August 16, 2010 4:01 PM
Once upon a time saints
Plowing through my email. This is from May 16 - great book suggestions:
I had a book recommendation that I thought you and your readers might enjoy...My oldest son had his First Holy Communion yesterday and received a few fabulous books as gifts. These great books tell the stories of saints in the form of fairy tales in a way that engages even my youngest two (four year old twins). Although the stories aren't gory, they are not sanitized of all the scary bits the way so many modern children's books are (my kids loved the story of St. Nicholas, in which a inn-keeper chops up three little boys to make them into pickles, only for St. Nicholas to happen along and bring them back to life with the sign of the cross). I anticipate that these will become some of our favorites and will serve to interest my boys in delving deeper into the lives of the saints as they get older.
http://www.amazon.com/Once-upon-Saints-Ethel-Pochocki/dp/1883937159/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1274041607&sr=8-1
http://www.amazon.com/More-Once-upon-Time-Saints/dp/1883937345/ref=pd_bxgy_b_text_b
http://www.amazon.com/Around-Year-Once-upon-Saints/dp/1932350268/ref=pd_bxgy_b_text_c
Thanks, Kristen!
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