Call Me Little Theresa: St. Theresa of the Child Jesus

by Susan Helen Wallace, Nino Musio (Illustrator)

A biography of the French woman who entered the Carmelite order at the age of fifteen, died of tuberculosis at twenty-four, and was canonized in 1925.

94 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 1995

About the author

Sr. Susan Helen Wallace, FSP, holds a B.A. in Catechetics from Notre Dame College in Cleveland, Ohio, an M.A. in Catholic Doctrine from St. John’s University, Queens, N.Y., and an M.S. in journalism from Boston University. She has written several children’s biographies, which are part of the Encounter the Saints Series. She has also written a number of books for adults, including Basic Catechism, which she co-authored with Sr. Mary Lea Hill, FSP. Sr. Susan Helen is also part of the staff at the Pauline Books & Media Center in Dedham, Massachusetts.

Reviews

[booklady · Rating 4 out of 5]

Why does it bother me so much that Sr. Susan calls the saint, TheresA instead of Thérèse? I do not know, but it does. Maybe because she is Susan and not Suzanne or Susannah. I don't mind when people mess up my name (they do all the time, starting it with a 'K' or ending with an 'i') all the time, but I think you should get names right when you are writing an entire book about someone and in this case, a saint.

Aside from that it is a pretty good book for young adults about Little Thérèse. If you have a prayer you want to address to her, that is how she wanted you to call her, Little Thérèse, yet no matter what she says, I can't help thinking she was not little at all. She was a Spiritual Giant!

3.5 stars rounded up for the sake of Thérèse. I am hard on authors of books about Thérèse.