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The Church Year in Picture Books

Updated: Mar 21, 2020


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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