In the profile of Saint Barbara, the text notes, 'When a shepherd betrayed her to her father, she was arrested, tortured and sentenced to death. Although not sensationalized, the descriptions clearly relate how many of these people were martyred. Each saint gets a lovely oil-and-pencil portrait that takes up a third of the page and an overview of his or her life. Forty saints are introduced, two to a spread. This compilation of saints almost feels like a throwback to another era. Tikvah: children's book creators reflect on human rights. ''Magic Pillow' values wisdom over riches.' The Leaf-Chronicle (TN). 'Ruth Sanderson's 'Dancing Princesses' head to Norman Rockwell Museum'. 'Crocodile Books Gives Out-of-Print Titles a New Lease on Life'. Continuum International Publishing Group. The Continuum Encyclopedia of Children's Literature. Sanderson's illustrations have been described as evocative of the past but employing a '21st century approach to texture and brightness.' References īrowse the LC Online Catalog from her Name Authority File and sort by publication date. In the catalog her earliest works as a writer are two published in 1990, a retelling of ' The Twelve Dancing Princesses' and an original fairy tale, The Enchanted Wood (Little, Brown, LCCN 90-45096). LC catalog credits Sanderson as a writer primarily for retelling fairy tales, along with some stories from the Bible or about Christmas or about saints.

She illustrated new editions of several young-adult novels in the Nancy Drew and Bobbsey Twins mystery series.

The latter was discussed at the time in terms of how the art reflected 'the stereotypes of masculine strength and feminine weakness in vogue when it was written'.

Putnam's Sons) in 1975 and four including an edition of The Little Engine That Could in 1976. Sanderson's earliest works were published in her mid-twenties: Grandma's Beach Surprise by Ilka List (G. Sanderson demonstrating clayboard and scratchboard art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston in 2019.

Saints by Ruth Sanderson