Little Saint Therese Book

Little Saint Therese Book

By Margaret Mary Myers

Cover Picture by Michele Cullen Crocco

Designed especially for children to read to themselves, who are strong second-grade readers or third grade readers and above, this book also makes a good read-aloud book for younger children.

Stories feature the Little Saint in her happy home life with her toys, games, and pets, and in her family's outing to picnic, fish, go to the beach and to donkey riding. Interspersed throughout are the important events and the importance of religion in her life. There are, for example, her visits to the Blessed Sacrament with her father on their afternoon walks, her First Confession, her First Holy Communion, her visit to the Pope, and her becoming a nun.

This book was written with the hope of the author that "in reading this book our children will learn to love Saint Therese more, and thus also to love Our Lord more."

The book is biographical and factual, made interesting by quotations and the friendly, conversational style.

Each of the eighteen stories has four comprehension questions following it. These may be used or not at the discretion of the parent of teacher.

You can buy the book from Amazon. 

You may read an excerpt below...

Excerpt

Saint Therese Had a Puppy Named Tom

One day Papa brought Little Therese a big surprise! Hidden in a box was her own little puppy, whining to come out and play. Out jumped Tom, a little white cocker spaniel. Therese thanked her father with a delighted hug.

After that Tom went with them on their afternoon walks. He would lie sadly outside the church and wait while they prayed. He would happily wag his little tail when they came out.

Once the clean white puppy jumped into a pond and then rolled in the dusty road.

Papa said, "See, that reminds us of a spotless, white soul which becomes stained by sin."

Little Therese always remembered that lesson. She always kept her soul white for Jesus.

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