Blessed Imelda by Mary Fabyan Windeatt is a wonderful book.  Also, CHC’s King of the Golden City was WELL loved & enjoyed by my boys when preparing for First Holy Communion.  Hope these help...the family will be in our prayers!

A great book--The Weight of a Mass by Josephine Nobisso, illunstrated by Katalin Szegedi.  This beatifully illustrates how important the Mass is---how the Eucharist has more value than we can imagine.  I include the name of the illustrator as it was the first thing to catch my eye--just beautiful.  Published by Gingerbread House.

Mary and Beth, thanks for your recommendations and for those prayers too!  I hope others will chime in and help out this little sweetie!  Lisa

Lisa,
Elizabeth Ficocelli has written several books for young Catholics: http://www.elizabethficocelli.com/Books.htm

I recently purchased “Can You Find the Saints?” by Phillip Gallery.  Think “Where’s Waldo?” meets saint stories.  Each 2-page spread has a massive amount of saints beautifully illustrated.  The sidebar invites children to find various saints ("Can you find St. Clare?").  When using it with the 2 children that I baby-sit, the book lead us into a discussion about patron saints, guardian angels, and Mary.  The little one enjoyed the pictures; the older one liked hearing the stories.  Check it out!

Lewis’ “The Lion, Witch and the Wardrobe” is what immediately comes to mind.  If that isn’t at her reading level, it is still a good one to read to a child.  Peace.  ~~~mary

I recommend the following books for this young girl. I will also keep her in prayer!

Catholic Prayer Book for Children by Julianne M. Will (Editor) ISBN-10: 1592760473/ISBN-13: 978-1592760473.

My First Catholic Bible For Catholic Children Who Want A Devotional Bible Of Their Very Own! by Thomas Nelson (Author) ISBN-10: 0785258442/ISBN-13: 978-0785258445

I see that it is already mentioned above, but I highly recommend “The Weight of the Mass” for this little girl.  Secondly, “It’s Great to Be Catholic” by Susan Heyboer O’Keefe.

I’m not sure if it is a Catholic book, but my children received this book, with several others, for their baptism.

“I Can Be Happy Because God Blesses Me” by Dandi Daley Mackall.

It inroduces children to some of the best-loved passages in the Bible. And it presents the message of the Beautitudes using familiar childhood experiences.

My daughter LOVES this book. The illusrations are wonderful.

the children’s picture book called “The Weight of a Mass” is wonderful for all ages, and so beautifully illustrated.  Sorry, don’t know the author off the top of my head, but definitely worth seeking out.

I asked a my reviewers if they could share some suggestions and here is what they came up with:

The First Eucharist Story-Coloring Book from Our Father’s House (Sample Page Here).

We loved The King of the Golden City by Mother Mary Loyola.  It is published by Little Way Press.  It might be more of a read-aloud.. . depending on her reading level.

The Mass Explained to Children by Maria Montessori. It’s out of date
in that she wrote when the Tridentine Rite was the norm not the extraordinary rite, but, in principle (and the principles apply equally to both rites), it’s excellent. (this is definitely a read-aloud)

The Sacraments by Inos Biffi. I do think he manages to convey much through illustration and sometimes it exactly those things that touch
a child’s heart.

Saints of the Eucharist by Father Francis. This is a coloring book that used to be carried by The Mother of Our Savior. It’s not just a coloring book, though. It’s about 7-10 stories of saints who loved Christ through the Eucharist.

Little Cathechism of the Eucharist (published by the diocese of Lincoln, Nebraska)

I second The Chronicles of Narnia. I first read them at that age - around 2nd Grade - and they made a huge impact on me spiritually.

What Can I Give God.  by Neal Lozano, illustrated by Ben Hatke

It’s for a young child, but Max Lucado’s, “You are special” is a beautiful book that emphasises the fact that God, the great creator, loves us for our imperfections and differences.  It’s a family favourite that we still pull out with our 11 yo ds.

Thank you to each of you for taking the time to comment and make suggestions.  I am so happy to be able to share such a wonderful list of ideas with the person who sent me the email!  If anyone has any other ideas, keep them coming! Lisa

Lisa,
Here’s a year’s worth of noteworthy books (Catholic and otherwise uplifting):

http://www.hillsideeducation.com/mosaicbooklist.pdf (Please note---PDF File)

Hi Lisa -

One thing I would tell your emailer, is to pray with this little girl.  Pray for her, but pray WITH her.  The Rosary, just one decade each day would be a great start.  For my kids at least, they can really only pay attention for one decade.  I found an absolutely lovely little book written and illustrated by two Catholic sisters.  For now they’ve only done the Joyful mysteries but are working on the rest.  The great thing about this book,is that there is a separate illlustration for each Hail Mary.  It helps the kids actually focus and begin to learn true mediatation on the Rosary.  It has been such a blessing for my kids and me - I can’t recommend it enough.
http://www.beadbybeadrosarybooks.com/index.html

I also love An Illustrated Catechism by Inos Biffi (carries the Nihil Obstat and Imprimatur).  Fantastic book.

Another great book is The Jesus Storybook Bible by Sally Lloyd-Jones.  There is one very small part in the story of Saul/Paul that seems slightly Protestant (seems to come down on the “by faith alone” belief rather than faith + good works...but it’s very minor and I just take it as an opportunity to explicitly discuss this part of our Faith).  This book is amazingly illustrated (Jago) and I love the stories.  Every story ends with a sentence that either foreshadows Jesus’ coming or reminds us that He will come again.  I have many, many more that I will try to list later when I have time.
Mostly I would start by praying with her though.  Give her 10 minutes as many days per week as possible.  Give her this time with you and with our Lord and His Mother.  She may initially just value this time because it is with an adult who loves her.  But that will change.  Time and prayer will work wonders.

My kids loved the Holy Halo Activity Book from Soft Saints. It has most definately made learing about the faith a fun experience! Hope this helps.

I see on other comments that there are many books mentioned already to help young children learn about their Catholic faith, and from my teaching my two boys about our Catholic faith, I just went to the book store and started going through the many wonderful books on the different subjects helping children learn all about their faith according to their age group.  There are so many great books that they are too many to mention!  I do hope that those teaching this child go directly to their favorite book store today, and bring her with them!  She will enjoy the book store, and feel closer to her faith when she can look through the books, pick out her favorite ones about her faith with the ones who take her there!  I do hope this helps in some way for her to understand and enjoy life to the fullest with God!

I love The Caterpillar that Came to Church: A Story of the Eucharist by Irene Hooker and Susan Brindle.  It is beautiful!

Ditto on The Catepillar that Came to Church.  There are about 8 books or so in the series by the same authors.  I highly recommend them.