From the Vision Books series of saints for young people, this is the enthralling story of the great modern apostle of youth, St. John Bosco, and his best-loved pupil St. Dominic Salvo. St. John Bosco overcame great obstacles to help deprived children find a better life through his schools and spiritual counsel. Illustrated.
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A brief, entertaining bio of Saint John Bosco,
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This review is from: St. John Bosco and Saint Dominic Savio (Vision Books) (Paperback)
This book is the perfect intro to the life of Saint John Bosco for young readers. I have always had a fondness for Saint John Bosco myself, and when I saw this book, I thought it would be a great way to teach my kids about him. So we read it together each night. Reading a chapter per night, we got through it in about two weeks.
The kids got a tremendous kick out of this book, as did I. The first part of it, detailing Saint John's early life, is full of poignant and humorous little stories about his various struggles and antics. Saint John Bosco comes across as a real person, not an impossible model of sanctity. He is full of zeal for Jesus and the Blessed Mother, and is one of those rare people who is able to combine that zeal with a magnetic personality. By doing so, he was able to touch the lives of hundreds and thousands of people and bring them closer to our Lord. Two other saints are also mentioned in this book. Saint Dominic Savio was one of Don Bosco's boys who was a model of extraordinary virtue, even at a very young age. He died at 14 and was named a saint by Pius XII in 1954--the youngest non-martyr saint. The other is Saint Maria Mazzarello, foundress of the Salesian sisters. Don Bosco encouraged Maria to found the order after they both had similar visions of ministering to wayward and poor girls. This book easily held my kids' attention (ages 7 and 6) and they constantly pestered me to read more. They especially loved the funny stories about Don Bosco's tricks as a young man, and his mysterious "dog" that seemed to appear whenever he was in danger. I'm hoping that it also gave them an appreciation for the religious life, as well as some perspective on how easy our lives our today, compared with those poor souls who lived only 150 years ago, many of whom died so young.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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Great inspirational reading for kids,
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This review is from: St. John Bosco and Saint Dominic Savio (Vision Books) (Paperback)
I got this book for my third grader. It really makes you appreciate what it means to live right. He was very impressed by this book. I would recommend to any child in 3rd or 4th grade, to get them more actively learning about the Saints.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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Inspirational and Relevant,
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This review is from: St. John Bosco and Saint Dominic Savio (Vision Books) (Paperback)
Reason for Reading: Read aloud to my 9yo as a combination of religious studies/history.
Comments: Written in a story format this book tells the life of 19th century John Bosco, one of, if not the first, person to take an active interest in the welfare of the delinquent street children. John's desire to help came to him as a child and as such he devoted himself to helping boys first by simply performing magic tricks, which he laboriously studied to perform, outside church for the payment that the boys watching must attend the Mass. As he grew older his commitment to helping stray boys who came from very poor homes or were homeless became stronger and stronger and Bosco knew as a child that he must become a priest to accomplish everything God had in mind for him. Bosco himself was from a hard working family with only a mother to support him and two brothers, the eldest who had no compassion towards John's calling. Bosco had not even been to school and yet he wanted to become a priest which required much schooling! It was impossible to envision a means to his end, but through the grace of God he always just managed to move forward along the road until he eventually became a priest and throughout it all he never stopped recruiting boys, making a clubhouse for them, a place where they could play and pray together that kept them off the streets and out of trouble. As an adult he built his first school and became parish priest to his boys. This was just the first of many schools and churches he built and organized that became the Salesian Society. He later on encouraged a godly woman to take up the vows and become the head of another branch of his society which would aim at helping girls from poverty stricken homes. During the book we are also told the short, inspiring, sad story of Dominic Savio, a young boy who was deeply spiritual and took after Don Bosco's heart and yet he was sent home to be with the Lord at only 14 years old. This is a deeply moving, spiritual story, full of the wonder and mysteries of the Catholic Church. Written well in a narrative style that will keep children engaged, there is an equal focus on the adolescent as well as the adult Bosco. The book also shows Don Bosco's tremendous sense of humour and his easy going demeanor. A truly inspiring story that is relevant today. While we read the book we celebrated January 31, the Feast of Saint John Bosco and we've also since bought prayer cards for each of us of Saint John Bosco. The 9yo was very inspired by the story. Once John Bosco grew up and became a priest ds said that the book was getting much more exciting now "but" he said "I don't want to be a priest." That's ok, I told him, you can do God's work in many other ways without becoming a priest. Inside, I was thinking, I don't want you to be a priest either honey because I'm hoping for some grandbabies in my old age! And upon completion of the book, which ends with John Bosco's canonization ds's final words were "That was really good, Mum!". I concur.
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