"It was Martin! Martin the Catechumen gave me half of his cloak." These and other details of St. Martin's life are presented in a comic-book format designed by Pierre Frisano and Marie-Paule Alluard and taken from the Life of St. Martin by Sulpicius Severus, a contempary and friend of St. Martin. The original French text by Raymond Maric was translated by Marianne Lorraine Trouve, fsp.

Sister M. Imelda Wallace, S.L. Favorite of Young and Old! For sixty years acclaimed by Catholic youth across America as the story they read and re-read and lived so vividly it remains with them always. Here is the high tension story of God's "outlaws" fighting for their Catholic Faith in seventeenth-century Scotland, living that Faith to the hilt of their claymores. It includes Christian …

Reviews - "Shadow in the Dark has a wholesomeness that makes it stand out like a mountain among the suggestive emotionally confused sludge that has become the accepted fare to dish up for our youth.  This could be the future standard for sound adolescent literature!"  ~ Leo Madigan, The Weka-Feather Cloak   "With Shadow in the Dark, Barone has produced a real page …

Fr. Stan Fortuna, C.F.R. Y Do "U Got 2 Believe"? ... so that you can share in God's life ... so that you can have the awesome power of God in your life ...in order to deal with all the things life hands you - even the impossible ...so you can have peace now and forever in heaven ...because belief allows you to become the person God created you to be - so that you can receive the gift of Faith …

"Next time you steal a horse, you better not steal that one.  He's the smartest horse in the world."  That's what Johnny told a horse thief about Old Sam.  Old Sam was smart, and he was fast, too, though with his disfigured back leg he didn't look like the thoroughbred-trotting champion he had once been. Old Sam helped Johnny and his brother Lee stand up tall against the …

"Elizabeth lived among the poorest of the poor. She gave up power and wealth for a simple and humble life." These details and others from the life of St. Elizabeth are presented in a comic-book format designed by Jean Retailleau and taken from the original French by Justin Lang and Juliette Wehrung. Translation is by Marianne Lorraine Trouve, fsp.

Big John's Secret Eleanore M. Jewett There is a mystery woven into Big John’s young life that he must solve. Raised an orphan in a rude peasant village during the strife-filled reign of King John of England, John understands that injustice has been done his family. One day he must reclaim his name and family honor by avenging his unknown father! John’s unusual size and strength earn him a …

Echo Lewis Welcome is Maggie's beloved town and “Tara” is her home and refuge where she and her mother, Mara, have lived since the death of her father. Maggie realizes that some change is inevitable now that her mother is about to marry Bartholomew Britt, a rugged carpenter from the Yukon. She likes him though he definitely takes some getting used to. However, it's when Mara and Bartholomew …

Andre Norton 1590 B.C: Rahotep, captain of the Nubian Desert Scouts, is heir to the Nome of the Striking Hawk, which, with all of Egypt, has been under the harsh rule of the Hyksos. Accused of a crime he didn't commit and driven out of Nubia by his scheming half-brother, Rahotep flees north to Thebes, accompanied only by a loyal band of Nubian archers. Here he takes refuge in the court of the …

Leo Madigan Artistic Danny Mago gets a new job at the St. Martin de Porres Convent with Mother Madeleine, the famous Maori painter, and he approaches the ancient, unused elevator on the Convent grounds, the uneventful tenor of his life takes a decided turn…upwards! The resulting wild adventures become strangely entangled with the quest that has brought beautiful Zelia Mazloum from Turkey to …

Margot Benary-Isbert Seventeen-year-old Paula has just left behind convent boarding school - to go home. She hasn't been back home for more than two years, and isn't quite prepared for her five rambunctious brothers, two eccentric maiden aunts, bibliophile uncle, and 89 year-old Babbett, not to mention the demands laid on her by energetic Mama. Her father, Judge Eisenberth, at first seems to …

"Here's another one of those 'They could make it into a movie!' books that keeps you always wanting to read just one more chapter.  Red Hugh was a true champion for Irish liberty from Queen Elizabeth's constricting reign in the late 1580's and beyond.  Hugh's capture, imprisonment, and escape from the Dublin Castle; his triumph over a blizzard and frostbite; his dramatic rescue of his …

Paule Fostroy Through the Mountains is the newest biography of St. Josemaría Escrivá in comic book format. As it follows the dramatic events of the life of St. Josemaria, it conveys the fundamental message of his preaching, that of the sanctifying value of work and ordinary life. Its vivid and detailed drawings will grab the eye and imagination of your young reader, leading them to an …

The beginning of the greatest fantasy epic of our time. Bilbo Baggins was a hobbit who wanted to be left alone in quiet comfort. But the wizard Gandalf came along with a band of homeless dwarves. Soon Bilbo was drawn into their quest, facing evil orcs, savage wolves, giant spiders, and worse unknown dangers. Finally, it was Bilbo–alone and unaided–who had to confront the great …

The conclusion to the greatest fantasy epic of our time. While the evil might of the Dark Lord Sauron swarmed out to conquer all Middle-earth, Frodo and Sam struggled deep into Mordor, seat of Sauron’s power. To defeat the Dark Lord, the accursed Ring of Power had to be destroyed in the fires of Mount Doom. But the way was impossibly hard, and Frodo was weakening. Weighed down by the …

The best in new young adult fiction from Catholic author Anthony Barone.

This book is a wonderful invitation to Tolkien's world. This rich treasury includes Tolkien's most beloved short fiction plus his essay on fantasy. FARMER GILES OF HAM. An imaginative history of the distant and marvelous past that introduces the rather unheroic Farmer Giles, whose efforts to capture a somewhat untrustworthy dragon will delight readers everywhere. THE ADVENTURES OF TOM …

A relevant and inspirational book for teens.  From playing video games to sleeping-in, teens can think of countless things they would rather do than go to Mass on Sunday morning. That is, unless they knew what they were missing. " Do I Have to Go? " explains the meaning and the mystery of Mass in such a way that teens will be asking, "Why wouldn't I go?"   With …