INSIDE: Massive List of Kid’s Books about Mary
If you’ve hung around this blog for any length of time, you know that (one of) my favorite ways to teach the faith is through literature. So when I want to teach my little ones about Our Blessed Mother, I go straight to the bookshelf.
Creating and expanding our Catholic bookshelf has been a labor of love since my conversion.
Read more: Creating a Catholic Bookshelf You Love for tips and tricks on how to expand your Catholic home library inexpensively.
So today I’m rounding up books on Mary for you!
With so many liturgical celebrations revolving around this one of a kind lady, a killer list of kids books about Mary is a great place to begin curating our Catholic home library.
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Note: We’ve not been able to add the entire list to our library (yet)-you will find an star (*) by the books our family has enjoyed.
You can find an update version of this list and many, many more AMAZING Catholic book lists in Read through the Catholic Year Book Lists.
After years of missing out on reading along with the liturgical cycle of the Church, I’ve finally created a comprehensive and curated list of Catholic book lists for:
- liturgical inspired book lists by month
- Marian book list
- Rosary book list
- Catholic chapter book list
- Catholic spirituality for kids book list
- Advent & Christmas book list
- Lent & Easter book list
All in easy printable format!
(GIVEAWAY CLOSED)
Board Books of Our Lady:
If you are like me, you LOVE a good sturdy board book to hand to your toddler while you are reading to your older children. No more ripped pages!
- Mary, Mother of Jesus
- My Golden Book of Mary
- Guadalupe: First Words (English and Spanish)
- Our Blessed Mother
Picture Books of Mary:
Picture books may be for kids, but I can’t help but learn and be inspired as I read along.
- Mary, The Mother of Jesus
- Mary, Mother or Jesus
- The Virgin Mary Mother of God
- The Story of Mary, Mother of God
- Mary, My Mother
- Our Heavenly Mother
- The End of the Fiery Sword: Adam & Eve and Jesus and Mary**
- Mary (Wildsmith)
- The Story of Mary The Mother of God
- Mary (Demi)**
- Take it to the Queen**
- Just Like Mary
- My First Pictures of Mary
- The Life of Mary
- Young Mary of Nazareth
- Mary the Queen: A Life of The Blessed Mother for Her Little Ones
- Mary Had a Little Lamb
- Jesus and Mary: The Lives of Jesus and Mary and the Story of Fatima**
- Lovely Lady Dressed in Blue and The Knights of Our Lady
Our Lady of Guadalupe Book List
- The Lady of Guadalupe
- The Beautiful Lady: Our Lady of Guadalupe
- Our Lady of Guadalupe
- Our Lady of Guadalupe
- Talking Eagle and the Lady of Roses
- Our Lady of Guadalupe: A Graphic Novel
- Our Lady of Guadalupe by Lovasik
- Gifts of Our Lady of Guadalupe
Books about the Rosary for Kids:
- A Child’s Treasury: Meditation on the Rosary for Children
- Hail Mary (Deneux)
- Praying the Rosary with Mary
- Child’s Guide to the Rosary
- The Hail Mary (Board Book by Wollenmann)
- Mary Holds My Hand
- Joyful Mysteries: A Rosary Guide for Children
- The Rosary for Children
- Praying the Rosary with Mary
- Easy Readers for Catholic Kids: The Rosary
- The Rosary for Little Ones
- How to Pray the Rosary with Children (includes art for each Rosary meditation)
- The Holy Rosary by Lovasik
- Mysteries of the Rosary for Children and the Young at Heart
- Hail Mary (Ronchi)
- The Hail Mary (Board Book by Hoagland)
- A Children’s Rosary
- My First Prayers with Mary
- Rosary Comic Book
Our Lady of Lourdes Book List
- Bernadette: The Little Girl from Lourdes**
- St. Bernadette: The Miracle of Lourdes
- Bernadette: Our Lady’s Little Servant
- Saint Bernadette Soubirous: Light in the Grotto
- Bernadette: The Little Girl from Lourdes, Maraval-Hutin (family fav!)
- Immaculate Conception, Winkler
- Saint Bernadette and the Miracle of Lourdes, Demi
- Saint Bernadette: the Miracle of Lourdes, Brunor
- Bernadette: Our Lady’s Little Servant, Pauli (Vision book)
- Bernadette Soubirous: A Light in the Grotto, Heffernan (Encounter the Saints)
- The Lady Spoke to Her, from Golden Legends of Young Saints, Daniel-Rops
- St. Bernadette, from Saints for Girls
- Bernadette , from Stories of the Saints, Wallace
Our Lady of Fatima Book List
- Blesseds Jacinta and Francisco Marto: Shepherds of Fatima, (Encounter the Saints series)
- Mary and the Little Shepherds from Fatima, Monge
- Our Lady of Fatima, Lovasik
- Lucia and Our Lady’s Rosary: A True Story, Franz
- Our Lady of Fatima: The Graphic Novel, Gratias
- A Story of Our Lady of Fatima, Ernest
- The Children of Fatima, Windeatt (an all time family fav!)
- Our Lady’s Message to Three Shepherd Children and the World, Cooper O’Boyle
- Our Lady Came to Fatima, Vision series book
Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal Book List
- The Miraculous Medal: The Story of Our Lady’s Apparitions to Saint Catherine Laboure
- Saint Catherine Laboure and the Miraculous Medal
- Saint Catherine Laboure and Our Lady of the Miraculaous Medal
Short Chapter Books on Mary
- Came the Dawn: Mary of Nazareth
- Our Lady’s Book
- Saint Louis De Montfort: The Story of Our Lady’s Slave
- Journeys with Mary: Apparitions of Mary
Books on Marian Consecration for Children
What are your favorite Mary books for little ears?
If you want more, check out:
Rosary Reflections (my thoughts on praying the Rosary after praying it daily for a month)
Must Reads for Young Catholics
And now for the giveaway… (closed)
I’ve been busy cleaning out and I have a few goodies to share with you (I somehow ended up with some duplicates)! I’ve added a few of my own products to the package to sweeten the pot. Here is what you will get if you win the giveaway:
- Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton (CD and Coloring Book) courtesy Holy Heroes
- Catholic Tales for Boys and Girls by Houselander
- Our Friends the Saints (board book)
- The American Catholic Almanac: A Daily Reader of Patriots, Saints, Rogues, and Ordinary People who Changed the US
- 4 Peg Doll Religious (priest, monk, Missionaries of Charity, Carmelite) and an altar boy
- 2 2017 Catholic Planners with Tabs (one for you, one for a friend!)
- Printable Jesus Tree Ornaments: A Lenten Family Devotional (download)– not pictured
- Printable Jesse Tree Ornaments and devotional (download)– not pictured
- Printable O Antiphon Ornaments (download)– not pictured
To enter you must leave a blog comment telling me a post you would like to read. You can earn more entries by visiting my Pinterest and Facebook pages and for subscribing. I’ll email the winner when the giveaway has closed.
Enter by 1/24/17!
Best of luck!
Hmmmm. I’d like to see a post on talking to kids about faith and suffering.
That is a tall order, Alicia! That whole suffering thing I’m trying to figure out myself!
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Let me try that again…this is a tricky question. I love so much about your blog but have been unable to find something to guide me as i homeschool Kindergarten through 11th grade. Our morning basket is great (following some of your feast table ideas) but the range of ages….Ugh! I can’t find a balance or a happy medium.
That is tricky. I’ve heard many families allow older children to skip out of morning basket time.as they age out. Others gear it toward the older kids, knowing the younger ones will pick up something too. Definitely something to think about!
I just saw something yesterday posted about teaching about Mary to Children. I wonder if it was this post! I am thrilled to find it. I have not followed your post very long. But am thrilled to be here. I homeschool four young boys ages 13 to 6. How to help the older boys would be a lovely thing to find on a post. How to keep them in the faith. How to love the Lord and Our Mother.
Isn’t keeping them in the faith what it is all about? Since Husband was homeschooled, we have the added advantage of looked back and seeing how we can improve on an already good thing.
I was baptized as an infant. My mother lost my father when I was 2. She was very angry at God for a long time. Leaving her to raise and care for a toddler all on her own.
So I wasn’t raised in the faith. It wasn’t until much later that I went to the Catholic Church on my own. And even then, it was shaky ground.
I don’t know what it is supposed to feel like, or be like to be raised in the faith. So, I don’t know what is enough.
Know that for many of us who were raised as Catholics or Christians, we are still trying to figure it all out too. You are certainly not alone. I would just encourage you to pray and meet God and He will meet you and tell you what He wants from you. I’ll say a prayer for you…
I just found your blog a few days ago- it is such a great resource! Thank you! I would like to see a post on how you manage your time. It is amazing to me that you homeschool, write this blog, and have time to read/learn about the faith!
Sounds like a good idea for a post. I’m no super woman. I just do less than in some areas of life.
I would love to read an article about having and obtaining a spiritual director. I hear of it, think I could use it but am timid about taking a next step.
That would be a great post. I’ve toyed with the idea of having a spiritual director, but a wise woman once told me my husband could be my spiritual director. Right now, I know what I need to do to grow in my faith and when I become totally committed and faithful to that, I think it would be the time for the next step.
I’ve loved reading and following along with your blog since last Spring. Always such wisdom and something to learn and take away, so thank you for that.
As for a post, I’d love to read a post about books you recommend (on homemaking, womanhood, family, home life, daily rhythms, etc.), and perhaps more posts on those topics as well. Just a few ideas!!
Joy and blessings to you!
That is a great idea and I have lots of favorites that have helped me along the way!
I would love to read about your ideas for establishing a prayer routine with children. I’m trying to do a miniature divine office routine with my 1 and 4 year olds this year, but still tweaking it to see what is going to work. Ideas for the best places to pray, and “accessories” that capture their attention (bells, candles…?) would be great too!
This is something I’m trying to figure out in my own home, and I find differs from family to family. But I definitely have a few ideas to pass along.
I’d like more input about Catechesis at home, esp toward First Communion and our diocese does Confirmation at the same time. What is there for prepping a second grader for Confirmation? Seems all geared for high school Confirmants!!
I really like the idea of confirming early, but that would definitely be a hard thing since everyone seems to wait till high school. I’ll see what I can dig up!
I think the Pinterest entry on the Rafflecopter isn’t working. Link “go here” didn’t take me to Pinterest. Not sure what is supposed to be entered in the box on that entry? Maybe you can fix it?
I think maybe I’ve fixed it Erin. Try again. God bless.
Hi!
Do you celebrate your children’s saint’s feast day(s)? I was looking to start this tradition this year for my children-3 boys. Also, what saint would be most appropriate for Jonathan? I heard St. John but are there any others?
Thank you for all your great ideas and inspiration. God bless you, your family and your apostolate.
Only two of my children has a saint’s feast day, but we do try to celebrate them as best we can. There are so many St. Johns you have a lot to choose from!
You have a lot of great info already on Catholicism but maybe info/resources on teaching the Early Fathers/Doctors of the church to kids.
I think that is a fabulous idea!
I would love to see a post on how to bring open a teen’s interest in knowing his faith once more. That’s my issue right now w/my oldest. He is a good boy but going to mass and such is not something he wants to even discuss. I’m doing a novena (non stop) to St.Monica for her intervention and such but any other encouraging help would be wonderful. FYI he went to Catholic school and he sees his siblings as well as his dad & I living the faith) So it hurts this mama’ heart.
Fr. Larry Richards says to pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet with people’s names like “For the sake of His sorrowful passion, have mercy on (name) and on the whole world.” I like that idea.
I’d like to see another post with catholic childrens book recommendations. My kids just love books and I’d like to add more to our family library.
I have a couple already posted, but I also have at least one more in the works! Books are my favorite way to grow the faith!
Hello there! I would like to see a post on disciplining children. I’m homeschooling my 2 youngest kids and I am the disciplinarian since my husband works during the day and he is not Catholic, nor religious at all so I carry the burden of teaching the faith. I am at a point where I am tired and apt to just ignore behavior until it gets worse. I need techniques that I can use every time, all the time, that I don’t have to think too much about. Thank you and God Bless your ministry.
Disciplining- awww! A very good (and sticky) topic. I have strong views, but I find that just when I got it figured out, God throws in a crazy loop-de-loo!
I love having Catholic books to read to my kids! They love spending $ from Grandma at the local Catholic bookstore. Thanks for all of the suggestions!
That is a great way to spend money! NO MORE TOYS-PLEASEEEEEE! I do have on more post planned for Catholic children’s book suggestions.
If you haven’t already, I’d love posts about introducing elements of the faith a little at a time for me converts (myself and children). The catholic faith has so much to it that our can feel overwhelming.
I agree! Catholicism can be overwhelming. Taking little steps is what will help you learn and know the faith so you can better teach your children. I like to listen to audio when I’m cleaning and read when I get a chance! Good post idea!
I would love to see a post about a typical day in your home! Thanks for the giveaway!
I had this planned for February sometime! Great minds think alike!
I would love more homeschool curriculum posts ( are you still happy with MODG and plan to use it next year?
I’d like to read posts about; what a day looks like in your home (like someone else said) and one about creating an atmosphere of beauty in the home, especially on a budget!
I’m all about the budget and I’m so glad I am (we’ve been able to make some major financial milestones because of it!). Those are both great ideas and I’ll see what I can do!
I love reading your blog! I would love a blog post about what a day in your home looks like as well. It’s so hard to homeschool older kids when you have little ones, so I always love hearing more ideas!
Yes, it is tricky to homeschool multiple levels and I stil have a lot to learn, but I may have a few suggestions. Good idea!
I’m planning on getting baptised next year and I love your blog because of all the neat ideas I can start with in my family <3 A blog post I would like to see is maybe some fasting meals, how to get a filling meal and how big the smaller meals are allowed to be.
I think you really have to use your own judgement following the Church guidelines on fasting, without getting scrupulous. Liturgically appropriate meals will definitely be an ongoing theme.
Love all the great book suggestions!
I would like to read about helping young kids appreciate and participate in God’s beautiful gift to us in the Mass. In addition, I would like to hear some ideas about how to bring the liturgical seasons into our home life.
Ahh, the Mass. Definitely something worth helping our children appreciate and participate in!
I would like to see a how to catholic bible study for adults
It has been on my heart to do an in-home Bible study, but right now life just isn’t allowing for that. I think that is a great idea!
I would love to read a post about dealing with family and friends who are very unsupportive of the Catholic church/faith. How to lovingly let them be a part of your life without it negatively impacting your children and what you are teaching them about the faith.
oooooh! Tricky! Still learning that myself, but I’ve definitely got a few tips to share!
I enjoyed reading your feast table posts each month. Your approach makes liturgical living so do-able. I would love more ideas on the feast days you celebrate, especially those that revolve more around charity or sacrifices.
I will definitely work on that. I certainly love living the liturgical days with my family.
I love reading posts on liturgical living.
I would love to see you do a blog post on teaching manners to young Catholic kids. This is not something I grew up with (I didn’t even know what a thank you note was until I was in college). I would also love to hear about teaching kids conversational skills, as a parent-child exercise.
I’d like to pick your brains on ways to encourage kids to be Christ’s hands and feet. In our stage of family life, it’s not feasible to commit to traditional charitable activities, so any thoughts would be appreciated.
I would love to hear about your morning basket time and how you keep everyone involved and engaged.
I’ve just come across your blog, and I’m looking forward to looking through more posts! If there isn’t one already, I’d love to read a post about ideas for family prayers with antsy littles.
I second one of the above comments about a spiritual director. I hear so many people talk about them, but have no idea how a person would go about asking someone or knowing who to ask.
I would love to see more Catholic reads and resources for adults!
Definitely on my to-do list!
Beautiful post! Thank you for the giveaway❤
I’d love more ideas on how to keep kids involved in Mass on Sundays.
Teaching grand children about Mary.
I love posts with book lists, I always love discovering new titles.
I would love a post on taking small children to adoration. I have a 8,6,4, and 2 yr old with number 5 due to arrive any day. The older three are in school during the day so I can go with just the 2 year old and the baby but I don’t know where to start with a 2 yr old at adoration so any suggestions would be great!
If you haven’t touched on it before, I’d like to see a post about prayer life. When do you say the Rosary/read the daily readings? Do you do this as a family or individually?
Wow great list–I just got the Mary had a little lamb-song connection when I saw the book above Mary had a little lamb. Another resource I use is the Little Flower club– they have good stories that always portray a virtue. There is no club near be but I have got their books and amazon. I am also amazed at how many children’s books–catholic/christian themed I find at goodwill or 1/2 price books.
I’ve been finding Catholic books at our local thrift store too! Can’t beat that. WE are part of a little flowers/blue knights group that meets very casually. It’s been fun!