2nd Sunday of Easter Year A:  April 27, 2014 First Reading:  Acts 2:14a, 22-32 City Dog, Country Frog by Mo Willems (Written for ages 3-6) Comment: City Dog and Country Frog come from two very different backgrounds, but both are looking for a friend. They share what they know...

Title: For Pete’s Sake Author: Ellen Stoll Walsh Illustrator:  Ellen Stoll Walsh Publisher: Harcourt Brace & Company ISBN: 015200324x Audience: Preschool Summary: Pete, a young alligator, worries that he is not at all like his three best friends, who are all flamingos. ...

1st Sunday of Easter Year A:  April 20, 2014 First Reading: Acts 10:34-43 Peace Warriors by Andrea Davis Pinkney (Written for ages 10-14) Comment:  In Peter’s speech to the Gentiles, he tells the Gentiles that they are to “preach to the people, and testify that he is the one...

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Title: My Father’s Arms Are A Boat Author: Stein Erik Lunde, Kari Dickson, Trans. Illustrator: Øyvind Torseter Publisher: Enchanted Lion Books Publication Date: 2012 ISBN: 9781592701247 Audience: 4 years and up Summary: A young, unnamed boy lies in bed listening to the sound of...

6th Sunday of Lent (Liturgy of Palms) Year A:  April 13, 2014 First Reading: Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29 Brother Sun, Sister Moon: St. Francis of Assisi’s Canticle of the Creatures reimagined by Katherine Paterson (Written for ages 4-8) Comment: “This is the day the lord has made; let...

Title: The Lenten Tree:  Devotions for Children and Adults to Prepare for Christ’s Death and His Resurrection Author: Dean Lambert Smith Illustrator: Ginger Meador Publisher: Abingdon Press 2004 ISBN: 978-0687062799 Audience: Children Grades 1-5 and adults Summary: This...

5th Sunday of Lent Year A:  April 6, 2014 First Reading: Ezekiel 37:1-14 The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer (Written for ages 6-9) Comment:  “Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain that they may live.” (v9) The wind...