of those who could not forgive themselves, and I knew that this generation of children needed, above all things, to learn the meaning of forgiveness'. I remembered the boys coming back from the war to wives who had proved unfaithful. The theme was forgiveness – as she wrote in her autobiography: ' The world was settling down after the war, but as the atrocities came to light there was so much anger and hatred.

John's second book, started soon after the end of World War II. An audiobook version in English was produced by Blackstone Audio in October 2005, available in CD, MP3 and audio cassette formats. Over the years it has been translated into and published in many languages, including French, Hungarian, Finnish, Danish, Chinese, Czech, German, Greek, Italian, Vietnamese, Korean, Mari, Faroese, Polish, Welsh, Serbian, Bosnian, Romanian and Russian. Originally published by CSSM in 1950, it has been reprinted over a dozen times by various publishers, including braille versions published by the Royal National Institute for the Blind in 1959 and by the Queensland Braille Writing Association in 1996. Treasures of the Snow is a children's story book by Patricia St.

Treasures of the snow by patricia st john