This book is a biography of the wealthy young Italian who gave away all his possessions to become a wandering preacher and protector of animals.

From the critically acclaimed author of A Summer Life comes a moving collection of prose reflecting the author's childhood years in California. One of those rare books that come from the author's heart . . . and made alive by imaginative spirit. --San Francisco Chronicle. Winner of the Americn Book Award.

As Reprobus carries a child across a river one stormy night, the boy gets heavier and heavier until Reprobus feels he is carrying the world on his shoulders--thus goes the legend of the name Christ-bearer, or Christopher.

The story of Patrick's life, from his noble birth in Britain, to his being captured and taken to Ireland by a group of bandits, to the dreams that led him to convert the Irish people to the Christian faith. DePaola also retells several well-known legends, including the story of how Patrick got rid of all the snakes in Ireland. Full color.

Valentine lives a modest life in the ancient city of Rome. He is a physician who heals his patients with herbs and powders--and with the power of prayer, for he is also a Christian priest, at a time when Christians are persecuted. The life of the man who brought about a miracle through goodness and faith. Full-color mosaics.

The acclaimed author of The Cloister Walk offers a moving text to accompanydePaola's beautiful fresco-like paintings in the dramatic and inspiring storyof two miraculous, yet very human siblings.

In this highly readable biography, Vernon explains William Tyndale's work of translating, printing, and distributing the Scripture, focusing on Tyndale's helper, Colin, who begins his work as a carrier boy smuggling in a copy of Luther's New Testament to Tyndale. (Ages 9-14)

Ludwig retells Michael Faraday's remarkable life story in fictionalized form, presenting the man who invented the electric motor, the dynamo, the transformer, and the generator, as well as a deeply committed Christian who was determined to live by the Sermon on the Mount.

The author shares the story of her childhood in the 1940s, when her affluent family considered her bad luck after her mother died giving birth to her. Life was no easier when her father remarried, as she and her siblings were subjected to the disdain of her stepmother, while her stepbrother and stepsister were spoiled. An ALA Best Book for Young...

William Carey, the father of modern missions, displayed a single-minded determination to bring the gospel to the people of India. (1761-1834)