Amy WelbornLoyola Kids Book of Saints (The Loyola Kids Series)

I purchased this book for my granddaughter for her First Communion. While I'm sure she will enjoy the readings, the book is too much text with too few illustrations. Children, especially younger ones, are drawn to pictures and color. When purchasing this book, it would have been helpful to show pages from the inside (it didn't); perhaps that's why. Although the subject matter is important, I'm concerned she'll lose interest.

I didnt know what I was buying just trying to find a book for my daughter for a book report. But it was a food quality book!

The information in this book about Saints is adequate, especially for an introduction; which is what I wanted. At first, I enjoyed the read but as I continued on, I started noticing that pronouns were carefully placed in a neutral way throughout the book. The terms "He" and "She" were placed in uncommon places such as the author's obvious placement in a statement "When your Dad teaches you to cook", and many other places where "She" is placed in uncommon ways. Sure, many Dad's do indeed cook, but traditionally, it's the women that have those skills and talents. It appears Ms Welborn has become woke, and as such, I won't be buying any of her books in the future.

I (age 24) am really enjoying this book. I wanted something easy to read to learn a little about the saints.Each saint begins with the author trying to connect with kids and relate things to their lives so they understand with everyday examples. That part can probably be glossed over by adults, but for kids, I think it's great. It segways in well and the text is never boring.One thing I've noticed, after reading several of the saints, is that they may leave out the miracles they did. For example with St. Terese Lisieux, there was a miracle of a blind girl being cured after going to her grave after her death that was not included. Everything else important seemed to be included in an easy to read way, though.Also, with Saint Gianna Beretta Molla, it left out that she made a miracle with another woman who was pregnant whose amniotic sac burst but the baby was still fine after he had 0 chance of survival. Again, this seemed to be the only important fact that was missing.I am in the middle of the third "part", and so far it seems to be grouped well. The saints' lives don't seem forced to fit into the sections such as "surprising" or "loves children." It flows well in my opinion.I just really enjoy this book. It makes learning about the saints easy and fun. I feel like I'm just reading a story, but now I'm familiar with the saints as if by magic!

I would actually rate this book 4.5 stars if Amazon had that option. The reason I can't give it 5 stars is that the author does not use proper capitalization when using pronouns referring to God (i.e. "his" when it should be "His"). Also, there is some other ungrammatical language that is clearly a deliberate attempt to appeal to modern kids but that really bothers me. I know Ms. Welborn can write proper English, and as a home educator that's what I expect in the books aimed at impressionable young minds.The stories are very engaging, and there is a good mix of familiar and unfamiliar saints and blesseds from throughout the ages. I like the organization by theme- "saints are people who...(love children, teach us new ways to pray, help the poor and sick, change their lives for God, etc.)" The author does a good job presenting the stories in an age-appropriate manner, which is always a concern given the violence many of the saints had to endure.

So I really like this book as it explains each of the saints very well. The downfall of the book is that it does not have pictures and it can get boring for my children to read. If I could change one thing, it would be to add colored pictures throughout the book.

My review:I am a Kids Coordinator for Couples For Christ (a Christian Family Community) and this year we started to do Kids Teachings. This book is in a story format about each Saint, about 60 of the Saints. It provides enough information to draw the Children's attention without boring them. So far we have covered St. Nicholas and St. Elizabeth Ann Seton. The book is easy enough to read (I had three 8 to 10 year old read out loud) and at the end of each section there is a discussion question for the kids.PROS-price: I paid $11-simplicity: Stories provide detail but not too much info-discussion topic at the end-introduction: covers What/Who are Saints and whyCONS-not enough pictures... It would have been nice to show the kids a portrait of the SaintCONCLUSIONI highly recommend this book to any Catechist or any parent who would like to teach their child about Saints. It's a simple read and very informative.

I ordered from this company because it advertised free shipping by my needed date. The book was 2 days late.The book was in good condition. I ordered several used copies from various companies to use as year-end gifts for my Religious Ed Class. My exceptional 4th graders were thrilled!

No pictures, there is no colour inside, but My 10 year old enjoys reading it and has a better understanding of the Saints

Poor quality paper, good information though.

just what I wanted for a session. Thank you

exactly what I was looking for, written for kids and at a level the nine-year old enjoyed and read without problems

It is very well written and it applies to today's situations eventhough it tells the stories of people long gone.