Eleanor Gormally, the author of Little Lucy's Family, which successfully relates adoption to the experience of the ordinary child, in this little book written rhyming verse, provides simple account of the moving yet still mysterious events at Lourdes in February 1858. She relates how Bernadette was asked by her Aquero as she called the lady to see the place became "A place where thereís healing / Of heart and of mind, / A place where thereís peace / for each pilgrim to find". The charming and effective illustrations are by Barbara Croatto. As Lourdes remains one of the most visited shrines in the world, Mrs. Gormally provides her young readers with some idea of why this is so. P.C.
