Our story & mission

Built to Help Children Read and Believe

Faith Tree Press was created with one purpose: to put thoughtfully written, faith-filled books in the hands of children learning to read — and to make those first reading experiences joyful, confident, and deeply rooted in the Catholic faith.

Our mission

Faith and Literacy, Growing Together

Faith Tree Press creates faith-centered early reader books that guide children through every stage of early reading using structured sight-word learning, proven reading methods, and engaging stories drawn from Scripture and the Catholic faith.

Our books help young readers build confidence, grow in literacy, and discover the truth, beauty, and timeless lessons of faith — one page at a time.

We believe that learning to read and growing in faith are not separate journeys. When a child reads a story about Creation, about Noah's trust in God, or about the love of a saint for God's world, they are growing as both a reader and as a person of faith at the very same time.

Explore Our Books

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4 Levels

Reading levels guiding children from first words to confident reading

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A Growing Library

Scripture, saints, virtues, and parables — more books always on the way

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3 Things Every Book Does

Teach reading, build faith, create a shared moment

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For All

Catholic families, Catholic schools, and homeschool families

How it began

The Story Behind Faith Tree Press

Faith Tree Press began at bedtime.

As a young father with two small boys, I wanted our evenings to end with something that mattered. Not just a story — though stories are powerful — but a routine that wove together the things I believed were most important: reading together, pausing to pray, and closing the night by thinking about everything we had to be grateful for. Book. Prayer. Gratitude. That rhythm became the heartbeat of our family's evenings, and I didn't want to let go of it.

What I kept running into was a gap. As my boys grew, I wanted books that grew with them — books at exactly the right reading level, books that challenged them just enough to build real confidence, but that also carried something worth reading about. Stories rooted in our Catholic faith. Stories from Scripture, from the lives of the saints, from the virtues we were trying to live out as a family. I wanted books that belonged in that bedtime routine — books that ended with a prayer we could say together and a moment to think about what we were thankful for.

"Book. Prayer. Gratitude. That rhythm became the heartbeat of our family's evenings — and I wanted to share it."

Faith Tree Press is also, honestly, part of my own faith journey. I am grateful to my wife, whose deep and steady devotion to the faith was the first thing that truly inspired me to pursue a deeper understanding of my own. Building this brand has continued that journey — deepening my understanding of Scripture, of the saints, of what the Catholic faith actually teaches and why it is so beautiful. Creating these books has been a way of growing — of sitting with these stories long enough to understand them more fully, and then finding language simple enough to give them to a child.

My hope is that Faith Tree Press serves other families the way I wished it could have served mine — giving parents and children a shared reading experience that is also a shared faith experience, and leaving every child with a little more confidence, a little more wonder, and a grateful heart at the end of the day.

We are just beginning. We are grateful you are here.

What we stand for

Our Core Principles

Every decision we make — every word we write, every level we design — is guided by a small set of principles that we hold firmly.

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Faith-Centered

Every book reflects the truth, beauty, and goodness of Scripture and the Catholic faith — in a way that is simple, loving, and age-appropriate for the child holding it.

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Reading-Focused

Faith Tree Press books are built on proven early reader principles: controlled vocabulary, repetition, structured progression, and sentence construction that matches each child's stage of development.

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Developmentally Appropriate

Each level is carefully calibrated to match a child's vocabulary, comprehension, and spiritual maturity — so children always feel capable, never overwhelmed.

Confidence-Building

A child who finishes a Faith Tree Press book should feel proud. Every level, every sentence, every word choice is made with the child's sense of accomplishment in mind.

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Family and School Friendly

Our books are designed to work beautifully in Catholic homes, Catholic schools, and homeschool settings — for bedtime reading, classroom read-alouds, and independent reading practice alike.

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Prayerful Formation

Every Faith Tree Press book closes with a short prayer and a reflection — creating the rhythm of story, prayer, and gratitude that shapes a child's interior life from an early age.