Loyola Kids Book of Heroes: Stories of Catholic Heroes and Saints throughout History

by Amy Welborn, Vitali Konstantinov (Illustrator)

What do heroes do?
Do they fight monsters? Sometimes, but they also hold the hands of people who are sick and lonely. They build schools. They study the planets. They forgive those who have harmed them. Heroes are people who look at the world around them, see what needs to be done, and through the grace of God find the strength to help others.
 In the thirty-six stories in Loyola Kids Book of Heroes , you’ll meet a Catholic nun who stood up to the most infamous outlaw in the Old West. You’ll learn how entire villages of men and women devoted their lives to building great cathedrals to show their love and respect for God. You’ll learn about John the Baptist, Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, Charlemagne, St. Albert the Great, Dorothy Day, St. Patrick, and many others. Most of all, you’ll learn that with God’s help anyone can be a hero and make the world a better place.

Genres: Childrens, Catholic, Faith

208 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2003

Reviews

[Susan]

For the most part we liked this book. My son received it for his FHC and I read it aloud to him. I’m glad I previewed the entry on St Maria Goretti, though. While the book didn’t come out and say she was the victim of attempted rape, it noted that Alessandro wanted to “do bad things to her body,” which would’ve made my kids ask all kinds of questions and picture the worst in their minds. I dislike how the attempted rape is almost always the extent of what people talk about with her, or that they emphasize that more. So we skipped that story, and I’ll tell him about St Maria Goretti when he’s old enough to have that discussion.

[Colleen]

I thought this was really good! I had a lot of lightbulb moments. As far as I can tell, this book has not been revised, because this was published in 2003 and some of the people in here are now saints. St. John XXIII and St. Teresa of Calcutta have both been canonized after this was published. Even if you are not a kid, I think you could get a lot value from this as well as deepen your faith, because it is written in a clear and concise way.

[Clare]

The stories are interesting, but the pictures are a real let down, not in quality but because they're only printed in one colour, a soft rusty red. It makes the interior of this book look much less enticing than all the other full colour saints books out there. The cover is deceptively bright and colourful, but I think kids might have a hard time persevering with the inside.

[Lauren Zygowicz]

This book would be excellent for 3rd to 8th graders, parents, and anyone who works with children. I read as I was leading my youth group. They were really intrested in learning about the Saint and there a quite a few examples in this book and other good rolemodels. Glad I read this book.

[Theresa]

Loyola Kids Book of Heroes: Stories of Catholic Heroes and Saints throughout History (The Loyola Kids Series)
by Amy Welborn
This book holds brief stories about hero and heroines that became saints.