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Hello,
My children are enjoying the Millers devotional books(Amish), and we are almost done with the series. We are also reading "What Would Jesus Do?",which is also published by a Protestant publisher.
I have seen nothing anti-Catholic with these books, and my children are picking up such great values from them. I was wondering if anybody has any suggestions for other books of this type, in particular -- Catholic ones? I can't find anything like these in the Catholic catalogs.
Suggestions?
Thanks in advance.
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Bumping this......
I had a hard time finding something like this for the younger set a year ago when I was looking.......
Anyone?
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Not being familiar with the books cited, I can't really compare. Can you elaborate on what aspects you liked in these books that you are hoping to find a Catholic version? Age range? Read-aloud?
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What about Devotional Stories for Little Folks from CHC?
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I'm with Jenn...I'm not familiar with the books you've cited so it's hard to make a comparative suggestion.
Books we use that are Catholic in tone and theology:
For the Preschool to First Communion crowd:
** Their Hearts are His Garden (Sister Mary Marguerite - Neumann Press)
** Manners in God's House (Sister M. Juliana of the Maryknoll Sisters - Neumann Press)
** Illustrated Catechism for Little Children (Neumann Press)
** Jesus and Mary - The Lives of Jesus and Mary and the Story of Fatima (Father Gales - Neumann Press)
** Angel Food for Boys and Girls (Father Gerald Brennan - Neumann Press)
** The Catholic Children's Treasure Box Books (edited by the Maryknoll Sisters - TAN)
** My Jesus and I (The Sisters of Mary Immaculate of Bishop Morrow
** Leading the Little Ones to Mary (Sister Mary Lelia - Montfort Publications)
** God's Love Story (Sister Mary Jane Frances)
** Small Acts of Kindness (James Vollbracht)
** Miniature Stories of the Saints (Rev. Daniel Lord)
** Saints biographies found at Neumann Press
** Saints and Friendly Beasts Series at Neumann Press
** Catholic Mosaic (Cay Gibson - Hillside)
For the First Communion and older crowd:
** Devotional Stories for Little Folks (Nancy Nicholson - CHC)
** Devotional Stories for Little Folks too(Nancy Nicholson - CHC)
** Rare Catholic Stories and Poems (CHC)
** More Rare Catholic Stories and Poems (CHC)
** Angel Food for Boys and Girls (Father Brennan - Neumann Press)
** Stories to Learn By (Msgr. John Koenig)
** Parables to Learn By (Bob Hartman)
** King of the Golden City (Mother Mary Loyola - CHC)
** Catholic Tales for Boys and Girls (Caryll Houselander - Sophia Institute Press)
** More Catholic Tales for Boys and Girls (Caryll Houselander - Sophia Institute Press)
** Stories of the Child Jesus from Many Lands (A. Fowler Lutz - Sophia Institute Press)
** St. Patrick's Summer (Marigold Hunt - Sophia Institute Press)
** The First Christians (Marigold Hunt - Sophia Institute Press)
** A Life of Our Lord for Children (Marigold Hunt - Sophia Institute Press)
Hope this helps! I'm leaving out all the Mary Fabyan Windeatt saints books, the Vision book series, the Daughters of St. Paul series, as well as so many other wonderfully written stories of the saints because I generally use these more in our history studies, but needless to say...there are many, many more books that could go on these lists!
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JennGM wrote:
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Thanks for the great book lists, ladies.
What I like about these books is the fact that they include Bible verses that apply to the stories.
Do the CHC books have Bible verses?
Thanks again!
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The CHC Devotional story books do indeed include bible verses that apply to the stories
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Last year, I was looking for a little "prayer starter" that my girls could do independently without me.....so, at the time, it couldn't be too much reading. I just wanted a little something for them to think about, a bible verse or saint story, with a little reflection. I was looking at it as the beginning of a private prayer by themselves. Basically, I was looking for "Divine Intimacy" for children... 
Of course all those that you listed above can be used like that.....but need direction from an adult, or they would've been too much reading for them at the time.
We used Blessings Every Day which was fine.
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Mackfam wrote:
** Stories to Learn By (Msgr. John Koenig)
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I just wanted to come back and say we have just finished this book and I could see the stories really touching the heart of my dd8 
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EmilyC wrote:
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My dc *love* this stories
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This would be for Lent - have you seen The Jesus Tree at Mrs. Shower of Roses blog. (Gosh, you are talented!)
it's a devotion a day with a coloring page.........
all Bible, all Catholic - AND A COLORING PAGE! It
would give you a few weeks to search out some of the aforementioned resources.
If I only had time to do ALL the fabulous ideas I see here.
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