Showing posts with label Saint Books. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Saint Books. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 2, 2014

Back to {Home} School Giveaway :: Saint Magnus, The Last Viking

To celebrate the new school year I'm hosting a giveaway each day this week (September 1st-7th) featuring educational products and books! Today's giveaway is sponsored by author Susan Peek!

Come back in time 900 years, to the fierce and desolate Northern lands, where Norsemen ruled with ax and sword. A dying king, a shocking death-wish, his heirs divided with an oath of blood . . .

As I'm sure you can tell from our book collection, our family loves reading books about the lives of the saints! Back in 2006, at our annual All Saints Party, our oldest son won a copy of The Last Viking, an audio story about St. Magnus of 12th-century Scotland. Our boys were a little young for the dramatic story at the time and we found that we needed to skip over a couple parts, but it made a huge impression on them and the following year our oldest choose to dress up as this inspiring martyr for our 2007 All Saints Party. St. Magnus has been one of his favorite saints ever since!

I had not been able to find a children's book on St. Magnus and was so excited when I received an email from author Susan Peek (who was also the writer of the audio/radio play The Last Viking!) asking if we'd like a review copy of Saint Magnus The Last Viking, the first book from her new book series entitled God's Forgotten Friends: Lives of Little-known Saints. She kindly sent an autographed copy to our oldest son for his birthday and also included an extra copy for me to offer to my visitors here at Shower of Roses!

Book Description from the Back Cover:

In this fast-paced new novel by the highly popular Susan Peek, the conflict unfolds between Magnus Erlendson, a heroic young prince aflame with the love of God, and his outlawed cousin Hakon, who blames Magnus for his banishment from their kingdom. What follows is a tale of betrayal and revenge, bravery and forgiveness, as Magnus seeks to restore his father's vanquished kingdom to its rightful hands. Entertaining and inspiring from start to finish, a must read for all those who thrill to learn the life of a saint we never knew existed!

The book is recommended for ages 15 and up, but our oldest just turned 14 and is currently reading and enjoying this story written especially for boys.

Susan is also the author of several young adult Catholic saint novels including Crusader King: A Novel of Baldwin IV and the Crusades published by TAN Books in 2003 and A Soldier Surrenders: A Novel of Saint Camillus published by Ignatius Press in 2007, both which I purchased for our oldest son's Easter basket last year. We are looking forward to reading the rest of her upcoming books about God's Forgotten Friends!

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Note: You can find Our September Book Basket and Giveaway here, the Holy Heroes Giveaway here, and a St. Michael Apron Giveaway over at Catholic Cuisine!

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Friday, August 29, 2014

Feasts & Seasons :: Our September Book Basket


At the beginning of each month I fill a basket with books featuring the the various saints whose feast days will be celebrated during the month and place it in the living room. Throughout the month I will find the children curled up on the couch reading books they have chosen from the basket, either on their own or to their younger siblings.  I also choose books from the basket for some of our afternoon family read-alouds. Our collection started very small and we have continued adding additional books over the years which we have either purchased or have been given as gifts. Some are picture books, some are chapter books, and some are collections of saint stories. This post is a work in progress and I will continue adding links as I sort through our collection.



September 1st, St. Giles (Trad.):


September 1st, St. Anna (Hist.):


September 3rd, St. Simeon the Stylite, the Younger:

September 3rd, St. Pius X (Trad.) (New – Aug.21st):


September 3rd, St. Gregory the Great (New) (Trad. – Mar. 12th)


September 5th, Bl. Teresa of Calcutta


September 8th, Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary (New, Trad.)

September 8th, St. Adrian (Trad.):


September 9th, St. Peter Claver (New, Trad./some places):

September 9th, St. Kieran (Hist.):

September 12th, The Most Holy Name of Mary (New, Trad.):

September 13th, St. John Chrysostom (New) (Trad. – Jan. 27th):


September 14th, Exaltation of the Holy Cross (New, Trad.):




September 14th, St. Notburga (Hist.):

September 18th, St. John Macias:

September 20th, St. Eustace & Comps. (Trad.):

September 21st, St. Matthew (New, Trad.):

September 23rd, St. Pio of Pietrelcina (Padre Pio) (New):


September 23rd, St. Thecla (Trad.):

September 26th, Sts. Cosmas and Damien (New) (Trad. – Sep. 27th)

September 26th, Sts. Isaac Jogues, John de Brebeuf & Comps (Trad.) (New – Oct. 19th):


September 27th, Sts. Cosmas and Damien (Trad.) (New – Sep. 26th):

September 27th, St. Vincent de Paul (New) (Trad. – July 19th):

September 28th, St. Wenceslaus (New, Trad.):

September 29th, Sts. Michael, Gabriel & Raphael, Archangels (New); (Trad – Mar 24 & Oct 24) Dedication of the Basilica of St. Michael; Michaelmas Day (Trad.):

Saint Michael, the Archangel from Saints for Boys

September 30th, St. Jerome (New, Trad.):

St. Jerome and the Lion by Rumer Godden

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.: Celebrating Our Lady's Birthday with a Giveaway :. 
 

With the birthday of the Blessed Virgin Mary coming up on September 8th, I thought it'd be fun to include a giveaway with this month's Book Basket post!  The giveaway will be open through September 7, 2014 and the winner will be announced in this post (and notified by email) on September 8, 2014. The winner will receive their choice of either Saints for Girls or Saints for Boys, now that they are back in print!

Our family is also celebrating a birthday this weekend and then our new school year will begin following Labor Day. I'll be taking a little break from blogging next week to focus on getting our year off to a good start, but I do have giveaways scheduled EVERY DAY from September 1st-7th, so be sure to stop by and enter! I hope you all have a great weekend.

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Wednesday, July 30, 2014

Feasts & Seasons :: Our August Book Basket



At the beginning of each month I fill a basket with books featuring the the various saints whose feast days will be celebrated during the month and place it in the living room. Throughout the month I will find the children curled up on the couch reading books they have chosen from the basket, either on their own or to their younger siblings.  I also choose books from the basket for some of our afternoon family read-alouds. Our collection started very small and we have continued adding additional books over the years which we have either purchased or have been given as gifts. Some are picture books, some are chapter books, and some are collections of saint stories. This post is a work in progress and I will continue adding links as I sort through our collection.


August 2nd, Our Lady of the Angels (Hist.):

Juanita and Our Lady of the Angels by Elizabeth Loch

August 4th, St. John Vianney (New) (Trad. – Aug. 8th ):

John Mary Vianney: The Holy Cure of Ars - I just love all our books in The Life of a Saint series from Ignatius, which also includes Therese, Bernadette, and Francis!

August 8th, St. Dominic (New) (Trad. – Aug. 4th ):

Saint Dominic from Saints for Boys

August 8th, St. Hormisdas:

August 9th, St. Teresa Benedicta (Edith Stein):

August 10th, St. Lawrence (New, Trad.):


August 11th, St. Philomena (Historical):

August 11th, St. Clare of Assisi (New) (Trad. – Aug. 12th ):


August 11th, St. Xystus:


August 14th, St. Maximilian Mary Kolbe (New):


August 15th, St. Tarcisius (Hist.):
  • Saint Tarcisius by Mary R. Berardi (Whenever I hear St. Tarcisius mentioned, this beautiful book from my childhood comes to mind. My mom gave me this copy, along with the book about St. Agnes, and I'm looking forward to sharing it with our children.)



August 15th, Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary into Heaven (New, Trad.):


August 16th, St. Roch (Hist.):

Saint Roch and the Dog from Legends of Saints and Beasts


August 17th, St. Hyacinth (Trad.):

August 18th, St. Helena (Trad./some places):

Saint Helena from Saints for Girls

August 20th, St Bernard of Clairvaux (New, Trad.):



August 21st, St. Our Lady of Knock (Hist.):

August 21st, St. Pius X (New) (Trad. – Sep. 3rd):

August 22nd, The Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary (New) (Trad. – May 31st) and Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Trad) (New – Saturday following 2nd Sunday after Pentecost):

Vintage 1960 edition of Jesus, Make Me Worthy

August 23rd, St. Rose of Lima (New) (Trad. – Aug. 30th):

St. Rose of Lima from Lives of the Saints: An Illustrated History for Children

August 24th, St. Bartholomew (New, Trad.):


August 25th, St. Louis IX of France (New, Trad.):


August 26th, Our Lady of Czestochowa (Hist.):

August 27th, St. Monica (New) (Trad. – May 4th):


August 28th, St. Moses the Black:


August 28th, St. Augustine (New, Trad.)


August 29th, The Passion (Beheading) of St. John the Baptist (New, Trad.):



August 30th, Sts. Felix and Adauctus (Trad.):

August 30th – St. Rose of Lima (Trad.)
(See Aug. 23rd)


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Wednesday, July 2, 2014

Feasts & Seasons :: Our July Book Basket


At the beginning of each month I fill a basket with books featuring the the various saints whose feast days will be celebrated during the month and place it in the living room. Throughout the month I will find the children curled up on the couch reading books they have chosen from the basket, either on their own or to their younger siblings. I also choose books from the basket for some of our afternoon family read-alouds. Our collection started very small and we have continued adding additional books over the years which we have either purchased or have been given as gifts. Some are picture books, some are chapter books, and some are collections of saint stories. This post is a work in progress and I will continue adding links as I sort through our collection.

 July 1st, St. Junipero Serra (New):

July 3rd, St. Thomas, the Apostle (Trad. – December 21st ):


July 4th, St. Elizabeth of Portugal (New) (Trad. – July 8th):

July 4, Independence Day:


July 6th, St. Maria Goretti (New, Hist.) (Trad - July 9th ):

July 11th, St. Benedict (New) (Trad. – March 21st ):

July 12th, St. Veronica of the Veil (Hist.):

July 14th, St. Kateri Tekakwitha (New):


July 14th, St. Francis Solano (Hist.):


July 15th, St. Swithin:

July 16th, Our Lady of Mount Carmel:

July 18th (USA), St. Camillus de Lellis:

July 19th, St. Vincent de Paul (Trad.) (New – Sep. 27th):


July 22nd, St. Mary Magdalene (New, Trad.):


July 23rd, St. Bridget of Sweden (New) (Trad. – Oct 8th):

July 25th, St. Christopher (Trad.):


July 25th, St. James the Greater (New, Trad.):


July 26th, St. Anne (New, Trad.):


July 27th, Sts. Maximianus, Malchus, Martinianus, Dionysius, Joammes, Serapion, and Constantius (Hist.):

July 29th, St. Martha (New, Trad.):

July 31st, St. Ignatius of Loyola (New, Trad.):



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