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Lives and Legends of the Saints

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This special book is a treasure. As a child, our school celebrated the feast day of many saints in the Catholic faith. This book gave me the opportunity to learn about why their lives (and their deaths) were significant. Each saint's story is one page and accompanied by a beautiful work of art depicting their life. The book also identifies each saint's honor as the "Patron Saint" of people in certain situations, or professions. Did you know that St. Christopher is the patron saint of travelers? Did you know Saint Dorothy is the patron saint of florists? With the exception of St. Patrick's day on March 17, most people do not know the dates we honor specific saints. I am pleased to inform you that this is included inside the back cover of the book. As a CCD teacher I have used this book to teach children in 5th grade about the saints and it is one of their favorite lessons. I have shared this book with friends as well have children. I strongly recommend this book for all ages.

This book portrays the lives of 20 saints in 35 pages. Two pages are devoted to to each saint, accept for Andrew, Peter, Luke and Christopher. Half of the space of each portrayal is devoted to a historical narrative of the saint's life. The remaining space has a picture of the saint from an art museum of the world. I would not recommend it for children. It reads more as a historical text than as true stories. And I believe that adults would more appreciate the pictures in this book. For books that I believe which may have more of an appeal for children please check out my other reviews.
The saints who are portrayed in this book are:
Andrew.....................Dorothea.................Joan of Arc............Martin of Tours
Apollonia...................Eustace...................John the Baptist.....Mary Magdalen
Catherine of Siena.....Francis of Assissi.....Joseph..................Michael
Cecilia......................George....................Lucy......................Paul
Christopher...............Jerome....................Luke......................Peter