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Title: This House, Once Author: Deborah Freedman Illustrator: Deborah Freedman Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Kids Publication Date: February 28, 2017 ISBN: 978-1-4814-4284-8 Audience: Ages 4-8 Summary: As the inside jacket of the book suggests, the text “asks readers to

Title: The Tree Author:  Neal Layton Illustrator:  Neal Layton Publisher: Candlewick Press ISBN: 9780763689520 Audience: 2-5 years Summary: In only sixty words, Neal Layton tells the story of a small ecosystem: a tall tree, the animals which live happily on, in, and under it, and

Title: As Good As Anybody Author: Richard Michelson Illustrator: Raul Colon Publisher: Dragonfly Books Publication Date: December 24, 2013 ISBN: 978-0385753876 Audience:  Ages 6-9 Summary: Martin was mad.  It was a hot Georgia summer but only white people could swim in the

Name of Book: I Love My Hair Author: Natasha Anastasia Tarpley Illustrator: E.B. Lewis Publisher: Little, Brown and Company (paperback) ISBN: 978-0-316-52375-2 Audience: African American girls of all ages Summary: I Love My Hair tells the story of how a young African American

Name of Book:  A Color of His Own Author and Illustrator:  Leo Lionni Publisher:  Scholastic ISBN:  0-439-71588-1 Audience: Preschool – 2nd grade (3-7 years old) Summary:    Elephants are gray and pigs are pink.  Each animal described in the book has a color of his or her very

Title: When God Was a Little Girl Author:  David R. Weiss Illustrator: Joan Lindeman Publisher: Beaver’s Pond Press ISBN: 9781592989553 Audience: Ages 4-7 Summary: Susanna and her father while away the miles of a long car ride by retelling the story of creation, imagining a

Name of Book:  We’ll Paint the Octopus Red Author:  Stephanie Stuve-Bodeen Illustrator: Pam Devito Publisher: Woodbine House ISBN: 978-890627-06-5 Audience:  3-6 years Summary: Emma is a six year old girl who is eagerly anticipating the birth of her new baby brother or sister. As

Title: Wangari’s Trees of Peace Author: Jeanette Winter Illustrator: Jeanette Winter Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers; First Edition (September 21, 2008) ISBN: 9780152065454 Audience:Ages 4-8 (preschool – grade 3) Summary: Wangari Maathai was born in 1940 in Ihithe, a small

The review for Morning Has Broken was posted on Monday.  Here’s the lesson plan, written by Krista Lovell, that can be used as part of a five session series on Hymns of Praise.    

Title: Morning Has Broken Author: Eleanor Farjeon Illustrator: Tim Ladwig Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company (September 1996) ISBN: 978-0802851277 Audience: ages 4 and up Summary: A beautifully illustrated rendition of the popular hymn, this book celebrates the beauty