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Title: Author: Antje Damm Illustrator: Antje Damm Publisher: Gecko Press Publication Date: 2018 ISBN: 978-1-776571-88-8 Audience: Ages 5 to 10 Summary: An older woman named Elise lives alone as a recluse, scared of everything outside her home.  The play of a little boy named Emil

Title: Peace Author: Wendy Anderson Halperin Illustrator(s): Wendy Anderson Halperin Publisher: Simon & Schuster Atheneum Books for Young Readers ISBN#:978-0-689-82552-1 Audience: Ages 4 and up Summary: This book explores how we can achieve peace in the world. It suggests

Title:  Zacchaeus & the Happy Day Author:  Rhonda Gowler Greene Illustrator:  Santiago Cohen Publisher:  Zonderkidz, 2007 Audience:  Ages 4 – 7 Summary:  This book retells the story of Zacchaeus found in Luke 19.  Zacchaeus is a Jewish tax collector hated by his people,

Name of Book:  My Heart Will Not Sit Down Author:  Mara Rockliff Illustrator:  Ann Tanksley Publisher:  Alfred A. Knopf ISBN:  9780375845697 Audience:  Ages 5 and up. Summary:  It is 1931 in a village in Cameroon.  Kedi’s American teacher tells the students that children are

Title:  Home Author:  Jeannie Baker Illustrator:  Jeannie Baker Publisher:  Greenwillow Books, 2004 ISBN:  978-0066239354 Audience:  Ages 4 – 10 Summary:  This wordless picture book chronicles the view outside Tracy’s window from the day she is brought home as a baby

Title:  Voices in the Park Author:  Anthony Browne Illustrator:  Anthony Browne Publisher:  DK Publishing, Inc., 2001 ISBN:  9780789481917 Audience:  Ages 7 – 11 Summary:  A well dressed woman, her sad, docile son, Charles, and their pedigreed dog, Victoria enter a city

Name of Book:  A Year Down Yonder Author: Richard Peck Illustrator: None Publisher: Puffin Books Audience: Ages 10+ (all the way up to senior citizens!) Summary:  A Year Down Yonder, winner of the 2001 Newberry Medal, is the sequel to A Long Way from Chicago.  The first book was

Name of Book:  Listen to the Wind Author:  Greg Mortenson and Susan L. Roth Illustrator:  Susan L. Roth Publisher: Dial Books for Young Readers Audience: Age 10+ Summary: Dr. Greg became lost on one of his expeditions and ends up in Korphe, Pakistan. He was sick, cold and hungry.

This is the second session of a two part teaching plan to help a multi-age group of children consider Jesus’ commandment to love one another.  This session plan uses The Sneetches by Dr. Seuss as a starting point. Loving Your Neighbor as Yourself Session 2 This is the

The third in a series of sessions for children based on Dr. Seuss books,  Horton Hears a Who helps children explore concepts of listening to and caring for all God’s people, no matter how small or insignificant they may seem. Horton Hears a Who