I cannot believe that in all of my 14 years of parenting, I have not heard of Joan Windham. I just recently discovered the treasure of books that she has written on the lives of the saints and I am overjoyed to have new stories to read to my little ones.
Windham has written many books but most of her saints stories are included in the anthologies: Sixty Saints for Girls and Sixty Saints for Boys.
The stories are a perfect length to read aloud in one sitting for the younger set or to be read alone by the older set! I used her story on St. Catherine of Siena when I taught Little Flowers this past year and the story was fabulous--very detailed and written so engagingly. I haven't been so excited about a saints book since I discovered Ethel Pochocki's Once Upon a Time Saints books. :)
Oh, and I just discovered that Pochocki has written a third volume in her saints series. A great idea for a Christmas gift! ;)
