Into the Deep: Level One Book List

Below you will find the complete book list for Into the Deep Level One. These books are completely optional and are not necessary to use the resource. If you want to extend the catechesis by reading living picture books and chapter books that touch on the story or theme from particular lessons, these are for you!

How It Works

Each lesson in the resource includes a short list of living books that would be a lovely addition to your time in the resource. Once you have your book, we recommend looking about a month ahead to check out or assemble the next month’s books. We recommend first looking at your library, then at your local Catholic bookstore or independent bookstore. Here, we have provided Amazon affiliate links if you prefer to shop that way.

We are so excited to read and learn with you!

Level One Picture Books

• Bear Can’t Sleep by Karma Wilson
• Night in the Country by Cynthia Rylant
• Thunder Cake by Patricia Polacco
• Watersong by Tim McCanna
• Roxaboxen by Alice McLerran
• A Tree is Nice by Janice May Udry
• Miss Maple’s Seeds by Eliza Wheeler
• Hello Ocean by Pam Muñoz Ryan
• A Computer Called Katherine by Suzannae Slade and Veronica Miller Jamison
• Over and Under the Pond by Kate Messner
• Big Red Barn by Margaret Wise Brown
• The World is Awake by Linsey Davis
• When God Gave Us You by Lisa Tawn Bergen
• Corduroy by Don Freeman
• Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney
• Sleep Like a Tiger by Mary Logue
• On the Night You Were Born by Nancy Tillman
• Lily Lolek: Future Saint by Katie Warner
• The Little Flower by Becky B. Arganbright
• Thérèse: The Little Flower of Lisieux by Sioux Berger
• Our Father by Maïte Roche
• Hail Mary by Maïte Roche
• Brick by Brick by Heidi Woodward Sheffield
• A Father’s Love by Hannah Holt
• I Love You, Daddy by Beatrix Potter
• Just Me and My Dad by Mercer Mayer
• The Saving Name of God the Son by Jean Ann Sharpe
• Can You Find Jesus? By Philip D. Gallery
• My Friend Jesus by Rev. L. Lovasik, S.V.D and Rev. J. Winkler, OFM Conv.
• The Boy Who Held Back the Sea by Thomas Locker
• The Gifts of the Holy Spirit by Reverend Jude Winkler O.F.M.
• Strega Nona by Tomie dePaola
• Daisy Comes Home by Jan Brett
• Strega Nona by Tomie de Paola
• Runaway Bunny by Margaret Wise Brown
• Petunia by Roger Dovoisin
• I’m a Saint in the Making by Lisa M. Hendey
• Can God See Me in the Dark? by Neal Lozano
• On Noah’s Ark by Jan Brett
• Noah’s Ark by Peter Spier
• Noah and the Ark by Tomie de Paola
• Noah’s Ark by Jerry Pinkney
• Sarah Laughs by Jacqueline Jules
• Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett and Ronald Barrett
• Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by Willian Steig
• Mama, Do You Love Me? by Barabara M. Joosse
• Jacob and Esau by Mary Auld
• Benjamin and the Silver Goblet by Jacqueline Jules
• Great Bible Stories: Joseph in Egypt by Maxine Nodel
• I’d Know You Anywhere, My Love by Nancy Tillman
• The Clown of God by Tomie dePaola
• Joseph by Brian Wildsmith
• The Coat of Many Colors by Jenny Koralek
• Hiding Baby Moses by Judith L. Roth
• Baby Moses in a Basket by Caryn Yacowitz
• A Brave Big Sister by Rachel Spier Weaver and Anna Haggard
• The Ten Plagues of Egypt by Shoshana Lepon
• Exodus by Brian Wildsmith
• Moses: The Long Road to Freedom by Ann Keay Beneduce
• Moses by Margaret Hodges
• Joan of Arc by Demi
• Just for Today by Saint John XXIII
• I Believe: The Creed, Confession and the Ten Commandments for Little Catholics by M. Juliana
• Saint Nicholas and the Nine Gold Coins by Jim Forest
• Examination of Conscience for Little Ones by Kimberly Fries
• Brother Bartholomew and the Apple Grove by Jan Cheripko
• The Squire and the Scroll by Jennie Bishop
• You are Mine by Max Lucado
• Little Golden Books Bible Heroes: Samson by Christin Ditchfield
• David and Goliath by Beatrice Schenk De Regniers
• The Boy and the Battle by Jennifer Carter
• The Giant Jumperee by Julia Donaldson and Helen Oxenbury
• Jonah and the Whale by Rosemary Lanning
• The Book of Jonah by Peter Spier
• Daniel and the Lord of Lions by Gloria Jean Pinkney
• Mary: The Mother of Jesus by Tomie dePaola
• The Donkey’s Dream by Barbara Helen Berger
• The Lady of Guadalupe by Tomie dePaola
• Saint Francis and the Nativity by Myrna A. Strasser
• Babushka: A Christmas Tale by Dawn Casey
• Father and Son: A Nativity Story by Geraldine McCaughrean
• Room for a Little One by Martin Waddell
• The Spider Who Saved Christmas by Raymond Arroyo
• The Seven Silly Eaters by Mary Ann Hoberman
• Flossie and the Fox by Patricia McKissack and Rachel Isadora
• The Bear that Heard Crying by Natalie Kinsey-Warnock
• The Empty Pot by Demi
• A Cool Drink of Water by Barbara Kerley
• To Be a Kid by Maya Ajmera and John D. Ivanko
• The Apostles of Jesus by Reverend Lawrence G Lovasik S.V.D.
• Peter, Apostle of Jesus by Boris Grebille
• The Twelve Apostles by Marianna Mayer
• Johnny Appleseed by Steven Kellogg
• Fritz and the Beautiful Horses by Jan Brett
• Building Our House by Jonathan Bean
• The Parables of Jesus by Tomie dePaola
• Parable of the Good Samaritan by Helen Caswell
• Parable of the Sower by Helen Caswell
• A Seed is Sleepy by Dianna Aston
• Miss Maple’s Seeds by Eliza Wheeler
• Loaves and Fishes by Helen Caswell
• The Tale of Three Trees by Angela Elwell Hunt
• You are Mine by Max Lucado
• The Miracles of Jesus by Tomie dePaola
• Wilfred Gordon McDonald Partridge by Mem Fox
• Jesus with Us: The Gift of the Eucharist by A. Tarzia and J. Ferri
• The Thornbush by Michael Laughlin
• Stations of the Cross for Kids by Regina Doman
• Borreguita and the Coyote by Verna Aardema
• Waiting by Kevin Henkes
• Easter by Fiona French
• God Gave Us Easter by Lisa Tawn Bergren
• ‘Twas the Morning of Easter by Glenys Nellist
• The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams
• The Story of Easter by Jean Miller
• The Cloud Book by Tomie dePaola
• The Treasure by Uri Shulevitz
• The Feast of Pentecost by Mother Melania Salem
• Building the Way to Heaven by Maura Roan McKeegan
• Take it to the Queen by Josephine Nobisso
• I Believe: The Nicene Creed illustrated by Pauline Baynes
• Our Holy Father, the Pope: The Papacy from Saint Peter to the Present by Don R. Caffery
• This is the Church by Katie Warner
• Twice Yours by Nan Gurley
• Somebody Loves You, Mr. Hatch by Eileen Spinelli
• The Attic Saint by Tim Drake
• The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
• A Butterfly is Patient by Dianna Aston
• Girl Saints for Little Ones and Boy Saints for Little Ones by Kimberly Fries
• The Monk Who Grew Prayer by Claire Brandenburg
• Saint George and the Dragon by Margaret Hodges
• What is a Sacrament? by Annemarie Thimons
• If Jesus Came to My House by Joan G. Thomas
• The Wordless Weaver by Claudia Cangilla McAdam
• Jesus Speaks to Me About My Baptism by Angela Burrin
• Caedmon’s Song by Ruth Ashby
• The Ink Garden of Brother Theophane by C.M. Millen
• Father Ben Gets Ready for Mass by Katie Warner
• I Went to Mass: What Did I See? By Katie Warner
• Jesus Speaks to Me On My First Holy Communion by Angela M. Burrin
• The Little Caterpillar That Finds Jesus by Susan A. Brindle
• A Walk Through Our Church by Gertrud Mueller Nelson
• The Monks Make Amends by Sylvia Dorham
• Clancy’s Coat by Eve Bunting
• A Little Book about Confession for Children by Kendra Tierney
• First Confession by Mother Mary Loyola
• To Everything There Is a Season by Leo and Diane Dillon
• Bear Feels Sick by Karma Wilson and Jane Chapman
• Waiting for Hannah by Marisabina Russo
• John Mary Vianney: The Holy Cure of Ars by Sophie De Mullenheim
• Padre Pio by Reverend Jude Winkler, O.F.M.
• Maximilian Kolbe: The Saint of Auschwitz by Jean-Francois Vivier
• Joseph and Chico: The Life of Pope Benedict XVI as Told By a Cat by Jeanne Perego
• The Story of the Three Wise Kings by Tomie de Paola
• Our Lady’s Wardrobe by Anthony DeStefano
• Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie by Peter and Connie Roop

Level One Chapter Books

• Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White
• The Trumpet of the Swan by E.B. White
• My Father’s Dragon by Ruth Stiles Gannett
• St. Thérèse and the Roses by Helen Walker Homan
• Treasures of the Snow by Patricia St. John
• Take and Eat: Bible Stories for Kids about the Eucharist by Jared Deed
• Prince Martin Wins His Sword by Brandon Hale
• A True Home by Kallie George
• The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo
• Gideon and the Times of the Judges
• Five Little Peppers and How They Grew by Margaret Sidney
• They Were Strong and Good by Robert Lawson
• Titus: A Comrade of the Cross by Florence M. Kingsley
• The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
• The Evergreen Wood by Alan and Linda Parry
• Saint Paul: The Thirteenth Apostle by Mary Hill
• Saint Paul the Apostle by Mary Fabyen Windeatt
• The Loyola Treasury of Saints by David Self
• Book of Saints by Amy Welborn
• The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo
• All-of-a-Kind Family by Sydney Taylor
• A Bear Called Paddington by Michael Bond
• The Soldier of Christ by Mother Mary Loyola
• Louis and Zélie: The Holy Parents of Saint Thérèse by Ginamarie Tennant
• St. John Masias: Marvelous Dominican Gatekeeper of Lima, Peru by Mary Fabyan Windeatt
• The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis
• Saints Around the World by Meg Hunter-Kilmer