At the beginning of each month I fill a basket with books featuring the the various saints whose feast days will be celebrated during the month and place it in the living room. Throughout the month I will find the children curled up on the couch reading books they have chosen from the basket, either on their own or to their younger siblings. I also choose books from the basket for some of our afternoon family read-alouds. Our collection started very small and we have continued adding additional books over the years which we have either purchased or have been given as gifts. Some are picture books, some are chapter books, and some are collections of saint stories. This post is a work in progress and I will continue adding links as I sort through our collection.
September 1st, St. Giles (Trad.):
- Saint Giles and the Doe (Brother Wolf, Sister Sparrow) by Eric A. Kimmel
- The Loyal Friend – Saint Giles (audio download)
September 1st, St. Anna (Hist.):
- Anna (Tapestries: Stories of Women in the Bible) by Ruth Sanderson (Note: I tore out one of the pages in this book.)
September 3rd, St. Simeon the Stylite, the Younger:
- Simeon (More Once Upon a Time Saints) by Ethel Pochocki
- St. Simeon Stylites: Saint on a Pillar (The Book of Saints and Heroes) by Andrew Lang
September 3rd, St. Pius X (Trad.) (New – Aug.21st):
- St. Pius X, the Farm Boy who became Pope (Vision) by Walter Diethelm
September 3rd, St. Gregory the Great (New) (Trad. – Mar. 12th)
- Saint Gregory the Great (Saints: Lives and Illuminations) by Ruth Sanderson
- G- St. Gregory the Great (An Alphabet of Saints) by Robert Hugh Benson (Neumann Press – also available from TAN)
September 5th, Bl. Teresa of Calcutta
- Blessed Teresa of Calcutta (More Saints: Lives and Illuminations) by Ruth Sanderson
- Mother Teresa by Demi
- The Gospel on Five Fingers: Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta (Glory Stories: Volume IV) available from Holy Heroes
- Mother Teresa: The Smile of Calcutta by Charlotte Grossetete (reviewed here)
- Mother Teresa of Calcutta by Francine Bay (reviewed here)
September 8th, Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary (New, Trad.)
- Mary My Mother by Father Lovasik
- The Blessed Virgin Mary (Lives of the Saints: An Illustrated History for Children) by Bart Tesoriero
- A & Q – Alphabet of Catholic Saints by Nippert
- An Alphabet of Mary by Nippert
- The Story of Mary: Our Mother (also available from Sacred Heart Books & Gifts)
- My First Pictures of Mary
- Jesus and Mary: The Lives of Jesus and Mary and the Story of Fatima (Neumann Press – also available from TAN)
- See Our May Book Basket for additional books about the Blessed Virgin Mary
September 8th, St. Adrian (Trad.):
- St. Adrian of Nicomedia (Lives of the Saints: An Illustrated History for Children) by Bart Tesoriero
September 9th, St. Peter Claver (New, Trad./some places):
- Peter Claver, Patron Saint of Slaves by Julia Durango CM
September 9th, St. Kieran (Hist.):
- Saint Ciaran: The Tale of a Saint of Ireland by Gary D. Schmidt
September 12th, The Most Holy Name of Mary (New, Trad.):
- Holy Name of Mary (Mondays With Mary) by Meredith Henning
September 13th, St. John Chrysostom (New) (Trad. – Jan. 27th):
- St. John Chrysostom (Saints for Young People for Every Day of the Year – Vol II)
- Saint John Chrysostom (Saints: Lives and Illuminations) by Ruth Sanderson
September 14th, Exaltation of the Holy Cross (New, Trad.):
- The Tale of Three Trees: A Traditional Folktale by Angela Elwell Hunt
- The Three Trees: A Traditional Folktale by Elena Pasquali
- Saint Constantine & Saint Helen (Saints: Lives and Illuminations) by Ruth Sanderson
- H- St. Helen (An Alphabet of Saints) by Robert Hugh Benson (Neumann Press – also available from TAN)
- Saint Helena (Saints for Girls) by Eve Rouke (Neumann Press – also available from TAN)
- The Queen and the Cross: The Story of St. Helen by Cornelia Mary Bilinsky
- St. Helena and the True Cross by by Louis de Wohl
- The Living Wood: Saint Helena and the Emperor Constantine by Louis de Wohl
- In This Sign You Shall Conquer (The Story of Constantine and St. Helena) Audio CD Note: Also available for download from Regina Martyrum Productions
September 14th, St. Notburga (Hist.):
- Saint Notburga and the Pigs (Brother Wolf, Sister Sparrow) by Eric A. Kimmel
September 18th, St. John Macias:
- St. John Masias: Marvelous Dominican Gatekeeper of Lima, Peru by Mary Fabyan Windeatt (also available from TAN)
September 20th, St. Eustace & Comps. (Trad.):
- Eustace (Lives and Legends of Saints) by Carole Armstrong
September 21st, St. Matthew (New, Trad.):
- St. Matthew (Saints and Angels) by Claire Llewellyn
- Matthew (The Twelve Apostles) by Marianna Meyer
- St. Matthew, Apostle (Lives of the Saints: An Illustrated History for Children) by Bart Tesoriero
September 23rd, St. Pio of Pietrelcina (Padre Pio) (New):
- Padre Pio by Winkler
- St. Pio of Pietrelcina (Lives of the Saints: An Illustrated History for Children) by Bart Tesoriero
- Saint Padre Pio (More Saints: Lives and Illuminations) by Ruth Sanderson
September 23rd, St. Thecla (Trad.):
- A Saint and His Lion: The Story of Telka of Ethiopia by Elaine Murray Stone
September 26th, Sts. Cosmas and Damien (New) (Trad. – Sep. 27th)
- Cosmas and Damien (Around the Year Once Upon a Time Saints) by Ethel Pochocki
September 26th, Sts. Isaac Jogues, John de Brebeuf & Comps (Trad.) (New – Oct. 19th):
- St. Isaac and the Indians (Vision) by Milton Lomask
- Ondessonk: Priest of the Red Man (The Story of St. Isaac Jogues) Audio CD Note: Also available for download from Regina Martyrum Productions
September 27th, Sts. Cosmas and Damien (Trad.) (New – Sep. 26th):
- Cosmas and Damien (Around the Year Once Upon a Time Saints) by Ethel Pochocki
September 27th, St. Vincent de Paul (New) (Trad. – July 19th):
- Vincent de Paul (Around the Year Once Upon a Time Saints) by Ethel Pochocki
- St. Vincent de Paul (Lives of the Saints: An Illustrated History for Children) by Bart Tesoriero
- Saint Vincent de Paul (More Saints: Lives and Illuminations) by Ruth Sanderson
- St. Vincent de Paul: Founder of Hospitals (The Book of Saints and Heroes) by Andrew Lang
- Saint Vincent de Paul (Saints for Boys) by Alma Savage (Neumann Press – also available from TAN)
- V- St. Vincent of Paul (An Alphabet of Saints) by Robert Hugh Benson (Neumann Press – also available from TAN)
- V – Alphabet of Catholic Saints by Nippert
- Saint Vincent, Friend of the Poor by Kimberly Varela
- Saint Vincent de Paul: Servant of Charity (Along the Paths of the Gospel Series)
- Vincent de Paul, Saint of Charity by Margaret Ann Hubbard (Vision)
September 28th, St. Wenceslaus (New, Trad.):
- W – Alphabet of Catholic Saints by Nippert
- A Story of Saint Wenceslaus by Brother Ernest
September 29th, Sts. Michael, Gabriel & Raphael, Archangels (New); (Trad – Mar 24 & Oct 24) Dedication of the Basilica of St. Michael; Michaelmas Day (Trad.):
- The Heavenly Helpers (Around the Year Once Upon a Time Saints) by Ethel Pochocki
- Michael and All Angels (Lives and Legends of Saints) by Carole Armstrong
- Archangel Michael, Gabriel and Raphael (Saints and Angels) by Claire Llewellyn
- St. Michael the Archangel (Lives of the Saints: An Illustrated History for Children) by Bart Tesoriero
- St. Gabriel the Archangel (Lives of the Saints: An Illustrated History for Children) by Bart Tesoriero
- Archangel Gabriel (Saints for Boys) by Alma Savage (Neumann Press – also available from TAN)
- Archangel Michael (Saints for Boys) by Alma Savage (Neumann Press – also available from TAN)
- The Angels: God’s Messengers and Our Helpers by Fr. Lovasik
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| Saint Michael, the Archangel from Saints for Boys |
September 30th, St. Jerome (New, Trad.):
- Saint Jerome and the Lion (Legends of Saints and Beasts) by Ann Marie Jauss
- Jerome (Lives and Legends of Saints) by Carole Armstrong
- Saint Paula & Saint Jerome (Saints: Lives and Illuminations) by Ruth Sanderson
- St. Jerome: The Saint with the Lion (The Book of Saints and Heroes) by Andrew Lang
- J- St. Jerome (An Alphabet of Saints) by Robert Hugh Benson (Neumann Press – also available from TAN)
- St. Jerome and the Lion by Margaret Hodges CM
- St. Jerome and the Lion by Rumor Godden
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| St. Jerome and the Lion by Rumer Godden |
Other Links for September:
With the birthday of the Blessed Virgin Mary coming up on September 8th, I thought it’d be fun to include a giveaway with this month’s Book Basket post! The giveaway will be open through September 7, 2014 and the winner will be announced in this post (and notified by email) on September 8, 2014. The winner will receive their choice of either Saints for Girls or Saints for Boys, now that they are back in print!
Our family is also celebrating a birthday this weekend and then our new school year will begin following Labor Day. I’ll be taking a little break from blogging next week to focus on getting our year off to a good start, but I do have giveaways scheduled EVERY DAY from September 1st-7th, so be sure to stop by and enter! I hope you all have a great weekend.
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