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Title: Coming On Home Soon  Author: Jacqueline Woodson Illustrator: E.B. Lewis Publisher: Scholastic Publication Date: 2005 ISBN: 0-439-8-595-B Audience: 5-8 yrs old (older audiences will also enjoy, and may hear the story on a deeper level) Summary: Ada Ruth’s mother has gone to

Title:  Circus Mirandus Author: Cassie Beasley Illustrator:  Diana Sudyka Publisher:  Dial Books Publication Date: June 2, 2015 ISBN: 978-0525428435 Audience: Ages 9 – 12 years Summary: Micah Tuttle feels like he is doing nothing but trying these days-trying to get along

As I write this, pastors, parents and church educators, are considering how to talk to their children about the events of the last few days with the murder of nine people gathered in their church sanctuary to study the Bible and pray together.  As adults, we can hardly deal with

We were contacted recently with a request for books that might help congregations with conversations around current events in Ferguson, New York, and other places where the justice system is affected by prejudice. We thought this was an interesting suggestion, and began thinking

Title: We Shall Overcome: The Story of a Song Author: Debbie Levy Illustrator: Vanessa Brantley-Newton Publisher: Disney – Jump At The Sun (December 17, 2013) ISBN: 978-1423119548 Audience: Ages 6-8, Grades 1-3 Summary: This is the story of a song, but not just any song. It

Name of Book:  And Then It’s Spring Author:  Julie Fogliano Illustrator:  Erin E. Stead Publisher:  Roaring Brook Press ISBN:  9781596436244 Audience:  4-7 years Summary:  A little boy and three animal friends plant seeds in the early spring.  The seeds take a long time to grow,

Name of Book:  The Miracle Stealer Author:  Neil Connelly Illustrator: Publisher:  Arthur A. Levine Books, An Imprint of Scholastic, Inc. ISBN:  9780545131957 Audience:  Grade 7 and up Summary:  Six-year-old Daniel is the “miracle boy” of Paradise, Pennsylvania. People come from

Title:  The Wish Giver Author:  Bill Brittain Publisher: Andrew Glass ISBN: 0590420402 Audience: 8 and up Summary: The sign in front of the shabby tent at the end of a row of booths at the Coven Tree church Social read “Thaddeus Blinn,  I can give you whatever you ask for only 50

Name of Book: The Grimm Legacy Author: Polly Shulman Illustrator: None Publisher: Puffin Books, 2011 (Reprint edition) ISBN: 9780142419045 Audience: ages 10+ Summary:  Elizabeth Rew’s life has all the elements of a good fairy tale.  Her mother has died; her father has remarried

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