 | This Is Our Faith: A Catholic Catechism for Adults by Michael Francis Pennock
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $4.02 An excellent resource for catechesis. Written by a high school teacher, this book is widely used by RCIA groups to explain the basics of the Catholic faith. Includes extensive references to the CCC.
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 | Reasons to Believe: How to Understand, Explain, and Defend the Catholic Faith by Scott Hahn
Buy new: $14.93 / Used from: $13.19 Scott Hahn is a great Catholic apologist. A convert himself, he gives practical answers to the most common Protestant criticisms of the Faith.
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 | God, I Have Issues: 50 Ways To Pray No Matter How You Feel by Mark E. Thibodeaux
Buy new: $11.01 / Used from: $4.82 Wonderful and brutally honest, this is a must-have for helping teens and adults alike as they grow in their faith. Approaching God in prayer no matter how you're feeling is essential to growing in your faith, and this book encourages just that.
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 | Loyola Kids Book of Saints (Loyola Kids) by Amy Welborn
Buy new: $10.85 / Used from: $6.34 Creatively written and simply illustrated, Amy Welborn's book is the perfect addition to a 2-6 grade prayer corner.
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 | Why Do Catholics Do That? by Kevin Orlin Johnson
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $1.38 A broad range of topics succinctly and cleverly addressed by this faithful Catholic. Makes a great reference tool for your students' most difficult questions.
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 | Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church by Joseph Ratzinger
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $7.56 From the description: This 200-page volume offers a quick synopsis of the essential contents of the faith. Like the Catechism, the Compendium has a four-part structure, and includes a section on common prayers and Catholic doctrinal formulas.
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 | United States Catholic Catechism for Adults
Buy new: $16.47 / Used from: $14.75 A local catechism that explains the faith in plain language.
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 | School Year Church Year : Customs and Decorations for the Classroom by Peter Mazar
Buy new: $17.00 / Used from: $13.70 Teaching younger kids but aren't too good at bulletin boards? This book gives ideas for displays, crafts, prayers, and activities that correspond to the liturgical year. Invaluable for grade school teachers who want to make their classroom solidly Catholic.
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 | Works Of Mercy by Fritz Eichenberg
Buy new: $14.40 / Used from: $8.99 Beautifully reproduced b&w prints by the artist whose detailed and moving work is synonymous with the Catholic Worker movement. These images are rich and thought-provoking for a high school setting and can be easily reproduced to decorate a classroom (and save some money!).
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 | Millions
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $1.00 Brilliantly made film about a boy mystic who sees saints and converses with them as to how he might spend millions of British Pounds that he and his brother find. A little racy and scary for kids, but 6th grade and up might enjoy this well-done and thoroughly Catholic film.
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 | Great Christmas Stocking Gift! Catholicism - The Car & Kitchen Table Edition
A uniquely Catholic collection of 52 cards that quiz kids (mostly directed toward teens) on the basics of the Catholic faith. Beautifully produced, it makes a fun and attractive addition to your classroom
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 | The Game of Scattergories, Catholic Edition
Buy new: $22.00 Catholic Scattergories, for those days when you just can't manage to think up a lesson plan. :) A fun reward for your students that will get them thinking and laughing.
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 | Apples to Apples Bible Edition
Buy new: $21.35 Another fun game to play with your students. Make it a reward for a week of hard work or do what my sister Natalie does for her 4th grade class: write blanks up on the board for apples to apples (like so: _ _ _ _ _ _ to _ _ _ _ _ _) and when the kids "earn a letter" for good behavior, they get an Apples to Apples party.
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