Christian Biographies for Young Readers Series

24 primary works • 24 total works
Beautifully produced biographies for young and old to read together. The author develops not only the contribution the individual made to Christian faith, but a thorough explanation of their historical setting. I have ordered the series by date of birth of biographical subjects, rather than by date of publication.

Simonetta Carr’s series of Christi…
Irenaeus of Lyon
4.48
· 44 Ratings · 14 Reviews · 2 editions
Irenaeus is remembered for his work in helping the…
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Macrina of Cappadocia
3.40
· 5 Ratings · 2 Reviews · 2 editions
Born in 347 in Cappadocia, Macrina is remembered b…
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Athanasius
4.44
· 114 Ratings · 25 Reviews · published 2011 · 4 editions
A complex and fascinating character, Athanasius, b…
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Augustine of Hippo
4.40
· 93 Ratings · 16 Reviews · published 2009 · 7 editions
Outside of the people in the Bible, Augustine of H…
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Patrick of Ireland
4.32
· 19 Ratings · 4 Reviews · 2 editions
The name St. Patrick is associated with three-leaf…
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Anselm of Canterbury
4.10
· 48 Ratings · 10 Reviews · published 2013 · 4 editions
"Anselm, one of the most original thinkers of the …
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Martin Luther
4.64
· 89 Ratings · 26 Reviews · published 2016 · 3 editions
Five hundred years ago, a monk named Martin Luther…
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Peter Martyr Vermigli
4.50
· 22 Ratings · 7 Reviews · published 2017 · 2 editions
Born in Florence, Italy, in 1499, Peter Martyr Ver…
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John Calvin
4.47
· 133 Ratings · 19 Reviews · published 2008 · 8 editions
In this attractive volume, Simonetta Carr introduc…
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John Knox
4.50
· 64 Ratings · 21 Reviews · published 2014 · 11 editions
"In this clear, concise, and readable short biogra…
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Julia Gonzaga
4.26
· 19 Ratings · 9 Reviews · 2 editions
This biography presents the life and times of Juli…
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Lady Jane Grey
4.39
· 100 Ratings · 21 Reviews · published 2012 · 8 editions
Living only until her execution at age 17, and rul…
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Anne Bradstreet
4.08
· 13 Ratings · 2 Reviews · 2 editions
Did you know that the first published poet in Amer…
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John Owen
4.52
· 62 Ratings · 16 Reviews · published 2010 · 6 editions
John Owen was a great Puritan preacher who lived i…
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John Bunyan
4.55
· 33 Ratings · 5 Reviews · 3 editions
A Nonconformist preacher and writer of the sevente…
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Thomas Boston
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Jonathan Edwards
4.52
· 63 Ratings · 24 Reviews · published 2014 · 6 editions
Jonathan Edwards lived at a time when many ideas a…
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Marie Durand
4.54
· 48 Ratings · 18 Reviews · published 2015 · 4 editions
In 1730, nineteen-year-old Marie Durand was arrest…
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John Newton
4.70
· 27 Ratings · 9 Reviews · 2 editions
John Newton’s life was full of adventure, danger, …
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Phillis Wheatley
4.20
· 15 Ratings · 2 Reviews · 3 editions
No one could have imagined that the frail, seven-y…
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Charles Haddon Spurgeon
4.56
· 27 Ratings · 5 Reviews · 2 editions
Charles Spurgeon is considered one of the greatest…
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B. B. Warfield
4.41
· 17 Ratings · 4 Reviews · 3 editions
B. B. Warfield lived at a time when many people--e…
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Wang Mingdao
3.80
· 5 Ratings · 2 editions
Simonetta Carr’s newest children’s biography intro…
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Byang Kato
4.00
· 6 Ratings · 1 Reviews · 2 editions
Byang Kato grew up in Nigeria in a family devoted …
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