Saints

A Mouse and A Miracle: Bright and Original Catholic Annunciation Story for Children

1 Comment / Ages 3-8, Biblical, Book Review, Mother Mary, Picture books, Saints, Virtues /

Author: Cathy Gilmore Illustrator: Jean Schoonover-Egolf Publisher: Perpetual Light Publishing Age Range: 3 – 7 Cathy Gilmore and Jean Schoonover-Egolf have combined their remarkable talents to produce Tiny Virtue Heroes. This is a series of books for children that explore Christian virtues. Each book features an animal character who represents a particular virtue.  In this […]

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Divine Mercy for Children: A guided tour of the museum of mercy.

Leave a Comment / Ages 7 - 12, Book Review, Miracles, Prayer, Saints /

Author: Vinny Flynn with Brian Kennelly. Published: Tan Books Age Range: 8 – 14 I had mixed feelings about reviewing this book.  It is not really a “story” as such.  The book endeavours to explain Divine Mercy for children.  It is loosely held together by the notion that a narrator is guiding two children through

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The Secret of the Hidden Scrolls. Book 1: The Beginning

2 Comments / Ages 6 - 10, Biblical, Book Review, HIstorical, Mystery, Saints, Time Travel /

Author: M. J. Thomas Illustrator: Graham Howells Publisher: Worthy Kids, an imprint of Hachette Book Group, Inc. Age Range: 6 – 10 I wasn’t sure about reviewing this book because the author is not Catholic.  But I decided to include this one simply because it’s such a great book, and there isn’t anything specifically un-Catholic

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Finnian – Exciting Adventure Teen Graphic Novel

Leave a Comment / Ages 10 plus, Angels, Book Review, Boys, Comics, Fantasy, HIstorical, Saints /

Author: Philip Kosloski Artist: Michael LaVoy Published: Voyage Age Range: Parental discretion: 10 +   I bought the first four books of Finnian bound together in one volume.  The premise of the story is based on a real-life, but strange natural phenomenon – seven mountains which form an almost perfect straight line across the globe from

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Brilliant! 25 Catholic Scientists, Mathmeticians and Supersmart People

Leave a Comment / Ages 7 - 12, Book Review, HIstorical, Saints, Science /

Author: David Michael Warren Illustrator: Jaclyn Warren Published: Pauline Books and Word on Fire Institute Age Range: 7-11 It’s always such a pleasure to hold a beautifully produced hardcover book in your hands. Brilliant! Is an important book that I wholeheartedly recommend that you buy for your students, children or grandchildren.  Dispelling myths that Catholicism

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Miraculous! Catholic Mysteries for Kids

2 Comments / Ages 10 plus, Ages 7 - 12, Book Review, HIstorical, Miracles, Mystery, Saints, Science /

Author: Kathryn Griffin Swegart Front cover art: John Folley Publisher: Self Published Age Range: 8 and up. This user-friendly little book is just what teachers and homeschoolers need!  Kathryn Griffin Swegart has presented the stories of four saints and seven miracles in short story form.  Each chapter is only two or three pages long and

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Search for the Hidden Garden; A Discovery with Saint Therese

1 Comment / Ages 6 - 10, Ages 7 - 12, Book Review, Girls, HIstorical, Saints, Virtues /

Author: Sherry Weaver Smith Illustrated: Rebecca Thornburgh Published: Pauline Books Age Range: 7 – 12   Quite simply – I LOVED THIS BOOK.  What a delightfully written and crafted story.  This is one of two books in the Pauline series “Friends of the Saints”.  In this book, Saint Therese of Lisieux is fifteen years old

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The Boy Who Knew: A future Saint

1 Comment / Ages 10 plus, Ages 12 - 16, Ages 14 up, Book Review, Death/Grief, HIstorical, Saints /

Title:  The Boy Who Knew Author: Corinna Turner Publisher: Zephyr Publishing Age Range: 10 and up. This is an impressive book about a modern-day saint.  Well, actually at the time of writing, Blessed Carlo Acutis is not yet a saint, but he has recently been beatified. Corinna Turner has written this book from the point

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