32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C: November 10, 2013 First Reading: Haggai 1:15b-2:9 The Peace Bell by Margi Preus (Written for ages 5-9) Comment: Here we encounter God speaking words of consolation to the exiles who have returned to Jerusalem to rebuild the temple. In her...

Honestly, I really wanted to title this post  ”I’m Just Sad” or “This is Really Hard”.  And that would be true.  Because Monday, October 28, Noell Rathbun-Cook, our Lectionary Links writer for the past three years. will connect Biblical texts and...

Title: Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret. Author: Judy Blume Publisher: Dell Yearling Book Publication Date: 1970 ISBN: 0-440-40419-3 Audience: Grades 3-7 Summary: Margaret Simon has moved from New York City to Farbrook, New Jersey, anxious about a new home and a new school....

31st Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C:  November 3, 2013 First Reading: Habakkuk 1:1-4; 2:1-4 My Side of the Car by Kate Feiffer (Written for ages 4-8) Comment: In her commentary on this text, Pamela Cooper-White asks, “What if we, like Habakkuk, would just station ourselves at...

Name of Book: The Cruisers: Oh Snap! Author: Walter Dean Myers Publisher: Scholastic ISBN: 9780439916295 Audience: Grades 5-7 Summary:  This is the fourth installment of the Cruiser series about Zander Scott, his friends and their budding urban middle school paper, The Cruiser...

Name of Book:  Penny and Her Marble Author:  Kevin Henkes Illustrator:  Kevin Henkes Publisher:  Greenwillow Books, HarperCollins Publishers ISBN:  978-0-06-208205-3 Audience:  This book, written for new readers, provides an excellent opportunity for parents or teachers and...

30th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C:  October 27, 2013 First Reading: Joel 2:23-32 The Librarian of Basra by Jeanette Winter (Written for ages 5-9) Comment: In her commentary on this text, Donna Schaper shares her own experience of ritualizing an act of hope. She suggests that...

Title:  The Little Leftover Witch Author:  Florence Laughlin Publisher: Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers (Reissue Edition) Publication Date: 1960, Reissued in August 2013 ISBN: 978-1-4424-8672-0 Audience: 8 and up Summary: As Lucinda Doon goes to bed on Halloween night...