"Saint Patrick the Forgiver" by Ned Bustard. A Review
There are ways to tell stories, and then there are ways. Ned Bustard, creative director for Square Halo Books, Inc., curator of the Square Halo Gallery, graphic designer, and children's book illustrator, tells a tale wrapped in boisterous beat and gratifying graphics. "Saint Patrick the Forgiver", a 32-page glossy storybook, retells the life of Patrick with the cadence of an Irish ceilidh. It will keep the attention of young'uns and delight the elder readers to no end. Each page has large, delightful illustrations designed by the author, full of enough color and detail that kids will want to stop and ogle each picture. and the script is large enough for even the most frail-sighted reader. The story moves from Patrick's childhood to his time when he returns and spreads the gospel of Jesus Christ to the Gaels. Bustard even addresses a few of the legends that are not likely to be true, in a way that mentions them without embracing them as necessarily historical. Th...