 | An Alphabet of Catholic Saints by Brenda and George Nippert
Buy new: $12.95 / Used from: $12.94 This one has some interesting, obscure saints. Nice pictures also.
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 | Letters from Heaven: An Illuminated Alphabet by Susan Kelly Von Medicus
Buy used from: $44.57 This one is pricey but worth it.
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 | The Tale of Three Trees: A Traditional Folktale by Angela Elwell Hunt
Buy new: $10.19 / Used from: $4.00 I usually read this about 3 times a year.
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 | Mary by Brian Wildsmith
Buy used from: $24.36 This one is gorgeous and easy to read and understand. It's a nice length also.
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 | Mary by Demi
Buy new: $16.96 / Used from: $0.06 This book is something else. The endpapers have Mary as she has appeared on Earth. It's very long, so we read sections at a time.
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 | Mary: The Mother of Jesus by Tomie dePaola
Buy used from: $37.65 This one is pretty long to read in one sitting. It's divided up by events in Mary's life, so I usually just read the pages that talk about what we are studying.
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 | All Things Bright and Beautiful by Cecil Frances Alexander
Buy new: $6.95 / Used from: $1.16 This one is always popular.
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 | The Loyola Treasury of Saints: From the Time of Jesus to the Present Day by David Self
Buy new: $19.11 / Used from: $14.99 This one is laid out really nicely.
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 | New Picture Book of Saints: Illustrated Lives of the Saints for Young and Old, Saint Joseph Edition by Lawrence G. Lovasik
Buy new: $8.95 / Used from: $0.03 The pictures in this one can be a tad melodramatic, but the info is great.
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 | Saints and Angels by Claire Llewellyn
Buy new: $11.55 / Used from: $0.01 This one I really like. It's large in size, which makes it easier to share when reading.
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 | Saints by Ruth Sanderson
Buy new: $8.50 / Used from: $9.98 Gorgeous. Only a small number of early Church saints in it though. I pull it off the shelf half the time to be disappointed because the saint I'm looking for isn't in there.
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 | More Saints: Lives & Illuminations by Ruth Sanderson
Buy new: $15.00 / Used from: $6.79 This one is equally beautiful as volume 1.
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 | The Children's Book of Saints by Louis Savory
Buy used from: $0.01 This one I love. It was a gift from my dad when I received my First Communion. I still reach for my battered copy when I need a good, concise description of a saint.
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 | Illustrated Book of Saints: Inspiring Lives in Word and Picture by Thomas J. Donaghy
Buy new: $10.16 / Used from: $0.50 This book is a large size with good info, but, whoa Nellie, the pictures. VERY over-blown and dramatic... Mary Magdalene is a blonde haired, blue eyed woman who looks like she belongs on a romance novel cover. However, the kids love this version the best and they love the pictures!
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 | Brigid's Cloak: An Ancient Irish Story by Bryce Milligan
Buy new: $8.50 / Used from: $8.57 Sweet Irish saint story. Could also be read at Christmas.
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 | Saint Valentine by Robert Sabuda
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $0.01 Mosaics tell the life of Saint Valentine.
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 | Love Is . . . by Adapted From The King James Bible
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $1.97 We learn this verse in February. Goes good with St. Valentine.
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 | Patrick: Patron Saint of Ireland by Tomie dePaola
Buy new: $6.95 / Used from: $0.01 For the best-known Irish saint, of course! This one is always very popular.
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 | Saint Patrick by Lawrence Lovasik
Buy new: $1.50 / Used from: $0.01 This is a nice little story book.
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 | Saint Patrick and the Peddler by Margaret Hodges
Buy used from: $0.59 As one student of mine has said... "When Saint Patrick yells at you, you'd better do what he says!"
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 | St. Patrick and the Three Brave Mice by Joyce Stengel
Buy new: $12.44 / Used from: $7.97 Can you guess one of my favorite saints?
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 | Saint Francis of Assisi: A Life of Joy by Jr., Robert F. Kennedy
Buy new: $12.91 / Used from: $2.41 Gorgeous and very, very, long. I read the Canticle of Sun part.
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 | Saint Francis by Brian Wildsmith
Buy new: $13.60 / Used from: $1.25 Wildsmith does such good stuff!
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 | Francis: The Poor Man of Assisi by Tomie dePaola
Buy new: $9.95 / Used from: $3.10 Another long one. Worth it though.
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 | The Song of Francis by Tomie dePaola
Buy new: $11.55 / Used from: $8.49 Can you guess another favorite of mine?
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 | Our Lady of Lourdes by Lawrence G. Lovasik
Buy new: $11.70 / Used from: $0.01 For the feast day of Our Lady of Lourdes.
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 | I Believe: The Nicene Creed
Buy used from: $20.60 Requires some "on-the-fly" editing... the wording of the prayer is different than the one we use.
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 | The Legend of Saint Christopher by Margaret Hodges
Buy used from: $4.74 Beautiful. Always gets to the kids too.
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 | Christopher: The Holy Giant by Tomie dePaola
Buy new: $17.95 / Used from: $0.52 This book is very charming. I wish St. Christopher would be restored in the Church calendar.
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 | To Every Thing There Is A Season by Leo Dillon
Buy new: $12.91 / Used from: $0.18 This is our Bible verse for May. This book does a beautiful, unique way of illustrating the famous words.
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 | Water Dance by Thomas Locker
Buy new: $7.00 / Used from: $1.99 I use this book to introduce Baptism.
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 | Jesus by Brian Wildsmith
Buy new: $13.22 / Used from: $10.97 An accessible telling of the life of Jesus.
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 | Jesus by Demi
Buy new: $16.96 / Used from: $0.01 Very long... we read sections of it.
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 | Life Of Jesus For Children (The Light Of The World) by Katherine Paterson
Buy new: $12.23 / Used from: $5.97 Probably the best version of Jesus' life for K.
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 | The Lord is My Shepherd
Buy new: $12.23 / Used from: $8.99 Beautiful and kind of sad... like the verse itself.
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