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Author: Dorothy Allred Solomon
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 2004-10-12
Total Pages: 420
ISBN-13: 9780393325775
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this astonishing and poignant memoir, Solomon--daughter of Utah fundamentalist leader and polygamist Rulon C. Allred and his fourth plural wife, 28th of Allred's 48 children--tells of a childhood beset by secrecy and lies, by poverty, imprisonment, and government raids.
Author: Jeanne Marie
Publisher: Pauline Books and Media
Published: 2019-02-02
Total Pages: 80
ISBN-13: 0819871753
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Encounter the Saints series offers intermediate readers down-to-earth portrayals of the saints. Each story vividly recreates for the reader the saint's place of origin, family life, and corresponding historical events.
Author: Linda Johnsen
Publisher: Yes International Publishers
Published: 1994
Total Pages: 140
ISBN-13: 9780936663098
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book takes us along on a search for the feminine face of God. We travel with Linda Johnsen for a fascinating investigation of the great women saints of India who manifest the divine in their lives. Together with her we comb the scriptures, meet the holy ones, and are led, step by step, to sit in awe at the feet of six remarkable, contemporary women.
Author: Amy Welborn
Publisher: Loyola Press
Published: 2011-09-29
Total Pages: 315
ISBN-13: 0829430202
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBook of SaintsWho are the saints, why are the lives of saints important for children, and what can children learn from lives and actions? In Loyola Kids Book of Saints, the first in the Loyola Kids series, best-selling author Amy Welborn answers these questions with exciting and inspiring stories, real-life applications, and important information about these heroes of the church. This inspiring collection of saints’ stories explains how saints become saints, why we honor them, and how they help us even today. Featuring more than sixty saints from throughout history and from all over the world, Loyola Kids Book of Saints introduces children to these wonderful role models and heroes of the church. Ages 8-12.
Author: Nino Ricci
Publisher: McClelland & Stewart
Published: 2015-10-06
Total Pages: 210
ISBN-13: 0771075995
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhen young Vittorio Innocente’s mother, Cristina, is bitten by a snake in the family stable, no one sees the blue-eyed stranger leaving except for Vittorio. He struggles to keep his mother’s secret but secrets in a small village are hard to keep, and while Cristina’s belly gradually grows under her loose dresses, they find themselves shunned by their superstitious neighbours. A classic of Canadian literature, Lives of the Saints has earned many distinctions since it was originally published in 1990. It was a national bestseller for seventy-five weeks, received the Governor Generals Literary Award for Fiction, the W.H. Smith / Books in Canada First Novel Award, and the F.G. Bressani Prize. In England it won the Betty Trask Award and Winifred Holtby Memorial Prize, in the U.S. was shortlisted for the Los Angeles Times Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction, and in France was an Oeil de la letter Selection of the National Libraries Association. It was also adapted into a miniseries starring Sophia Loren.
Author: Philip D. Gallery
Publisher: Servant Publications
Published: 2023-05
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781635823561
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFourth in a series of award-winning children's books, Can You Find Saints? Introducing Your Child to Holy Men and Women teaches children and the adults in their lives about saints and the holy lives they led. Full of colorful and witty illustrations, the book invites children to search the illustrations for a variety of objects relating to the featured saints, from well-known saints such as Mary, Francis of Assisi and Bernadette to lesser-known saints such as Linus, Jane Frances de Chantal and Juan Diego. More than a dozen searches introduce children to saints in the Bible, patron saints, saints who worked miracles, saints who were popes, saints who founded religious orders, saints whom the Church celebrates in a special way, saints from various walks of life, saints who lived in recent times, and those people who can be called "saints in the making." To help start family and classroom discussion, a complete guide for adults is included, explaining the special items in each illustration and giving thumbnail biographies of each saint.
Author: Kathleen M. Muldoon
Publisher:
Published: 2012-11-01
Total Pages: 128
ISBN-13: 9780819849175
DOWNLOAD EBOOKChildren ages 5 to 8 are introduced to Gods special friends: the saints and blessed! Spanning various cultures, historical periods, and popularities, this compilation brings together stories of 62 holy men, women, and children. Including recent canonizations and beatifications, this collection offers a comprehensive and current library. Using simple vocabulary and colorful illustrations, each story contains biographical information, feast days, and prayers inviting children to imitate the virtues of these holy people.
Author: Carey Wallace
Publisher: Workman Publishing Company
Published: 2020-03-31
Total Pages: 255
ISBN-13: 1523503947
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPerforming Miracles. Facing Wild Lions. Confronting Demons. Transforming the World. From Augustine to Mother Teresa, officially canonized as St. Teresa of Calcutta, discover seventy of the best-known and best-loved saints and read their riveting stories. Meet Joan of Arc, whose transcendent faith compelled her to lead an army when the king’s courage failed. Francis of Assisi, whose gentleness tamed a man-eating wolf. Valentine, a bishop in the time of ancient Rome, who spoke so often of Christ’s love that his saint’s day, February 12, has been associated with courtly love since the Middle Ages. St. Thomas Aquinas, the great teacher. Peter Claver, who cared for hundreds of thousands of people on slave ships after their voyage as captives. And Bernadette, whose vision of Mary instructed her to dig the spring that became the healing waters of Lourdes. Each saint is illustrated in a dramatic and stylized full-color portrait, and included in every entry are the saint’s dates, location, emblems, feast days, and patronage. Taken together, these stories create a rich, inspiring, and entertaining history of faith and courage. For kids age 10 and up. A perfect gift for Confirmation.
Author: Peter E. Gillquist
Publisher: Conciliar Press Ministries, Inc.
Published: 1989
Total Pages: 88
ISBN-13: 9780962271304
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis work...applies in a concrete manner the profound spiritual wisdom of Orthodoxy to the realities of the common life and, in this case, the raising of children. Must reading for Orthodox Christian pastors, teachers and parents.--Fr. Stanley Harakas
Author: Katie Warner
Publisher: Tan Books
Published: 2018-09
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781505112177
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFilled with simple but profound lessons from well-known saints, each page will give your child a short, memorable quote accompanied by a beautiful illustration of the saint who spoke or wrote it.
