The Children's Book of Saints

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The Children's Book of Saints 978-0-88271-130-0This 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.