January
January 1: Feast of Mary, the Mother of God
~ Mary: The Mother of Jesus (Tomie dePaola)
~ Mary: Mother of Jesus (Mary Joslin)
~ Twelve Days of Christmas
~ The Little Match Girl (H.C. Andersen)
Feast of the Epiphany
~ The Last Straw (Fredrick H. Thury)
~ Story of the Three Wise Kings (Tomie dePaola)
January 21: Feast of Our Lady of Altagracia
~ A Gift of Gracias (Julia Alvarez)
February
First Reconcilliation
~ The Most Beautiful Thing in the World (Susan Brindle)
~ The Butterfly That Found Her Way Home (Susan Brindle)
~ Patron Saint of First Communicants: The Story of Blessed Imelda Lambertini (Mary Fabyan Windeatt)
February 1: St. Brigid of Ireland
~ Brigid's Cloak: An Ancient Irish Story (Bryce Milligan)
February 10: St. Scholastica
~ The Holy Twins: Benedict and Scholastica (Kathleen Norris)
February 14: St. Valentine
~ Saint Valentine (Robert Sabuda)
~ Love Is... (Wendy Anderson Halperin)
February 22: St. Peter
~ The Man Who Never Died: The Life and Adventures of St. Peter, the First Pope (Gerald T. Brennan)
March
March 5: St. Ciaran
~ St. Ciaran, the Tale of a Saint of Ireland (Gary D. Schmidt)
March 17: St. Patrick
~ Patrick: Patron Saint of Ireland (Tomie dePaola)
~ St. Patrick (Ann Tomper)
March 19: Feast of St. Joseph, Spouse of Mary
~ The Song of the Swallows (Leo Politi)
Lenten Reading
~ My Path to Heaven (Geoffrey Bliss)
~ The Story of the Cross: The Stations of the Cross for Children (Mary Joslin)
~ Children's Stations of the Cross (Susan Brindle)
~ Catholic Tales for Boys and Girls (Caryll Houselander)
~ More Catholic Tales for Boys and Girls (Caryll Houselander)
~ The Giving Tree (Shel Silverstein)
April
Palm Sunday
~ Hosanna to You, Jesus (Marisa Mignolli)
Good Friday
~ Little Rose of Sharon (Nan Gurley)
~ Through the Eyes of John (Chad Daybell)
Easter
~ The Very First Easter (Paul Maier)
~ The Jesus Garden: An Easter Legend (Antoinette Bosco)
~ The Easter Story (Brian Wildsmith)
~ Petook: An Easter Story (Caryll Houselander)
~ The Way of the Cross: A Story of Padre Pio (Claire Jordan Mohan)
~ Our Lady’s Book (Lauren Ford)
~ Saint Jude: A Friend in Hard Times (Michael Aquilina)
Divine Mercy Sunday
~ Helen’s Special Picture (Davide Previtali)
~ The Young Life of St. Faustina (Claire Jordan Mohan)
April 23: St. George
~ Saint George and the Dragon (Margaret Hodges)
May
First Holy Eucharist
~ The Caterpillar that Came to Church: A Story of the Eucharist (Irene Hooker)
~ Little Nellie of Holy God (Sr. M. Dominic, R.S.G.)
~ The Weight of a Mass: A Tale of Faith (Josephine Nobisso)
~ The Mass Explained to Children (Maria Montessori)
Confirmation
~ The Little Creatures Crusade: A Story of Confirmation (Susan Brindle)
May 13: Our Lady of Fatima
~ Fatima Family Handbook (Tom Hoopes)
May 17: St. Pascual Bailon
~ Pascual and the Kitchen Angels (Tomie dePaola)
May 30: St. Joan of Arc
~ Joan of Arc: the Lily Maid (Margaret Hodges)
~ Joan of Arc (Diane Stanley)
June
Courtship and Marriage
~ The Princess and the Kiss: A Story of God’s Gift of Purity (Jennie Bishop)
~ Little Turtledove Finds His Mate (Miriam Lademan)
Pentecost
~ The Twelve Apostles (Marianna Mayer)
~ The Very First Christians (Paul Maier)
June 3: St. Kevin of Ireland
~ The Blackbird’s Nest: St. Kevin of Ireland (Jenny Schroedel)
June 9: St. Columcille
~ Across A Dark and Wild Sea (Don Brown)
July
July 25: St. Christopher
~ Christopher, the Holy Giant (Tomie dePaola)
~ The Legend of Saint Christopher (Margaret Hodges)
August
August 11: St. Clare
~ Clare and Francis (Guido Visconti)
August 24: St. Bartholomew
~ Brother Bartholomew and the Apple Grove (Jan Cheripko)
September
September 5: St. Mother Teresa
~ Mother Teresa (Demi)
~ Stories Told by Mother Teresa (Edward Le Joly)
September 9: St. Peter Claver
~ Peter Claver, Patron Saint of Slaves (Julia Durango)
September 14: Exaltation of the Holy Cross
~ The Tale of Three Trees (Angela Elwell Hunt)
September 29: Feast of the Archangels
~ The Bearskinner (Laura Amy Schlitz)
September 30: St. Jerome
~ St Jerome and Lion (Margaret Hodges)
October
October 2: Feast of the Guardian Angels
~ My Guardian Dear (Miriam Lademan)
October 4: St. Francis of Assisi
~ Francis: The Poor Man of Assisi (Tomie dePaola)
~ St. Francis (Brian Wildsmith)
~ The Good Man of Assisi (Mary Joslin)
October 22: St. Pope John Paul II
~ Karol from Poland (M. Leonora Wilson)
~ The Story of Saint John Paul II: A Boy Who Became Pope (Fabiola Garza)
~ Lolek - The Boy Who Became Pope John Paul II (Mary Hramiec Hoffman)
~ For the Children: Life Lessons From Pope John Paul II (Pope JPII)
October 31: All Hallows' Eve
~ Father Phillip Tells a Ghost Story: A Story of Divine Mercy (Susan Andrews)
November
November 1: All Saints' Day
~ I Sing a Song of the Saints of God (Lesbia Scott)
~ Saints: Lives and Illuminations (Ruth Sanderson)
November 2: All Souls' Day
~ The Spirit of Tio Fernando: A Day of the Dead Story (Janice Levy)
November 3: St. Martin de Porres
~ The Pied Piper of Peru (Ann Tompert)
December
Advent Reading
~ The Way To Bethlehem (Inos Biffi)
~ The Life of Mary (Inos Biffi)
~ Stories of the Child Jesus from Many Lands (A. Fowler Lutz)
~ Saint Francis and the Christmas Donkey (Robert Byrd)
~ The Clown of God (Tomie dePaola)
~ Country Angel Christmas (Tomie dePaola)
~ Jingle, the Christmas Clown (Tomie dePaola)
~ Mary, The Mother of Jesus (Tomie dePaola)
~ Merry Christmas, Strega Nona (Tomie dePaola)
December 6: St. Nicholas
~ Saint Nicholas (Ann Tompert)
~ Saint Nicholas: The Real Story of the Christmas Legend (Julie Stiegemeyer)
~ The Legend of Saint Nicholas (Demi)
~ The Real Santa Claus (Marianna Mayer)
~ The Miracle of Saint Nicholas (Gloria Whelan)
December 12: Our Lady of Guadalupe
~ The Lady of Guadalupe (Tomie dePaola)
~ The Legend of the Poinsettia (Tomie dePaola)
December 24: Christmas Eve
~ The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey (Susan Wojciechowski)
~ The Gift of the Magi (O. Henry)
~ The Night of Las Posadas (Tomie dePaola)
Christmas Day/Season
~ The Very First Christmas (Paul Maier)
~ A Small Miracle (Peter Collington)
~ The Donkey's Dream (Barbara Helen Berger)
~ The Crippled Lamb (Max Lucado)
Ordinary Time
~ If Jesus Came to My House (Joan G. Thomas)
~ In the Midst of Chaos, Peace Reflections (Sister Wendy Beckett)
~ Shoemaker Martin (Leo Tolstoy)
~ Catechism of the Seven Sacraments (Kevin and Mary O'Niell)
~ The Action Bible (Doug Mauss)
~ So Many Ways to be Holy (Kristen M. Soley)
~ Clare's Costly Cookie (Julie Kelly)
~ Brother Joseph, The Painter of Icons (Augustine Denoble)
~ Remembering the Prophets of Sacred Scripture (Marianna Mayer)
~ Tapestries: Stories of Women in the Bible (Ruth Sanderson)
~ The Fish in the Fountain: A Story of Baptism (Susan A. Brindle)
~ A Child’s Rule of Life (Robert Hugh Benson)
~ The Squire and the Scroll: A Tale of the Rewards of a Pure Heart (Jennie Bishop)
~ A Peek Into My Church (Veronica Kelly & Wendy Goody)
~ I Believe: The Nicene Creed (Pauline Baynes)
~ A Child's Book of Prayer in Art (Sister Wendy Beckett)
~ Sister Anne’s Hands (Marybeth Lorbiecki)
~ The Monk Who Grew Prayer (Claire Brandenburg)
~ Speak, Lord, I Am Listening: A Rosary Book (Christine Haapala)
~ The Life of Jesus, an Illustrated Rosary (Mary Billingsliy)
~ Lovely Lady Dressed in Blue and the Knights of Our Lady (Susan Brindle)
~ Angel in the Waters (Regina Doman)
~ Take it to the Queen: A Tale of Hope (Josephine Nobisso)
~ Horton Hears a Who! (Dr. Seuss)
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