Children's Books by Age

Mother Mary Loyola

First Communion

      Around the year 1890, a rather extraordinary nun began writing a very extraordinary book: one that would help children prepare for the Sacrament of Holy Eucharist. Rather than simply teaching...

First Communion Days and True Stories for First Communicants

This collection of First Communion stories has delighted and inspired children since the original volumes first appeared in 1919 and 1920. Their enduring appeal is easy to understand: they are...

Mother Mary St. Peter

Mary the Queen

  Did you know that ancient Catholic tradition tells us that the Virgin Mary died and was laid in a tomb before her Assumption into Heaven? Or that she was raised in the Temple precincts, along with...

William Canton

The Story of St. Elizabeth of Hungary

Most people remember St. Elizabeth of Hungary for the beautiful legend of the roses. But behind that familiar image lies the extraordinary life of a young princess whose love for God and the poor...

Rev. Henry S. Spalding, S.J.

The Marks of the Bear Claws

      Paul Guibeau has spent the winter at the Mission of Saint Ignace and now is anxious to set out with Father Marquette and Sieur Joliet on their voyag

Mother Mary Loyola

Forgive us our Trespasses

      Mother Loyola's work on the subject of Confession forms one of the most remarkable of her strengths. She understood how easily the Sacrament of Penance can become something feared, postponed,...

Bible Stories for Baby Hands

New Testament Stories: Jesus Comes to Us

God promised a Redeemer to Adam and Eve; patriarchs and prophets foretold His coming. At last, the long-awaited Messiah comes to dwell among men! In the third volume of our Bible Stories for Baby...

Lisa Bergman

Panic in the Pews

      Struggling to keep your children on their best behavior during Mass? This book can help!Anyone familiar with Gellett Burgess' book The Goops

Mother Mary Loyola

The Child of God

      The Child of God bears the fitting subtitle What Comes of Our Baptism, for it takes up the great question of what it means to become a child of God,

Rev. Henry S. Spalding, S.J.

The Race for Copper Island

      The year is 1669.  In French colonial Quebec, Paul Guibeau has won fame for his bravery in fighting the Iroquois, and now he hopes to turn this success into a military career.  When he...

Rev. Henry S. Spalding, S.J.

The Sheriff of the Beech Fork

      The Sheriff of the Beech Fork continues the adventures of 15-year-old Owen Howard and Martin Cooper in the early 19th century Kentucky wilderness, as begun in

Saint Nicholas: Patron Saint of Children

Here is the tale of a saint so widely beloved that almost no one knows his true story…because they know him only as Santa Claus! But long before he became the familiar Christmas gift-bringer, St...