Picture Book Extravaganza [Easter Edition]

Picture Books make the best Easter Basket fillers!

Families loved our Christmas Gift Book List so I wanted to create another for Easter!

Check out these recommendations and add a few new titles to your collection:

NEW Seek and Find: On the Way to Santiago de Compostela

In this 3rd volume of the Seek and Find series, children will learn about the still-popular pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela, in Spain, as it was experienced during the Middle Ages.

Along the way, they will look for Sara and Simon, a girl and a boy like them; Felix and Estella, a teacher and his daughter; Lavan and Hoom, the two cats; and Gil the goat.

Do your kids want to learn more about Catholic pilgrimages? Check out Very Young Catholics in India!

Want more Seek and Find books? Children can join Sarah and Simon again as they witness twelve important events in the life of Jesus and follow alongside Catholic saints!

Jesus, Were You Little?

Children have a lot of questions–and this picture book gives small children with an opportunity to wonder about the Child Jesus!

In Jesus, Were You Little? children full of questions and wonder take readers on a journey of discovery, making Jesus real and relatable to young and old. With innocent curiosity, children ask the King of kings if he ever climbed a tree, spilled his milk, or skinned his knee.

Adventure by adventure, we realize that Jesus knew the joys, pains, and vulnerability of being little. Finally when a child, with budding devotion, asks the ultimate question — “Jesus, were you little? Just for me?” — we join together in the youngsters’ joy at the answer.

So Many Ways to Be Holy: A Child’s Book about Vocations

Charming pictures of children playing dress-up capture the joy that is to be found in all kinds of lives of service — from being an artist, a doctor, or an astronaut to becoming a priest, a brother, or a nun, and more!

For each occupation, your child will learn the patron saint who would protect and guide them
to use their talents for the glory of God!

Did you know that the patron saint of scientists is St. Albert the Great?

And what about the patron saint of..farmers? Dancers? Cooks? Or firefighters or truck drivers?

On every page, your children can envision what they can become in the future (and how to do it in a way that honors God)!

Psst–looking for more picture books about vocation?

Check out Brides of Christ, Father Ben Gets Ready for Mass, and Sister Clare Gets Ready for Prayer.

NEW Discovering the Land of Virtues

A story that teaches children about the TRUE Presence in the Eucharist.

Young Madeline and her sister Felicity embark on a shopping excursion with their Grandmother Eliza. Suddenly, a tornado appears in the Nebraska skyline!

Together, they rush to safety and are swept off to a wondrous land in the sky inhabited by angels–The Land of Virtues!

Joined by the angel Clara, Madeline, Felicity, and Grandmother Eliza make an important visit and learn valuable lessons during their stay! 

Wonderfully warm and whimsical illustrations set the mood and captivate readers from the very first page of this most imaginative and fantastical story.

Go and Fear Nothing: The Story of Our Lady of Champion

We love sharing the story of Our Lady of Champion and this stunning picture book is a must-have for all Catholic families. 

The only approved Marian Apparition in the United States, the beautiful illustrations bring this story to life. Read aloud Our Lady’s message of praying for the conversion of sinners, learning our catechism, receiving the sacraments with devotion, and relying on her unfailing help–it will bring tears to your eyes!

When we doubt ourselves or feel like we need to make excuses for our weaknesses, we can remember Our Lady’s words to Adele: “Go and fear nothing. I will help you.”

The Children’s Book of Angels

Children are intrigued by angels, and we actually know a lot about them.

Learn from this full-color book, packed full of angel info from the Bible, the saints, the Catechism, and Church tradition.

In a straightforward Q&A approach, we answer what children ask us about angels:

• When did God make angels–and why?
• How are they like us–and how are they not like us?
• What do they do? (And you’ll learn many, many Scriptural examples!)
• Are all angels alike? What did St Thomas Aquinas tell us?
• Where can you go which will always be full of angels?
• Prayers the angels say, prayers we can say to the angels–so much more!

Psstt–people love this book so much that we have created a Poster too!

An Alphabet of the Altar

This is perhaps the most beautiful book we have come across in a long time.

Each letter of the alphabet relates to something found within our Catholic faith, with fun explanations for children! 

Each lavishly illustrated page is mesmerizing in its detail but even more so for its love of the beauty of our Faith. Printed in a deep, rich brown ink on cream paper, with a cloth hardcover and dimensional gold embossing, this is a book that will make you feel proud to be Catholic.

Makes a perfect gift–even for those who already know their alphabet quite well.

Okay–these aren’t picture books, but are fantastic for middle schoolers!

Detective Thomas and the Biggest Question

Fans of the Dear God series and Clare’s Costly Cookie–this is the book for you!

Thomas has a pretty impressive talent. This middle school boy is a detective. He has solved lots of mysteries at school and at home. Thomas just knows how to figure things out when there is a problem.

But this mystery is his biggest one of all: He believes God exists, but he doesn’t know why. With the help of some supernatural clues from a mysterious friend, Thomas proves that we can know God exists not only through faith but also through reason!

Using Saint Thomas Aquinas’s Five Proofs for the Existence of God as a basis, this fun, engaging story helps young people understand that faith is reasonable, and it makes sense!

NEW Very Young Catholics in Brazil

Meet Carlos-Miguel, Dulce, and Antonio in their beautiful coastal city in Brazil during a somber Triduum and joyful Easter!

The 14th volume in the Very Young Catholics series is sure to become a family classic for the Lenten Season (similar to how Very Young Catholics in Austria was this past Advent and Christmas seasons)!

With 100+ pages of full-color photos, your children will learn the traditions of Holy Week, some which they will recognize from their own parish at home and others unique to the culture of Brazil!

This series enables children to SEE how magnificent the Catholic Church is throughout every time zone.

Blessed Carlo Acutis: The Amazing Discovery of a Teenager in Heaven

When Carlo Acutis became “Blessed Carlo Acutis” in Assisi on October 10, 2020, it was unlike any other beatification in history. WHY?

His mother, father, and 10-year-old twin siblings attended the beatification, along with several of his friends from junior high and high school!

Get this book–and dive into the amazing life of a teenage boy who died in 2006–and has already begun to intercede with miracles from Heaven!

You’ll follow along, step-by-step, the methodical process the Catholic Church follows to determine who is in Heaven, and the miracles which revealed that Carlo was already there. 

Extensively researched and incorporating details from official Church documents and personal interviews with Blessed Carlo’s mother, If your child has ever wondered, “how does someone become a Saint?” then this is the book for them!

Looking for more Easter Basket fillers? Check out these 4 Easter Basket Bundles!