Loyola Kids Book of Saints [Hardcover]

Amy Welborn (Author), Ansgar Holmberg (Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up | Series: Loyola Kids

Book of Saints

Who are the saints, why are the lives of saints important for children, and what can children learn from lives and actions? In Loyola Kids Book of Saints, the first in the Loyola Kids series, best-selling author Amy Welborn answers these questions with exciting and inspiring stories, real-life applications, and important information about these heroes of the church. This inspiring collection of saints’ stories explains how saints become saints, why we honor them, and how they help us even today. Featuring more than sixty saints from throughout history and from all over the world, Loyola Kids Book of Saints introduces children to these wonderful role models and heroes of the church. Ages 8-12.

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From the Publisher

Loyola Kids Book of Saints is the first title in a new series of children's books from Loyola Press. In each chapter, children will find:

*The dates when the saint lived, the saint's feast day, and an original illustration of the saint
*Stories about the saint's life and work, written in a conversational, friendly style
*Ways to apply the saints' stories to their own lives, plus a discussion question based on the story

From the Author

"In this book, you'll read about lots of saints from all over the world and from all across time. You'll see that holiness doesn't have boundaries. Any person of any age, living anywhere at any time, can put Jesus first and let God strengthen him or her to do marvelous things. Even you!"

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 8 and up
  
• Hardcover: 307 pages
• Publisher: Loyola Press; First Edition, First edition (September 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0829415343
• ISBN-13: 978-0829415346
• Product Dimensions: 10.4 x 7.1 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #39,164 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #3 in Books > Children's Books > Religions > Christianity > Biographies
  • #11 in Books > Children's Books > Biographies > Religious
  • #31 in Books > Christian Books & Bibles > Catholicism > Saints

More About the Author

I'm a freelance writer living in Birmingham, Alabama. I've written many books on various elements of Catholic life: spirituality, saints and history.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

89 of 89 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book for Religious Education teachers., November 25, 2002

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dave c "dave c" (Indianapolis, IN United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Loyola Kids Book of Saints (Hardcover)

I teach second-grade Religious Education at our local parish. I first saw this book at the library and thoght it might be fun to start a class feature called "Saint of the Week." It quickly became the kids' favorite part of the weekly class. The accounts of the lives of these Saints are all lively and interesting enough to keep the class's attention, and the author still manages to be reverent in tone. Older kids, I am sure, would also enjoy the stories, which are long enough to contain some very interesting details, but not so long as to lose the audience's attention. Then again, how can you lose a class's attention when you tell them the true story of, for example, St. Thomas More or St. Joan of Arc?

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great for Bedtime, January 9, 2007

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Cursor (Arizona) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Loyola Kids Book of Saints (Hardcover)

Amy Welborn has produced an excellent book that brings the lives of the Saints to children at a level they can enjoy and understand. I read a variety of stories and literature to my two sons' before they fall asleep each night. However, we often decide to read a couple stories from the Loyola Kids Book of the Saints. They are just the right length for our nightly ritual. Each story begins with a short moral dilemma or question that children can get their heads around. Then the story of a particular Saint is used to help them work through the question. The stories are always interesting, sometimes heroic, often are poignant. We especially enjoyed the stories about St. Nicholas and St. Wenceslaus this past Christmas season.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Engaging Introduction to Saints and Blesseds, October 30, 2007

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CrimsonGirl "homeschooling mom" (S.F. Bay Area, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Loyola Kids Book of Saints (Hardcover)

I would actually rate this book 4.5 stars if Amazon had that option. The reason I can't give it 5 stars is that the author does not use proper capitalization when using pronouns referring to God (i.e. "his" when it should be "His"). Also, there is some other ungrammatical language that is clearly a deliberate attempt to appeal to modern kids but that really bothers me. I know Ms. Welborn can write proper English, and as a home educator that's what I expect in the books aimed at impressionable young minds.

The stories are very engaging, and there is a good mix of familiar and unfamiliar saints and blesseds from throughout the ages. I like the organization by theme- "saints are people who...(love children, teach us new ways to pray, help the poor and sick, change their lives for God, etc.)" The author does a good job presenting the stories in an age-appropriate manner, which is always a concern given the violence many of the saints had to endure.