Tag

Title: Stepping Stones: A Refugee Family’s Journey Author: Margaret Ruurs. Translator: Falah Raheem Illustrator: Nizar Ali Badr Publisher: Orca Book Publishers Publication Date: October 18, 2016 ISBN: 978-1459814905 Audience: 5 years and up Summary: Rama heard the rooster crow

The earliest stories of our faith describe a wandering people.  And the Israelites are told to remember the experience of having to leave their homes and use it to inform their lives after they are settled again.  “You shall not wrong a stranger or oppress him, for you were

Title: If you Give a Mouse a Cookie Author: Laura Joffe Numeroff Illustrator: Felicia Bond Publisher: HarperCollins; 1 edition (April 27, 2010) ISBN: 978-0060245863 Audience: ages 4 -8 years Summary: This contemporary classic in children’s literature is known for its playful,

Title:  Grace at Christmas Author: Mary Hoffman Illustrator: Cornelius Van Wright and Ying-Hwa Hu Publisher: Scholastic, 2012 ISBN number: 978-0-545-50348-8 Audience:  3-5 yearsEx Summary:  Grace loves Christmas.  She is looking forward to the traditions of her small family. 

Title:  Room One Author:  Andrew Clements Illustrator: Mark Elliott Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers ISBN: 0689866879 (pbk) Audience: Ages 9-12 Summary: Ted Hanson loves mysteries, so when he catches sight of a face in the window of the abandoned  Anderson farm he’s

Name of Book:  I Hate Roland Roberts Author:  Martina Selway Illustrator:  Martina Selway Publisher: Ideals Children’s Books Audience: Ages 5-12 Summary: Rosie writes to her Granddad about her new school which she does not like because of her classmate Roland Roberts. Rosie has

Name of Book:  When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit Author:  Judith Kerr Illustrator:  None listed.  The only illustrations are small ones at the beginning of each chapter.  The author is an artist; she may have done the illustrations. Publisher:  Puffin Books Audience:  Ages 9-12

Name of Book: Don’t Laugh at Me Author: Steve Seskin & Allen Shamblin Illustrator: Glin Dibley Publisher: Tricycle Press Audience: All ages Summary: Don’t Laugh at Me is the poignant tale of children and adults who wear braces, are chosen last for teams, beg on street corners

Name of Book:  Is There Room on the Feather Bed? Author:  Libba Moore Gray Illustrator:  Nadine Bernard Westcott Publisher:  Orchard Books Audience:  Ages 4-6 Summary: The story is that of a “wee fat man” and a “wee fat woman” who live in a very small house at the bottom of a

Name of Book:  Almost to Freedom Author:  Vaunda Micheaux Nelson Illustrator:  Colin Bootman Publisher:  Scholastic Inc. Audience:  ages 6+ Summary:  A rag doll tells the story of a slave family’s escape to find freedom “in a place called North.”  The doll tells of being sewn by