Friday, August 1, 2025

August Books for Catholic Kids

August Catholic Kids Book List
Below are a few favorite titles that fit well with devotions and feast days this month! This list contains Amazon Affiliate links, which means if you click through and make a purchase, I earn a small commission at no cost to you. I'd also love to encourage you to shop directly with the publisher or with your local bookshop, or try to request these at your local library! I'm sure I've missed some books that would be great for this month, so feel free to add your own recommendations in the comments! You can find my giant list of Catholic Kid Books by topic here.


Feast Days this Month

8/4- St. John Vianney

8/6- The Transfiguration

8/8- St. Dominic

8/10- St. Lawrence

8/11- St. Clare of Assisi

8/11- St. Philomena

8/14- St. Maximilian Kolbe
 
8/15- Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
8/22- Coronation of the Blessed Virgin Mary

8/15- St. Tarcisius
8/18- St. Helen

8/23- St. Rose of Lima

8/28- St. Moses the Black


Book Lists By Month:
Click on the images below for book lists organized by feast days and devotions for each month:
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August Radiant Roundup: Back-to-School, the Immaculate Heart of Mary, and August Feast Days!

August: The Month of the Immaculate Heart of Mary



Marian Medallion Circle Stickers* (print, color, and add to your new back-to-school folders and notebooks! These fit on 3" circle sticker labels, or you can print on full sheet label stickers and cut out, or just print on your favorite paper and glue/tape on!)

The Transfiguration: August 6th

St. Philomena: August 11th

St. Maximilian Kolbe: August 14th
Teaching about St. Maximilian Kolbe* (Cross curricular literature, writing, spelling, art, religion, and research unit) (4th-6th)

Assumption of Mary: August 15th
Queenship of Mary: August 22nd 

This activity incorporates art, quotes from Scripture and the catechism, a couple short videos, and a set of worksheets to show the differences and similarities between the Ascension and the Assumption.

If you missed out on crowing Mary in May (or just love honoring Our Lady!), making a little Marian shine is a perfect way to celebrate her Assumption and Coronation! You also can crown your own statue of Mary with flowers or a homemade crown, and then pray the Glorious Mysteries of the Rosary or sing a Marian Hymn.

St. John Eudes: August 19th
St. Bartholomew: August 24th

Our Lady of Częstochowa: August 26th

And although this isn't until September, you may want to print out and prepare for Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati's Canonizations on September 7th! 
Each of these posts has several resources for each soon-to-be Saint, including coloring pages, crossword puzzles, word searches, and short informational articles with an image to color.


Back to School

Print.Cut.Pray. Prayer Card ebook* (K-8th) Over 100 prayer cards and mini books
Little Prayer Books (K-8th) Storage solution for prayer cards
Favorite Prayers Printable Mini Book*

Bulletin Board Collection

Dozens of ideas for Catholic bulletin boards with solid Catholic identity! Many of them include free printables to make it as easy as possible for you to replicate!

Saint Feast Day Chalk Boards (photos for display or inspiration)

August Books for Catholic Kids
Click here for a list of great books for Catholic kids for the feast days throughout the month of August.


You can find the links to all the monthly posts here:


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NEW Immaculate Heart of Mary Resources

This summer, my parish got a new name! Combining the legacy of my Immaculate Conception parish with our neighbors whose church had originally be dedicated as St. Mary, our Catholic community is now called Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish. It's a perfect name honoring Our Lady and the devotion already present. We've been both remembering the history of each parish and celebrating this new beginning. I'm sure that many of you have been through or seen similar changes in your dioceses, and while there are many obstacles to overcome and emotions to process, we can also see the good fruit that is born through collaboration and building up community.

I made a bunch of new resources for our parish celebrations, bulletin, etc., and took advantage of the new creations to design some fresh IHM resources to share with you too! Click below to download these new printables:


Click here for a coloring page Bible Study explaining the meaning of the symbols of the IHM including where to read about them in Scripture:


Click here for a coloring page of an IHM statue:
Click here with the IHM statue with the Morning Offering prayer included:
Click here for a booklet that I created explaining devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. This info comes from my book Through the Year with Mary:

And you can find all of my past Immaculate Heart of Mary resources in this post!
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Resources for SAINT Pier Giorgio Frassati! (Including Spanish)

Pier Giorgio Frassati will be Canonized in Rome on September 7, 2025! Pier Giorgio has been a favorite of mine for a long time- he was even our CCD patron Saint back in 2015 during the Year of Mercy (you can see the resources from a decade ago here). I've made some new tools for you to teach about Pier Giorgio with your students/children, and updated some old coloring pages too. 

(I'm sure you'll also be talking about Carlo Acutis, who will be canonized on the same day. You can find resources for him here.) 

Click here for the info coloring page in English:

Click here for the info coloring page in Spanish:



Click here for the Crossword Puzzle (all answer can be found in the info coloring page):


Click here for the key to the Crossword Puzzle:

Click here on each for these quote coloring pages:




And if you are looking to grab a book or two to learn more about Pier Giorgio, here are some I would recommend (Amazon affiliate links)




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