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Name of Book: Papa, Do You Love Me? Author:  Barbara M. Joosse Illustrator: Barbara Lavallee Publisher: Chronicle Books       ISBN: 0-8118-4265-7 Audience:  3-8 yrs Summary: A young Maasai boy explores the depths of his Papa’s love through the questions of a small child, and the

Name of Book:  Horrible Bear! Author:  Ame Dyckman Illustrator: Zachariah OHora Publisher: Little, Brown and Company. ISBN: 978-0-316-28283-3 Audience:  Early primary (Would be appropriate for 4-5 year olds also.) Summary: A young girl finds herself feeling very angry when her

Name of Book:  Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures Author:  Kate DiCamillo Illustrator: K.G. Campbell Publisher: Candlewick Press ISBN: 978-0-7636-6040-6 Audience: This book would appeal to people age 8 to 88 and beyond! An 8 year old will enjoy the adventure and

Name of Book:  Boundless Grace           Author:  Mary Hoffman Illustrator: Caroline Binch Publisher: Dial Books for Young Readers ISBN: 0-8037-1715-6 Audience:  4-8 years Summary: Boundless Grace is the sequel to Amazing Grace. Grace is an older elementary aged girl who loves

This is the first in a series of reviews of biographies for children and young people. For background on this series, please refer to the introductory article found here. Title: The Story of Ruby Bridges Author: Robert Coles Illustrator: George Fold Publisher: Scholastic

Title: Three Bears in a Boat Author: David Soman Illustrator: David Soman Publisher:  Dial Books for Young Readers Publication Date:  May 2014 ISBN: 9780803739932 Audience:  Ages 3-5 Summary:  Three sibling bears break their mother’s favorite blue shell as they try to sneak a jar

Title:   Anna Was Here Author:  Jane Kurtz Publisher:  Greenwillow Books, 2013 ISBN:  978-0060564933 Audience: Ages 8 – 12 Summary: Anna and her baby sitter/Sunday school teacher, Jericho, began the Safety Club after a series of forest fires swept across Colorado becau

Title: Piglet and Papa Author:  Margaret Wild Illustrator:  Stephen Michael King Publisher:  Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2007 ISBN:  9780810914766 Audience:  Ages 3-8 Summary:  After a misunderstanding with Papa, Piglet sets out to find someone else in the farmyard who loves

Title: The Forgiveness Garden Author:  Lauren Thompson Illustrator:  Christy Hale Publisher:  Feiwel and Friends ISBN:  9780312625993 Audience:  Age 4-6 Summary:  Small villages on either side of a stream “had hated each other for a long, long time.”  Anger, fear, and hate grew

Title:  Zacchaeus & the Happy Day Author:  Rhonda Gowler Greene Illustrator:  Santiago Cohen Publisher:  Zonderkidz, 2007 Audience:  Ages 4 – 7 Summary:  This book retells the story of Zacchaeus found in Luke 19.  Zacchaeus is a Jewish tax collector hated by his people,