saints

A look at the life, death, and continuing influence of Joan of Arc. Includes illustrations, a time line, a glossary, a bibliography, and an index.

Tells how St. Patrick's Day became a holiday, how it is celebrated, and offers two activity projects to go along with the holiday.

Describes the celebration of Saint Patrick's Day which honors the patron saint of Ireland.

Tells the story of Miriam, a young girl being raised by her widowed father in ancient Israel, who grows up to be Mary Magdalene.

Mariamne, a young girl from Magdala who knows little of the world, grows up to learn how to escape to the spirit world and control her fate before becoming the close follower of Jesus Christ known as Mary Magdalene.

A biography of the fifteenth-century peasant girl who led a French army to victory against the English, witnessed the crowning of King Charles VII, and was later burned at the stake for witchcraft.

An illustrated retelling of the legend of Saint Jerome and the lion that he sheltered in his monastery.

While regularly petitioning the Vatican to make her the first living saint, fifteen-year-old Antonia Labella prays to assorted patron saints for everything from help with preparing the family's fig trees for a Rhode Island winter to getting her first kiss from the right boy.

When her grandmother takes fourteen-year-old Agnes, her younger brother, and best friend Honey and escapes Mount Blessing, a Connecticut religious commune, Agnes clings to the faith she loves while Honey looks toward a future free of control, cruelty, and preferential treatment.

Places the life of the fifteenth-century girl who has become a French national symbol within the social, religious, and political context of her time.