7 Five-Star Books for Your Catholic Child’s Library

Dive Deep: 20 Days with God at Sea by Sr. Orianne Pietra René Dyck, FSP

Part Scripture study, part science textbook, part prayer journal, Dive Deep is a beautiful and engaging book for young people to spend time with Scripture, learn more about the natural world, reflect, and pray. This book is suited to the family or the classroom. I plan on having my 12-year-old son work through the book this summer.

Giovanni and the Fava Beans: The Story of the St. Joseph Altar by Joseph P. Ruli

What a beautifully written and illustrated introduction to devotion to St. Joseph and the tradition of the St. Joseph Altar!

The story is engaging, the pictures inviting, and the information practical in starting or reviving this tradition in your own family. An absolute delight!

As a non-Sicilian Italian whose family heritage was not handed down, this will serve as a guidebook for expanding our family’s St. Joseph traditions.

The Holy Spirit and the Greatest Adventure by Gracie Jagla

Finally, the Holy Spirit gets its due in this rhyming read-aloud for children. The least-mentioned, most difficult member of the Trinity to depict is shown from Pentecost through the lives of the saints and the sacraments. Where has this been all our lives? A highly readable blessing for families.

Princesses of Heaven: The Flowers by Fabiola Garza

Beautifully illustrated in a contemporary Disney style, Princesses of Heaven: The Flowers brings the lives of the saints to young girls in a way that is visually beautiful yet emphasizes the everlasting beauty of virtue. Sure to be a favorite with little girls.

Saintly Creatures: 14 Tales of Saints and Their Holy Companions by Alexi Sergeant

Well-written and beautifully illustrated, this storybook of various saints featuring animals – some wild, some domesticated – makes a beautiful collection of stories for reading aloud, at bedtime or any time.

The Shepherd’s Coat by Caryll Houselander

With illustrations that will enfold children in the tale, Votive’s presentation of Caryll Houselander’s The Shepherd’s Coat should have a place on the Catholic child’s shelf.

The imagery and inviting presentation draw the reader in, allowing them to experience the tale of wonder with its simple emphasis on encountering Christ in those we meet.

The Too-Tall Swiss Guardby Michelle Widmer-Schulz

This colorful (thanks to the Swiss Guard uniform) picture book is a tender story of a young Swiss Guard experiencing the homesickness of a first Christmas apart from his family and the difficulty of acclimating to his new Vatican City home due to his height.

On first read, I missed that the story was set in 1986 and the guard’s papal encounter was with Pope St. John Paul II, a fact I only gathered from the story summary. That detail endeared me to the story all the more, as the saint’s kindness is a turning point in the guard’s experience.

Children also learn a little about the Swiss Guard and Rome.

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