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Title: Wemberly Worried Author: Kevin Henkes Illustrator: Kevin Henkes Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers ISBN: 0-688-17027-7 Audience:  This book will be enjoyed by all people ages 4 and up. Summary:  Wemberly worries about absolutely everything…..from shrinking in

Title:  Yard Sale Author: Eve Bunting Illustrator:  Lauren Castillo Publisher:  Candlewick Publication Date: April 14, 2015 ISBN: 978-0763665425 Audience: Ages 5-8 years Summary: Callie sits on the front porch and surveys “almost everything we own” spread across the yard.  Callie

Title:  A Fine Dessert: Four Centuries, Four Families, One Delicious Treat Author: Emily Jenkins Illustrator:  Sophie Blackall Publisher:  Schwarz & Wade Publication Date: January 27, 2015 ISBN: 978-0375868320 Audience: Ages 4 – 8 years Summary: The title is a good summary of

  Title:   Messenger Author:  Lois Lowry Illustrator:  None Publisher:  Houghton Mifflin Books for Children Publication Date:  Reissue September 2012 ISBN:  978-0547995670 Audience: 12 and up Summary: Matty, a lively boy entering adolescence, lives with Seer, his blind

Title:  Perfect Square Author:  Michael Hall Illustrator:  Michael Hall Publisher: Greenwillow Books, 2011 ISBN: 9780061915130 Audience:  Written for ages 4-8 years Summary:  Start with a square of bright red paper that is perfectly happy. On Monday it is cut into pieces and

Title:  Home Author:  Jeannie Baker Illustrator:  Jeannie Baker Publisher:  Greenwillow Books, 2004 ISBN:  978-0066239354 Audience:  Ages 4 – 10 Summary:  This wordless picture book chronicles the view outside Tracy’s window from the day she is brought home as a baby

Name of book:  Letting Swift River Go Author:  Jane Yolen Publisher:  Little Brown ISBN: 978-0316968607 Audience:  Ages 4-8 Summary:  Sally Jane tells the story of the demise of her beloved town along the Swift River in Massachusetts. The town will be flooded along with the rest

Name of Book:   Someday Author: Jackie Koller Publisher: iUniverse ISBN: 978-1440186752 Audience:  Ages 12+ Summary:  It is 1939. Celie is 14 years old has lots to worry about. She is about to lose her home, which has been in her family since the 1700’s, to the flooding of

Name of Book: John Calvin Author: Simonetta Carr Illustrator: Emmanuele Taglietti Publisher: Reformation Heritage Books ISBN: 9781601780553 Audience: Ages: 7-10 Summary: This is a biography of the reformer, John Calvin, that provides the reader with the basics of Calvin’s

Name of Book: The Keeping Quilt Author: Patricia Polacco Illustrator: Patricia Polacco Publisher: Aladdin Paperbacks ISBN: 9780689844478 Audience: 4-8, though this book would be useful for adults in a congregation that is facing significant internal changes. Summary: Patricia,