THE BOOK OF SAINTS AND FRIENDLY BEASTS: stories of Saint Francis of Assisi and Other Saints Who Loved Animals It contains a collection of twenty legends, ballads and folktales for children and adults alike about saints - what they did and the animals they worked with from, mainly, the middle ages. So, if you've never heard of some of these saints, download a copy, pull up a chair and let yourself become engrossed in stories from days gone by.
The stories in this book are:
Saint Bridget and the King's Wolf
Saint Gerasimus and the Lion
Saint Keneth of the Gulls
Saint Launomar's Cow
Saint Werburgh and her Goose
The Ballad of Saint Athracta's Stags
Saint Kentigern and the Robin
Saint Blaise and his Beasts
Saint Cuthbert's Peace
The Ballad of Saint Felix
Saint Fronto's Camels
The Blind Singer, Saint Hervé
Saint Comgall and the Mice
The Wonders of Saint Berach
Saint Prisca, the Child Martyr
The Fish who helped Saint Gudwall
The Ballad of Saint Giles and the Deer
The Wolf-Mother of Saint Ailbe
Saint Rigobert's Dinner
Saint Francis of Assisi.
It also has "A Calendar of Saints' Days" which can be followed throughout the year.

Abbie Farwell Brown (1871 to 1927) was an illustrator, author and sometimes editor. Her family resided in Beacon Hill, New England for ten generations, and Brown spent her entire life living in the family's home. She was the oldest of two children. Her sister, Clara, was also part of the literary world; she became an author and illustrator, using the pen name of Ann Underhill.

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