Engaging Introduction to Saints and Blesseds

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	• Loyola Kids Book of Saints (Loyola Kids) Amy Welborn Loyola Press, 2001 - 307 pages average customer review:based on 8 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Great resource about the saints

I bought this book for my kids and we have incorporated it into our bedtime routine at least once a week. All of us, including my husband and me, have learned so much! Wellborn writes in a easy-to-understand, and easy-to-remember way about our successful brothers and sisters. It really highlights the things we have in common with the saints who unfortunately seem so super-human the way some books tell their stories. It's important for us all to remember that they're just like us, only famously successful in their "running of the race."

Great for Bedtime

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.

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saintly and good guide

This book is very helpful; even junior high students will enjoy and find the book very useful.

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Engaging Introduction to Saints and Blesseds

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.

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Faith Formation teacher says...

This book drew my attention because of the kid-friendly introduction to the saints' lives. It is artfully written in a way for the kids to relate to the saints' personal experience. I like that it is not syrupy sweet, like the books I used to read when I was younger. The author uses modern vocabulary and poses thought-provoking questions for the young readers. I appreciate that the more well-known saints of the early centuries and more contemporary (recently canonized) saints are included in this collection. My students (those who have actually read it) have had a very positive reaction to the book. Highly recommended!

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Who are the saints, why are they important, and what can today's children learn from them? In Loyola Kids Book of Saints, the first book in the Loyola Kids series, author Amy Welborn answers these questions with exciting and inspiring stories, real-life applications, and important information about these heroes of the church. This delightful collection of saints' lives, written in a storybook style for children eight to twelve, explains how saints becomes saints, why we honor them, and how they help us even today.

Divided thematically, the book features more than sixty saints from all over the world and from all across time, including our newest saints, such as St. Katharine Drexel; popular saints, such as St. Anthony of Padua; and Blesseds, such as Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha. Each story tells about a saint and encourages readers to consider how they might apply what they learn from the story to their everyday lives.

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