The Little Flower: The Story of St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus

by Mary Fabyan Windeatt

Overview

The Little Flower: The Story of St. Therese of the Child Jesus teaches the inspiring story of little Therese Martin, who hit upon a plan for becoming a saint when she decided to love God every minute and say ;yes; to whatever He asked of her. With this plan for sainthood, St. Therese became one of the best known and most loved saints. Her ;Little Way; shows that what God asks of us is simple: to love Him in all that we do. The example of St. Therese will be an inspiration to you and your student!

The author of The Story of St. Therese of the Child Jesus, Mary Fabyan Windeatt, was known as ;the storyteller of the saints.; In the 1950s and 60s, she wrote over 20 historical fiction novels on the saints, bringing to life these holy men and women for young readers across the world. Sold individually or in a set of 20, these timeless classics have educated young men and women in virtue since their publication in the 1950s. All the stories tell the lives of saints in an engaging way, detailing their virtues, struggles, and countless adventures.

This title is ideal for all children, especially those enrolled in TAN Academy in kindergarten through third grades for easy-reading literature.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781618902771
Publisher:	TAN Books
Publication date:	03/01/1992
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	167
File size:	14 MB
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Age Range:	7 - 13 Years

About the Author

Mary Fabyan Windeatt lived from 1910-1979 and grew up in Saskatchewan, Canada. The Mount Saint Vincent College awarded her a Licentiate of Music degree when she was just seventeen, and she began writing Catholic works when she was about twenty-four. Later she sent one of her stories to a Catholic magazine, and after it was accepted, she continued to write. In total she composed at least twenty-one children???s books, as well as periodical children???s pages written for The Torch, a monthly Dominican magazine. Mary Windeatt is most renowned for her many novels of the saints, which she wrote specifically for children, including lives on the Children of Fatima, Cure of Ars, St. Thomas Aquinas, St. Rose of Lima and many others. After living with her mother in St. Meinrad, Indiana, she died on the twentieth of November, 1979.