The Prayer Tree

by Michael Leunig

Book Overview

A pocket-sized book of 29 meditations and prayers with light-hearted illustrations by cartoonist Michael Leunig. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1863710345
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: Harpercollins
• Length: 62 Pages
• Weight: 0.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.3" x 0.3" x 4.0"

Customer Reviews

One of the most beautiful, useful prayer books ever written

Yes. The fact that this tiny, brilliant book should cost 70 dollars is the same sort of crime that makes all higher education so largely unavailable. I know this all sounds hyperbolic, but truly, Michael Leunig is a too largely unsung spiritual master. These prayers are so deep, so lovely, so simple, some, of course, are so funny, that it's saddens me to know how few people -- certainly Americans, as his books are unavailable here -- will ever get to read them, or to get the comfort and perspective this little book provides. Each one has its own teeny, perfect Leunig cartoon that is, in its way, as moving and delightful as the prayer itself. I remember, once, trying to get this book from some bookseller, and was told, I believe it was by Penguin, that "Americans wouldn't appreciate it." Wrong. So stupidly wrong. If you're at all in the mood for a little sweet inspiration, buy a used copy.

The Prayer Tree

This is a wonderful book! I wish that this book was still available.

A Wonderful book for inspiration with a smile

This book contains several down-to-earth prayers that inspire and enlighten through simplicity.