Inspirational media for today's Catholics
It sounds like a fairy tale: a young, ignorant peasant girl sees a beautiful lady at the edge of a stream. After following the lady’s instructions, the girl is elevated and becomes renown over all the earth. Only, it isn’t a fairy tale. It’s the story of St. Bernadette of Lourdes. The magical aspect of the story lends itself well to the graphic novel format. The novel opens with the arrival of the Commissioner Jacomet in the tiny town of Lourdes. The Emperor … [Read more...]
Why not? Comic books tell the stories of heroes. Why not use comic books to tell the stories of Catholic heroes. Pauline Kids offers a line of comic books based on the lives of the saints. The first book, “Saint Joan of Arc: Quest for Peace,” follows Joan in her transformation from a simple peasant girl to the savior of France. The graphic novel opens as Joan, her mother and brother seek refuge from the British forces at Mont St. Michel. After instructions from … [Read more...]
Books about the lives of the saints, especially for children, walk a very fine line. The lives of so many saints are full of color, and that’s putting it mildly. Before conversion, many of our greatest saints did things that are not exactly bedtime story material for young children. There are also the many ways that saints died. It’s hard to send a child off to bed with stories of imprisonments, torture and beheadings. Accuracy in the stories is also very … [Read more...]
Caldecott Honor winner Eric Kimmel delivers a new Christmas offering in “The Spiders Gift.” The book follows the adventures of Katrusya, a young Ukrainian girl who has been told there will be no Christmas. In spite of the family’s poverty, Katrusya begs to have a homemade celebration. The entire family pulls together, finds a tree, make ornaments and humble Christmas feast. But just when it looks like Katrusya can pull off a Christmas celebration, disaster … [Read more...]
Your church is eligible to receive a free single subscription to New Catholic Books & Media. Each quarterly issue is filled with information about new books, author … [Read more...]
