According to 21st century Catholic critics, what's so great about the Canticle of the Sun?
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You don't specify what English translation, interpretation, rendering –whatever word one uses– you read to the children, but you do link to the Wikipedia text, which is more a translation of the original language in which St Francis wrote, and I agree that it is not inspiring or beautiful poetry. But there are other attempts, one of which may be found here. There are certainly others.
But it could be simply that we do not live in a poetic age, and very few people appreciate –or even know– any poetry at all. Children weaned on video games and movies filled with series of explosions are not oriented to poetry nowadays. As for trying to "explain how awesome St Francis was," you might want to show them the Franco Zeferelli film Brother Sun, Sister Moon which was shot on location in Italy. Children nowadays are accustomed to on-screen learning. And it is a beautiful film.
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