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Title: What This Story Needs Is a Pig in a Wig Author:  Emma J. Virján Illustrator: Emma J. Virján Publisher: Harper ISBN:  9780062327246 Audience:  Toddler – preschool Summary:  An offstage narrator announces, “What this story needs is a pig.”  In quick succession a lone

Name of Book:  Something Beautiful Author:  Sharon Dennis Wyeth Illustrator:  Chris K. Soentpiet Publisher:  Dragonfly Books ISBN:  9780385322393 Audience:  Ages 7-9 Summary:  A little girl in the city is tired of looking at the trash in the courtyard, graffitti on the walls of

Second Sunday of Lent Year B: March 4, 2012 First Reading: Genesis 17:1-7, 15-16 Fathers Mothers, Sisters, Brothers: A Collection of Family Poems by Mary Ann Hoberman (Written for ages 3-8) Comment: We’re continuing the theme of covenant as we move through Lent; part of what

First Sunday in Lent Year B: February 26, 2012 First Reading: Genesis 9:8-17 The Color of Me by Linda L. McDunn (Written for ages 5-9) Comment: Jane Anne Ferguson suggests that God’s rainbow promise can serve to inspire the church “to be a place where ‘all the colors of the

Name of Book:  At Break of Day Author:  Nikki Grimes Illustrator:  Paul Morin Publisher:  Eerdmans Books for Young Readers ISBN:  978-0802851048 Audience:  Ages 4 – 8.   This book, while categorized as a children’s picture book, is not at all juvenile in its language or

Name of Book:  Anansi and the Moss-Covered Rock Author: retold by Eric A. Kimmel Illustrator: Janet Stevens Publisher: Holliday House, New York Audience:  Ages 5-8 Summary:  Anansi is a master trickster.   Although Eric Kimmel does not identify the source of this story, such

19th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A:  August 7, 2011 First Reading: Genesis 37:1-4, 12-28 Chloë’s Birthday… and Me by Giselle Potter (Written for ages 5-9) Comment: The story of Joseph and his jealous brothers touches on feelings commonly experienced by most children with

18th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A:  July 31, 2011 First Reading:  Genesis 32:22-31 The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle (Written for ages 2-7) Comment: The story of Jacob’s wrestling encounter with God is one of transformation. In some ways, he will remain the same, yet he

Name of Book: The Creation Author: James Weldon Johnson Illustrator: James E. Ransome Publisher: Holiday House ISBN: 9780823412075 Audience: Ages: 3 – 8 (although could be used with youth and adults as well) Summary: The Creation is a retelling of the biblical creation story from