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Title: Brother Sun, Sister Moon Author: Katherine Paterson Illustrator:  Pamela Dalton Publisher:  Chronicle Books ISBN:  9780811877343 Audience:  Ages 4 and up Summary: “The Canticle of the Creatures” or “The Canticle of the Sun” (13th Century) is one of the most familiar songs

Title: The Curious Garden Author: Peter Brown Illustrator: Peter Brown Publisher: Little, Brown, 2009 ISBN: 9780316015479 Audience: 4-8 years Summary:  There was once a city without gardens or trees or greenery, a dull and dreary city where everyone stayed inside.  Except young,

Name of Book:  A Goose Named Gilligan Author:  Jerry M. Hay Illustrator:  Phyllis Pollema-Cahill Publisher:  Starseed Press;HJ Kramer Audience:  Ages 5 and up Summary:  This is based on the true story of Jerry and a goose, Gilligan. Jerry spends a lot of time on the river in

Name of Book: Come to the Great World:  Poems from Around the Globe Author: Wendy Cooling Illustrator: Sheila Moxley Publisher: Holiday House ISBN: 0823418227 Audience: Ages 4-9 Summary: A collection of thirty-one poems that were written by poets from around the world.  The

Name of Book: Goin’ Someplace Special Author: Patricia C. McKissack Illustrator: Jerry Pinkney Publisher: Antheneum Books ISBN: 0689818858 Audience: Ages: 6 – 12 Summary: Patricia C. McKissack recounts her own story of growing up in racially segregated Nashville, Tennessee during

Name of Book: Red Sings from Treetops: A Year in Colors Author: Joyce Sidman Illustrator: Pamela Zagarenski Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ISBN: 9780547014944 Audience: Ages 2-5. Because this book is divided into 4 separate poems, for younger children only a portion of the

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

Name of Book: Elizabeth Leads the Way: Elizabeth Cady Stanton and the Right to Vote Author: Tanya Lee Stone Illustrator: Rebecca Gibbon Publisher: Henry Holt and Company Audience: Ages 4 – 10 Summary: This is the remarkable story of a remarkable woman, Elizabeth Cady

Name of Book:  The Color of Me Author:  Linda L. McDunn Illustrator: Barbara Knutson Publisher:  Liturgical Press Audience: Ages 5-8 Summary: The author uses the story of creation in Genesis to begin this book.  Very descriptive language is used and along with the illustrations

Name of Book:  Circles of Hope Author: Karen Lynn Williams Illustrator:  Linda Saport Publisher:  Eerdmans Books for Young Readers Audience:  Ages 4+ Summary:  Facile has a new baby sister.  He wants to give her the perfect gift.  As he sits in the mango tree that his father