Stories of the Saints - Bold & Inspiring Tales of Adventure, Grace, & Courage

• Stories of the Saints - Bold & Inspiring Tales of Adventure, Grace, & Courage 
• Discover seventy of the best-known and best-loved saints and read their riveting stories from their lives
• Show both the lighthearted and more difficult aspects of the saints' lives and the culture around them
• Included in every entry are the saint’s dates, location, emblems, feast days, and patronage
• Vibrantly illustrated gift book - great for First Communion or Confirmation

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 14, 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.

This book doesn't sugarcoat the saints lives, and doesn't away from the struggles of the saints stories and the evil in the world that surrounded them. This approach, combined with dramatic and symbolic illustrations, makes this an appropriate book for older children and young teens. 

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.