THE STORY OF SAINT JOHN PAUL II: A BOY WHO BECAME POPE by Fabiola Garza

  On Sunday April 27th, the day Pope John Paul II was canonized, my dad read us all a book called THE STORY OF SAINT JOHN PAUL II: A BOY WHO BECAME POPE  by Fabiola Garza. This book is about the life of Saint John Paul II, when he was a boy. There are were some interesting facts that I found in the book that I didn't know before. Did you know that his real name was Karol, but he went by Lolek.  Lolek became an actor when he was in high school and performed in plays until he became a priest.  He became a priest during World War II, when the Nazi's invaded Poland and forced the Jewish people to leave. JP had lots of friends and some of them were Jewish, so he did not see them for a long time. After the war ended, he stood up to the Communists who took over Poland by celebrating Mass in public on Christmas Eve.


The author and illustrator, Fabiola Garza, did a beautiful job drawing the pictures.  They are perfect down to every last detail because some of the pictures remind me of one of my favorite movies, Tangled.  I feel as if I could just jump into the book and be a part of it. 
It's also cool because they are carrying a picture of Our Lady of Czestochowa, whom I studied, through the streets?

Fabiola Garza, the author and illustrator signed our copy

Lolek chatting with his Jewish friend Jerzy

This is my mom's favorite page

This page reminds me of movie Tangled where the lanterns are lighting up the sky.

Claire