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Category: Children’s Books
There Once Was a Penny by Mark Restaino, Illustrations by J.P. Alcomendas
This nursery rhyme teaches kids the value of faith and how it can help a person to love themselves according to standards not of this world.
Saint Michael: Above the 38th Parallel by Shanti Guy
The true story of St. Michael, the original punch-communism-in-the-face superhero
Saving the Statue of Liberty By Andrea Jo Rodgers
Can John save the Statue of Liberty and keep from getting kicked off the team and out of the Academy?
The Fruit Tree by Mark Restaino, Illustrations by J.P. Alcomendas
This children’s fable will teach the whole family Biblical literacy and the Christian symbolic language.
Zeal & Zest: Where to Begin with Hillaire Belloc
Belloc was known as a Catholic polemicist with a vicious talent for skewering his opponents. Anyone struggling to persevere as a Christian in the fields of journalism or media should read him. His children’s books have an acerbic humor that will appeal to bored veterans of political correctness, especially teens.
The Rose and the Snake by Mark Restaino, Illustrated by J.P. Alcemendas
This thought-provoking children’s tale is tailor made to improve reading comprehension and teach a child where real self-worth comes from.
Why Reading Fiction Makes for Better Catholics
How reading fiction became a crucial step in my conversion to the Catholic Church.
Molly McBride and the Plaid Jumper by Jean Schoonover-Egolf
Molly doesn’t want to take off her purple habit the Children of Mary sisters wear but mom’s says she has to put on the school uniform.
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Molly McBride and the Party Invitation by Jean Schoonover-Egolf
This children’s book teaches compassion for bullies and the courage to act rightly regardless of others.