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Name of Book: A Cat Named Swan Author: Holly Hobbie Illustrator: Holly Hobbie Publisher: Random House Publication Date: 2017 ISBN: 9780553537444 Audience:  4-7 years Summary:  “Then he was alone.” With that opening sentence, Holly Hobbie begins her tale of an abandon little gray

Name of Book: Just the Way You Are Author: Max Lucado Illustrator: Sergio Martinez Publisher: Crossway Books ISBN: 978-1-58134-114-0 Audience: Early elementary (Kindergarten- 3rd grade): I think that this book is something that younger kids can relate to. The early elementary

Name of Book: Glamsters Author: Elizabeth Cody Kimmel Illustrator: Jackie Urbanovic Publisher: Hyperion Books for Children (Hardcover) IBSN: 978-1-4231-1148-1 Audience: 4 – 7 years Summary: Two hamsters, Harriett and Patricia, desperately to be adopted. Harriett decides to change

Title: Welcome, Child of God Author:  Anne Ylvisaker Illustrator:  Claudia McGehee Publication Date: 2011 ISBN: 9781451401332 Audience: Two and up, for family reading Summary: Pictures of  water in nature,  the church gathered around a baptismal font, and families engaged in

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

Name of Book: Train to Somewhere Author: Eve Bunting Illustrator: Ronald Himler Publisher: Clarion Books, New York Audience: Ages 8-13 Summary: From the mid-1850s to the late 1920s, “Orphan Trains” took children from the streets and orphanages of New York City to adoptive

Earlier, we posted an article about bibliotherapy, or using books to help children reflect on and understand challenging experiences.  Over the next two weeks, we’ll be posting some bibliographies related to some of those  specific childhood experiences.  Today’s list