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Mélissa Da Costa

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The Children's Book of Saints

This best-selling and beautifully illustrated book has sold more than 500,000 copies and includes the lives of 52 saints. A perfect gift for children ages 5-8. Parents will want to read the story of their child's patron saint and celebrate their feast day. Older children will be enthralled by the holy men and women who fed the poor, cared for the needy, and loved God. Teachers will share the saints' stories and pray with their students to these holy people. This is how children grow in their faith. The saints of the Catholic Church are not museum pieces or distant legends; they are living witnesses to what a human life can become when fully surrendered to grace. Teaching children about them is therefore one of the most practical forms of moral and spiritual education available.

The saints offer concrete examples of virtue in action. Abstract lessons on courage, chastity, or charity often glide past a child's understanding; the stories of Maximilian Kolbe voluntarily taking another man's place in a starvation bunker, of Maria Goretti forgiving her murderer as she died, or of Thomas Aquinas quietly mastering both faith and reason give those virtues flesh and blood. Children remember stories far longer than precepts, and the saints are the greatest storybook the Church possesses.

Features of this Book:

Hardcover
112 pages
52 saints
Beautiful colorful artwork throughout
Feast Days of the Saints
What is a Saint?
5'' x 7.5"
Large Text for young readers

Visit https: //catholicbookpublishing.com/collections/childrens-books for a complete list of Children's Book which make an excellent gift for the child in your life. Perfect for Baptisms, Penance, First Communion, and of course Christmas celebrations.

Saints Include:

Mary, Queen of All Saints
St. Agnes
St. Aloysius Gonzaga
St. Angela Merici
St. Anne
St. Anthony of Padua
St. Augustine
St. Benedict
St. Bernadette
St. Bridget of Sweden
St. Catherine Labouré
St. Catherine of Siena
St. Cecilia
St. Clare
St. Dominic Savio
St. Elizabeth of Hungary
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
St. Frances Xavier Cabrini
St. Francis of Assisi
St. Francis de Sales
St. Francis Xavier
St. Gemma Galgani
St. George
St. Helen.
St. Ignatius Loyola
St. Isaac Jogues
St. Isidore
St. Jane Frances de Chantal
St. Joan of Are
St. John the Baptist
St. John Baptist de la Salle
St. John Bosco
St. John Neumann
St. Joseph
St. Jude
St. Kateri Tekakwitha
St. Lucy
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque
St. Maria Goretti
St. Martin de Porres
St. Patrick
St. Paul
St. Peter
St. Peter Claver
St. Rose of Lima
St. Stanislaus Kostka.
St. Stephen
St. Thérèse of Lisieux
St. Thomas
St. Thomas Aquinas.
St. Thomas More
St. Vincent de Paul
All Saints Day.

The saints normalize heroic holiness. In an age that celebrates celebrity for its own sake, children need models who became "famous" for self-gift rather than self-promotion. From Francis of Assisi kissing a leper to Thérèse of Lisieux sanctifying diaper changes and dishwashing, the saints show that every state of life--rich or poor, married or consecrated, scholar or laborer--can be a path to greatness in God's eyes.

The saints teach resilience in suffering. Modern childhood is increasingly shielded from hardship; the saints remind children that pain, failure, and persecution are not aberrations but often the very arena where love is proven. Finally, the communion of saints gives children friends in heaven. A child who has "adopted" a confirmation saint learns to speak to someone who already loves him or her with perfect love and intercedes tirelessly. This friendship combats the isolation so common today and roots prayer in relationship rather than ritual.

In short, the saints do not merely decorate Catholic childhood; they form it, offering vivid proof that ordinary humans can become extraordinary lovers of God and neighbor. To deprive children of their company is to impoverish both imagination and soul.

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