Catholic Mosaic Book List

CATHOLIC MOSAIC BOOK LIST
*Some can be found at the library, others through interlibrary loan*
*Many of these titles I have added myself*

JANUARY

January 1: Feast of Mary, the Mother of God

  • Mary: The Mother of Jesus (Tomie dePaola)
  • Mary: Mother of Jesus (Mary Joslin)
Twelve Days of Christmas

  • The Little Match Girl (H.C. Andersen)
Feast of the Epiphany

  • The Last Straw (Fredrick H. Thury)
  • Story of the Three Wise Kings (Tomie dePaola)
January 21: Feast of Our Lady of Altagracia

  • A Gift of Gracias (Julia Alvarez)
Drawing of Icons

  • Brother Joseph, The Painter of Icons (Augustine Denoble)
FEBRUARY

First Reconcilliation

  • The Most Beautiful Thing in the World (Susan Brindle)
  • The Butterfly That Found Her Way Home (Susan Brindle)
  • Patron Saint of First Communicants: The Story of Blessed Imelda Lambertini (Mary Fabyan Windeatt)
February 1: St. Brigid of Ireland

  • Brigid's Cloak: An Ancient Irish Story (Bryce Milligan)
February 10: St. Scholastica

  • The Holy Twins: Benedict and Scholastica (Kathleen Norris)
February 14: St. Valentine

  • Saint Valentine (Robert Sabuda)
  • Love Is... (Wendy Anderson Halperin)
February 22: St. Peter

  • The Man Who Never Died: The Life and Adventures of St. Peter, the First Pope (Gerald T. Brennan)
MARCH

March 5: St. Ciaran

  • St. Ciaran, the Tale of a Saint of Ireland (Gary D. Schmidt)
March 17: St. Patrick

  • Patrick: Patron Saint of Ireland (Tomie dePaola)
  • St. Patrick (Ann Tomper)
March 19: Feast of St. Joseph, Spouse of Mary
  • The Song of the Swallows (Leo Politi)
Lenten Reading

  • My Path to Heaven (Geoffrey Bliss)
  • The Story of the Cross: The Stations of the Cross for Children (Mary Joslin)
  • Children's Stations of the Cross (Susan Brindle)
  • Catholic Tales for Boys and Girls (Caryll Houselander)
  • More Catholic Tales for Boys and Girls (Caryll Houselander)
  • The Giving Tree (Shel Silverstein)
APRIL

Palm Sunday

  • Hosanna to You, Jesus (Marisa Mignolli)
Good Friday

  • Little Rose of Sharon (Nan Gurley)
  • Through the Eyes of John (Chad Daybell)
Easter

  • The Very First Easter (Paul Maier)
  • The Jesus Garden: An Easter Legend (Antoinette Bosco)
  • The Easter Story (Brian Wildsmith)
  • Petook: An Easter Story (Caryll Houselander)
  • The Way of the Cross: A Story of Padre Pio (Claire Jordan Mohan)
  • Our Lady’s Book (Lauren Ford)
  • Saint Jude: A Friend in Hard Times (Michael Aquilina)
Divine Mercy Sunday

  • Helen’s Special Picture (Davide Previtali)
  • The Young Life of St. Faustina (Claire Jordan Mohan)
April 23: St. George

  • Saint George and the Dragon (Margaret Hodges)
MAY
  • Lovely Lady Dressed in Blue (Joan Bell)
First Holy Eucharist

  • The Caterpillar that Came to Church: A Story of the Eucharist (Irene Hooker)
  • Little Nellie of Holy God (Sr. M. Dominic, R.S.G.)
  • The Weight of a Mass: A Tale of Faith (Josephine Nobisso)
  • The Mass Explained to Children (Maria Montessori)
          First Holy Eucharist Customizable Prayer Card

Confirmation

  • The Little Creatures Crusade: A Story of Confirmation (Susan Brindle)
May 13: Our Lady of Fatima

  • Fatima Family Handbook (Tom Hoopes)
May 17: St. Pascual Bailon

  • Pascual and the Kitchen Angels (Tomie dePaola)
May 30: St. Joan of Arc

  • Joan of Arc: the Lily Maid (Margaret Hodges)
  • Joan of Arc (Diane Stanley)
JUNE
  • Remembering the Prophets of Sacred Scripture (Marianna Mayer)
  • Tapestries: Stories of Women in the Bible (Ruth Sanderson)
  • The Fish in the Fountain: A Story of Baptism (Susan A. Brindle)
Courtship and Marriage

  • The Princess and the Kiss: A Story of God’s Gift of Purity (Jennie Bishop)
  • Little Turtledove Finds His Mate (Miriam Lademan)
Pentecost

  • The Twelve Apostles (Marianna Mayer)
  • The Very First Christians (Paul Maier)
June 3: St. Kevin of Ireland

  • The Blackbird’s Nest: St. Kevin of Ireland (Jenny Schroedel)
June 9: St. Columcille

  • Across A Dark and Wild Sea (Don Brown)
JULY
  • A Child’s Rule of Life (Robert Hugh Benson)
  • The Squire and the Scroll: A Tale of the Rewards of a Pure Heart (Jennie Bishop)
  • A Peek Into My Church (Veronica Kelly & Wendy Goody)
July 25: St. Christopher

  • Christopher, the Holy Giant (Tomie dePaola)
  • The Legend of Saint Christopher (Margaret Hodges)
AUGUST
  • I Believe: The Nicene Creed (Pauline Baynes)
  • A Child's Book of Prayer in Art (Sister Wendy Beckett)
  • Sister Anne’s Hands (Marybeth Lorbiecki)
August 11: St. Clare

  • Clare and Francis (Guido Visconti)
August 24: St. Bartholomew
  • Brother Bartholomew and the Apple Grove (Jan Cheripko)
SEPTEMBER
  • The Monk Who Grew Prayer (Claire Brandenburg)
September 5: St. Mother Teresa

  • Mother Teresa (Demi)
  • Stories Told by Mother Teresa (Edward Le Joly)
September 9: St. Peter Claver

  • Peter Claver, Patron Saint of Slaves (Julia Durango)
September 14: Exaltation of the Holy Cross

  • The Tale of Three Trees (Angela Elwell Hunt)
September 30: St. Jerome

  • St Jerome and Lion (Margaret Hodges)
OCTOBER
  • Speak, Lord, I Am Listening: A Rosary Book (Christine Haapala)
  • The Life of Jesus, an Illustrated Rosary (Mary Billingsliy)
  • Lovely Lady Dressed in Blue and the Knights of Our Lady (Susan Brindle)
  • Angel in the Waters (Regina Doman)
  • Take it to the Queen: A Tale of Hope (Josephine Nobisso)
  • Horton Hears a Who! (Dr. Seuss)
October 2: Feast of the Guardian Angels

  • My Guardian Dear (Miriam Lademan)
October 4: St. Francis of Assisi

  • Francis: The Poor Man of Assisi (Tomie dePaola)
  • St. Francis (Brian Wildsmith)
  • The Good Man of Assisi (Mary Joslin)
October 22: St. Pope John Paul II

  • Karol from Poland (M. Leonora Wilson)
October 31: All Hallows' Eve

  • Father Phillip Tells a Ghost Story: A Story of Divine Mercy (Susan Andrews)
NOVEMBER

November 1: All Saints' Day

  • I Sing a Song of the Saints of God (Lesbia Scott)
  • Saints: Lives and Illuminations (Ruth Sanderson)
November 2: All Souls' Day

  • The Spirit of Tio Fernando: A Day of the Dead Story (Janice Levy)
November 3: St. Martin de Porres

  • The Pied Piper of Peru (Ann Tompert)
DECEMBER

Advent Reading

  • The Way To Bethlehem (Inos Biffi)
  • The Life of Mary (Inos Biffi)
  • Stories of the Child Jesus from Many Lands (A. Fowler Lutz)
  • Saint Francis and the Christmas Donkey (Robert Byrd)
  • The Miracle of Saint Nicholas (Gloria Whelan)
  • The Clown of God (Tomie dePaola)
  • Country Angel Christmas (Tomie dePaola)
  • Jingle, the Christmas Clown (Tomie dePaola)
  • Mary, The Mother of Jesus (Tomie dePaola)
  • Merry Christmas, Strega Nona (Tomie dePaola)
December 6: St. Nicholas

  • Saint Nicholas (Ann Tompert)
  • Saint Nicholas: The Real Story of the Christmas Legend (Julie Stiegemeyer)
  • The Legend of Saint Nicholas (Demi)
  • The Real Santa ClausT(Marianna Mayer)
December 12: Our Lady of Guadalupe

  • The Lady of Guadalupe (Tomie dePaola)
  • The Legend of the Poinsettia (Tomie dePaola)
December 24: Christmas Eve

  • The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey (Susan Wojciechowski)
  • The Gift of the Magi (O. Henry)
  • The Night of Las Posadas (Tomie dePaola)
Christmas Day/Season

  • The Very First Christmas (Paul Maier)
  • A Small Miracle (Peter Collington)
  • The Donkey's Dream (Barbara Helen Berger)
  • The Crippled Lamb (Max Lucado)
Ordinary Time

  • For the Children (Pope John Paul II)
  • If Jesus Came to My House (Joan G. Thomas)
  • In the Midst of Chaos, Peace Reflections (Sister Wendy Beckett)
  • Shoemaker Martin (Leo Tolstoy)
  • The Eight Beatitudes (Father Lovasik)
  • The Sacramentals of the Church (Father Lovasik)
  • The Seven Sacraments (Father Lovasik)
  • Catechism of the Seven Sacraments (Kevin and Mary O'Niell)
  • Corporal and Spiritual Works of Mercy (Holy Heroes)
  • So Many Ways to be Holy (Kristen M. Soley)
  • Clare's Costly Cookie (Julie Kelly)

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