Children's Books by Age

Mother Mary Loyola

Jesus of Nazareth: The Story of His Life Written for Children

      James Cardinal Gibbons was Archbishop of Baltimore when he asked Mother Loyola to write this story of the Life of our Lord. As a revered author himself, and considering the number of such stories available even then, we can only...

Highway to Heaven Series

The Magnificat Readers: Second Reader

    The Magnificat Readers are a collection of excerpts from nearly a dozen vintage Catholic school readers, dating from the late 1800s to the early 1930s.  For the most part, the selections found within are those prescribed by the...

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. It would revolutionize children's catechesis by making the...

Saint Nicholas: Patron Saint of Children

Second in the series of illustrated books by Pierre and Germaine Noury is the tale of a saint who is so widely popular that almost no one knows his true story…because they know him only as Santa Claus. But long before he was known as the Christmas...

Mother Mary Loyola

Soldier of Christ Audiobook

Finally!  This favorite by Mother Mary Loyola is now an audiobook that you can enjoy listening to with your family again and again, at home, in the car, or on the go! Jan Cramer has managed to capture Mother Loyola's wry sense of humor for an...

Johnson, Hannan and Dominica

The Bible Story

The Bible Story is the first in a trilogy of books written for Benziger Brothers by the team of Rev. George Johnson, Rev. Jerome Hannan and Sister Mary Dominica--the other two being the well-loved Bible History and The Story of the Church.  While...

A Child's True Story of Jesus, Book 2

A Child's True Story of Jesus is not merely a coloring book, or the usual activity book with mazes, word searches and other puzzles.  This is an activity book in the truest sense of the word. First created in 1928 by Sister Mary Ambrose, a...

The Blessed Virgin: Mary our Mother

The first in a trilogy of stories of the saints by the husband and wife duo of Pierre and Germaine Noury, this sweet illustrated tale of the life of the Blessed Virgin is truly a treasure. From her conception to her glorious Assumption and crowning as...

Rev. P. Henry Matimore

Wonder Stories of God's People

This second volume in the Madonna Series, intended for the fourth grade, follows on from the Bible stories found in its predecessor, A Child’s Garden of Religion Stories.  Where that volume focused on the early portions of the Old Testament,...

Saint Francis: The Little Poor Man

Last but not least in this trilogy of illustrated books about the saints, this wonderful retelling of the life of St. Francis has surprising depth for a children’s book. The story of St. Francis is full of inspiration for both young and old, for in...

Mother Mary Loyola

Jesús de Nazaret

    Para despertar y dirigir el sentimiento religioso, moral y artístico de los niños y jóvenes, no sabemos que pueda ponerse en sus manos nada más á propósito que esta relación, sencillamente...

Katherine Morris Lester

Great Pictures and Their Stories Book Nine

This series of nine graded readers introduces children to a greater appreciation of art, each at an age-appropriate level. For each color masterpiece presented, the child learns something of the story behind the picture and the artist who created it, as...