Saints and Angels: Popular Stories of Familiar Saints

by Claire Llewellyn

With all of the beautiful artwork of the original Saints and Angels and lovely features such as a smaller trim size, gold leaf, ribbon bookmark, velum cover, and bookplate; this special gift edition will be treasured for years to come. With details on the lives of the most famous saints and insight into the celestial world of angels, this is the perfect springtime holiday present. Each page is devoted to the life and work of one saint or angel and contains interesting life facts, stunning illustrations, the saint's feast day, and patronages. A calendar of feast days invites children to celebrate the lives of saints throughout the year.

Genres: Religion, Childrens, Nonfiction

64 pages, Hardcover

First published October 3, 2003

About the author

Claire Llewellyn is a prize-winning author of non-fiction for young readers – in 1991, she was shortlisted for the prestigious TES Junior Information Book Award for Take One: Rubbish – and in 1992, she won that award for My First Book of Time. Since then, Claire has written more than 100 children’s books on a wide range of subjects. Ask Dr K Fisher About Animals was shortlisted for the 2008 Royal Society prizes for Science Books Junior Prize.

Reviews

[Elizabeth Marcus · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is in the Children's section of my library. Though the text might be made a bit more sensitive for children to read, there's a lot to learn, plus the illustrations are beautiful.

[Melody Schwarting · Rating 3 out of 5]

Another one of the saints' books for children from my local library, Saints and Angels gathers medieval/Renaissance art and iconography alongside stories of saints and their religious snapshots (feast day, patronages, and occasionally, attributes). Sometimes the writing is a little dry. "He was a fascinating man," the author says of Mark the evangelist. In a one-page summary written for children, statements like that are a waste of space. I liked how each spread looked different, with a full-page work of art or a detail/cutout in the text. There were small borders on each page that didn't repeat through the whole book (except on page spreads with one saint on each page, for continuity). Small readers are sure to notice and delight in those small details. When included, the attributes are replicated in a sepia tone, providing continuity though it looks like they were lifted from different media (woodcuts, illuminations, et c.). A glossary of unfamiliar words is included at the end, which is very helpful. This is a good introduction to saints (and a few select angels), and will be helpful as a reference, too.

[Derrick · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars

[grace saint · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is probably made for kids but it’s a really exceptional overview and gives you just the right amount of information to decide who you want to research further

[Jehiel Azzan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Beautiful imagery

[Helen · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed reading about saints/angels - although some did suffer horrendous martyr deaths. The stories are uplifting and set an example of determination at a time when Christianity was forbidden. The book covers the Holy Family, the Followers of Christ, the Gospel Writers, Martyrs, Great Thinkers and Evangelists, saints associated with Peace and Healing, and angels and archangels. The illustrations consist of reproductions of wonderful paintings and icons. I'd recommend this to anyone interested in finding out about these Christian figures.

[Michelle · Rating 3 out of 5]

A great introduction on who some of the angels and saints are, unfortunately doesn't cover all of the angels nor all of the saints. I wanted to read more about Raphael but only read about Tobit in his part and that's all.

[L Campagnola · Rating 3 out of 5]

The kids like this one too. The illustrations are actual works of art.

[Eden Silverfox · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some of the more well-known Saints are in this book, but it's interesting reading about their lives. The book also had more Saints than it did angels, but it was a nice read nonetheless.

[Stacey · Rating 2 out of 5]

a children's book - lovely illustrations but quite a lot of purple prose