Angel Food for Boys & Girls, Volume II

Angel Food #6

by Gerald T. Brennan

These Angel Food books, filled with Christ-like charm, simplicity, and attractive truths, are here served for the additional delight of the many who have enjoyed other Father Brennan books.   Angel Food for Boys & Girls, Volume II,  has over two dozen short stories, including: "The Orphan's Plea", "A Surprise for a King", "Half Past Three", and many more.  Each volume also has a topical index relating various subjects in the stories to chapters in the Baltimore Catechism.

126 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1950

About the author

Rev. Fr. Gerald T. Brennan attended Rochester’s St. Andrew’s and St. Bernard’s seminaries and was ordained in 1923. After serving as an assistant for nine years, he became pastor of Mount Carmel Church and later of St. Bridget’s.

He had a wonderful rapport with children, teaching those in his parish schools, as well as hundreds of public'school children. During the weekly children’s Mass at his parish, he preached directly to the children, modeling his homilies on Christ’s example of telling a story and drawing a moral from it.
A friend insisted repeatedly that Fr. Brennan publish the stories from his homilies, and when he finally dared Fr. Brennan to do so, Fr. Brennan accepted the challenge and wrote his first book: Angel Food, a book of stories with practical lessons intended to help priests to teach the Faith to children.
His next book, Angel City, written specifically for children and at the request his friend and his publisher, was so popular that Fr. Brennan received letters from children all over the world, asking him to write more books. And more books followed: The Ghost of Kingdom Come, The Man Who Dared a King, The Good Rad Roy, and others.
Like Christ, who used words and images familiar to his hearers, Fr. Brennan spoke the language of children in his books. Full of simplicity and a sense of wonder, his words continue to bring the Faith alive for today’s young readers.

Reviews

[Fatima TheGreat · Rating 3 out of 5]

Like the first volume, this is a collection of short stories. The stories are just that: stories; there is no attempt to be realistic, they are meant to be a fun way to teach a lesson. This second volume is, admittedly, not as engaging as the first volume. But it will still be fun to use as quick bedtime stories to create discussion before prayer time. I like how the stories give us a glimpse of old-fashioned storytelling. The story, "Six Red Roses," is a real tearjerker and my favorite from this volume.

Age level: All ages. For your consideration: the word
"hate" is in heavy use in this volume. There is one reference to the devil trying to tempt children with
"dirty pictures." This volume is richer in Catholic themes than the first volume.

[Sheena · Rating 5 out of 5]

I liked the “two magic gifts” story because it was so cool. - Spark