Cloud of Witnesses: A Child's First Book of Saints

We LOVE this book. It is a board book of saint quotes with simple but engaging images of the featured saints. The quotes are beautiful and convey the virtues you want to instill in your child. This book is not an entry level bio to the saints, as it’s designed to be short and keep the attention span of young kids. I love that they took a different angle and used quotes that capture the essence of the saints lives/teachings that convey the morals and virtues I want to teach my children.The board book is awesome for tiny hands and is more resilient then most saint books that have thin paper pages. The text is not edited to be a reader for children to learn how to read but for family, friends, teachers, siblings, etc to read and share their faith with the young children in their lives.My 16 month old LOVES this book and asks me to read it to him over and over and over again. The bonus to this is he gets to hear amazing virtuous ideals and I’ve memorized several quotes from saints!!Please please please make several volumes of the the Cloud of Witness series!! I love reading these saint quotes with my kiddos and reinforcing and growing in my faith as well!!

I was looking forward to an accessible way to acquaint my 3 and 5 year old with the saints, this is not it. The idea is nice and the images are sweet but the content is nothing more than the saints name and a quote. Nothing about who the person is, what they did, why their a saint. Nothing in language oriented toward children. I'm bummed that life distracted me and I missed the opportunity to return this.

This is a Board Book which somehow I missed so I can't return it. So, it is designed for children who aren't old enough to read yet this is not a book a toddlwr can read. My 7 year old grandson is going to think it is a baby book. There isnt enough material to interest or be of any use to him. I honestly don't know who this book is designed for?? A 4 year who can't read or understand the concepts yet?? Honestly, I am disappointed beyond words. I bought and now and stuck with two of these books Cloud of Witnesses and Scripture. Both of which I had truly hoped would give my 7 year old grandson something Catholic to read and understand in his anti-Catholic world. These are useless. The reviews were so misleading.

This little board book was even better than I expected. The illustrations are simple, yet detailed enough that you can tell who the saint is without reading the name, and they picked some excellent saints. The text makes the book though. Each quote was well chosen, especially for young souls growing up in a world like ours. I was thrilled to find the last part of St. Patrick's Breastplate as well as a prose translation of St. Teresa of Avila's "Nada te turbe". It's not dumbed down, something that I appreciate since so much of my own formal faith formation was intended to be "age appropriate" and ended up being hollow. I look forward to the moments that I get to spend with my daughter teaching her about these godly people and reflecting on their words.

This book has beautiful illustrations of some of our most well-known friends in heaven. The author added a lovely saint quote for each. The quotes mean much to myself, but I felt the wording was at a level where children (particularly pre-school and first grade), do not grasp the vocabulary used. I had to paraphrase many of the quotes to my first grader (and saints are not a new concept to her). I had purchased the book to add to our collection for the Feast of All Saints.

I just got this for my 2.75-year-old. He loved it. It's simple and sweet, and I loved the saints' quotes and the artist's use of color. It's a perfect "first book of saints."

I love this book! The saints are some that my family already has a connection to, so we had such fun identifying them as we read through. The illustrations are gorgeous--simple, but thoughtful--and the quotes are helpful for parent and child alike to reflect on. I appreciate the quotes not being in toned-down child's language, because it opens the way for conversation. Highly recommend.

I ordered this for a baby, and, while I like the book, the baby does not. The pages on the inside are a lot of text (specifically quotes from the Saints); text isn’t usually a bad thing, but it’s not exactly engaging for very small children. I’ve been using it as a teaching tool for my older kids, and they seem to get more use out of it, so although it’s not being read as intended, it’s still a useful book.

I am delighted with this book! Simple, modern, beautifully illustrated. The packaging was not protective enough. It arrived in a very thin bubble wrap envelope, and as a result, the top and bottom of the spine of the book is damaged.

Cute book with good content and images.