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Name of Book:  The Journey Author:  Francesca Sanna Illustrator: Francesca Sanna Publisher: Flying Eye Books ISBN: 978-1-909263-99-4 Audience:  Ages 5-8 Summary: This beautifully illustrated book came out of the true stories of refugee families looking for a new home when their

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

Name of Book:  Year of the Jungle Author:  Suzanne Collins Illustrator:  James Proimos Publisher:  Scholastic Press ISBN:  9780545425162 Audience:  4 and up Summary:  When Suzy is in first grade, her father is deployed to fight in Viet Nam for a year.  Although she begins the

Name of Book:  The Gift of Nothing Author:  Patrick McDonnell Illustrator:  Patrick McDonnell Publisher:  Little, Brown and Company ISBN:  978-0-316-11488-2 Audience:  Ages 3-8. Summary:  Mooch wants to give his friend, Earl, a special gift. But what do you get someone who has

Name of Book:  Garmann’s Summer Author:  Stian Hole Illustrator:  Stian Hole Publisher:  Eerdmans Books for Younger Readers ISBN:  9780802853394 Audience:  Ages 6 and up. Summary:  Garmann, who is 6 years old, lives in Scandinavia.  He will soon go off to his first year at

Name of Book:  Dog Heaven Author:  Cynthia Rylant Illustrator:  Cynthia Rylant Publisher:  The Blue Sky Press ISBN:  0590417010 Audience:  Ages 4 and up. Summary:  Any child or former child who has ever lost a beloved pet wonders what plan God has for that pet’s afterlife.  Dog

Title:  Hush Harbor:  Praying in Secret Author: Freddi Williams Evans Illustrator: Erin Bennett Banks Publisher: Carolrhoda Books ISBN: 9780822579056 Audience: Grades 2-4 (grades 4-5 in my opinion) Summary: Before the war between the states slaves were generally forbidden to

Title:  A Monster Calls Author: Patrick Ness Illustrator:  Jim Kay Publisher:  Candlewick, 2011 ISBN:  9780763655594 Audience:  Ages 12 and up Summary:  Conor O’Malley’s mother is dying of cancer.  The treatments aren’t working but the adults around Conor-his mother, his

Name of Book:  The Quiet Book Author:  Deborah Underwood Illustrator:  Renata Liwska Publisher:  Houghton Mifflin Books for Children ISBN:  978-0547215679 Audience:  Ages 3 and up; may work well as part of an intergenerational conversation. Summary:  This picture book explores

Name of Book:  Grateful               Author:  John Bucchino Illustrator:  Anna-Liisa Hakkarainen Publisher:  Harper Collins Publishers Audience:  Ages 3 -8 Summary:  Grateful is a song put into a storybook that shares how thankful and blessed a person is for the tangible and