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Kristie 4
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Posted: Nov 29 2007 at 10:48pm \| IP Logged

We are wanting to buy a book for each one of our kids for Christmas- we do this each year (an easy tradition to uphold for booky parents).

This year my dh wanted to buy them books each telling the story of a Saint.

Three that he has found are...
Brigid's Cloak: An Ancient Irish Tale
The Blackbird's Nest: St. Kevin of Ireland

Brother Bartholomew and the Apple Grove

We wanted to find books that centre on celtic saints.

Has anyone read any of the above books? Would you recommend them?

Any other suggestions???

Thank-you

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Posted: Nov 30 2007 at 1:02pm \| IP Logged

YES! We read Brigid's Cloak this year---we managed to get it via an interlibrary loan for her feastday! It is a lovely book and story, and the illustrations are lovely too! I so wanted to keep it! It is on my Amazon wish list :-)

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Posted: Nov 30 2007 at 1:26pm \| IP Logged

St Brigid's Cloak is beautiful and has a Christmas theme as well.

St Kevin's is a wonderful book especially if you have any children who may have learning/behaviour difficulties, he certainly is a saint for many children these days who face ADD, Asperges etc, and it is good they can find a friend in Kevin.

Brother Bartholomew is beautifully illustrated as well, as are all three of these books.

Here is another lovely Celtic saint picture book we have, and I think it might be the same illustrator as St Kevin's:

St Ciaran: A Tale of a Saint of Ireland

There are a few picture books on St Patrick? A Tomie dePaola one and there is a beautiful one I bought a few weeks ago, I can get back with a link if you like?

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Kristie 4
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Posted: Nov 30 2007 at 2:38pm \| IP Logged

Thank you for your reviews. They look like they are all a go here!

Any other suggestions?? Any for 12yob? (St. Kevin looks like one he will relate to, thank you Aussieannie.

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