Flowers for Jesus: A Story of Therese of Lisieux as a Young Girl

Little Therese Martin could be a very stubborn young girl. All too often, if someone wanted her to say yes, she wanted to say no !

But then, as she is preparing for her First Communion, Therese discovers a way to turn her everyday trials and tribulations into something beautiful for Jesus. Join Therese (and her family) as she learns to gather roses from amid thorns.

With simple storytelling and vibrant watercolors, Flowers for Jesus introduces children to a saint they can relate to: the young Therese of Lisieux, before she became known the world over as a spiritual master. Flowers for Jesus draws on her autobiography, Story of a Soul, to relate a key aspect of Therese’s Little Way in language that children can understand and appreciate.

The book concludes with biographical information about Therese, as well as the excerpt from Story of a Soul on which Flowers for Jesus is based.