Ages 5-8

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...

First Communion Days and True Stories for First Communicants

      This collection of First Communion day stories has remained popular among children ever since they were first published in the early 1920s.  They have stood the test of time for two simple reasons: they are wonderful stories,...

Mother Mary Loyola

First Confession

      The greatest challenge in preparing young children for the Sacrament of Penance is in making confession a habit to which they will be voluntarily attracted. We can require their presence at catechism class, and compel them to go...

Mother Mary Loyola

Forgive us our Trespasses

      Mother Loyola's work on the subject of Confession is not merely groundbreaking, but seems to form one of the most crucial of her strengths, given that the Sacrament of Penance has always been the most avoidable and avoided of all;...

Mother Margaret Bolton

God's Hour in the Nursery Activity Book

God's Hour in the Nursery is a pair of books for teacher and student that are designed to introduce the youngest children to the first lessons of the Baltimore Catechism--namely, those related to creation and the life of the soul.  Through a...

Mother Margaret Bolton

God's Hour in the Nursery Guidance Book

God's Hour in the Nursery is a pair of books for teacher and student that are designed to introduce the youngest children to the first lessons of the Baltimore Catechism--namely, those related to creation and the life of the soul.  Through a...

Mother Margaret Bolton

God's Hour in the Nursery Package

      God's Hour in the Nursery is a pair of books for teacher and student that are designed to introduce the youngest children to the first lessons of the Baltimore Catechism--namely, those related to creation and the life of the...

Katherine Morris Lester

Great Pictures and Their Stories Book Four

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...

Katherine Morris Lester

Great Pictures and Their Stories Book One

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...

Katherine Morris Lester

Great Pictures and Their Stories Book Three

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...

Katherine Morris Lester

Great Pictures and Their Stories Book Two

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...

E.T.W. Branscombe

Heavenward Bound

Come along on a journey toward our Heavenly Home as we learn about God and His Church, how to talk to Him in Prayer, and how to receive His graces for the journey through the Sacraments.  Why did God make us?  Why is it sometimes hard to be...