Books - A Few Favorite Books to Read Together
(additional books added regularly)
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Based on Bible Stories and Faith Formation
Good General Books Prayers for Faithful Families by Traci Smith Common Prayer for Children and Families by Jenifer Gamber and Timothy Seamans From Eden to Bethlehem: An Animal Primer by Danielle Hitchen and Jessica Blanchard Let there by Light: An opposites primer by Danielle Hitchen and Jessica Blanchard First Bible Basics: A counting primer by Danielle Hitchen and Jessica Blanchard Psalms of Praise: A movement primer by Danielle Hitchen and Jessica Blanchard Who is My Neighbor? by Amy Jill Levine and Sandy Eisenberg Sasso When I Pray for You by Matthew Paul Turner and Kimberley Barnes When God Made you by Matthew Paul Turner and Kimberley Barnes Lift the Flap: Bible Stories for Young Children by Andrew DeYoung and Naomi Joy Krueger Gritty and Graceful: 15 Inspiring Women of the Bible by Caryn Rivadeneira When God Gave us Words by Sandy Eisenberg Sasso Ecclesiastes by Cythhia Rylant The Marvelous Mustard Seed by Amy-Jill Levine and Sandy Eisenberg Sasso Maybe God is Like that Too by Jennifer Grant When God Made you by Matthew Paul Turner Who Counts 100 Sheep, 100 Coins and 2 Sons- by Levine and Sasso Forever Young - by Bob Dylan (Illustrated by Paul Rogers) Frolic Faith First Bible and Board Books from Sparkhouse Augsburg Press Spark Story Bible Devotion Book from Sparkhouse Augsburg Press Zero - by Kathryn Otoshi One - by Kathryn Otoshi A Pigeon Tale by Dana Knox Write, Illustrated by Harriet Myrick Blowin' in the Wind by Bob Dylan (illustrations by John Muth) You Be You - Linda Kranz Only One You - Linda Kranz Wilfred Gordon McDonald Partridge - Mem Fox and Julie Vivas Wonder - R.J. Palacio (elementary age) The Giving Book: Opening the Door to a Lifetime of Giving - Ellen Sabin The Peace Book - Todd Parr Adam, Adam What do you Say? - Martin/Samson Prayers for Each and Every Day - Sophie Piper The Rainbow Fish - Marcus Pfister Beatrice's Goat - Paige McGuire The Look and Find Book of Bible Stories - Marion Thomas and Andrew Everitt-Stewart. My Body's Mine by Kayla Marnach My Heart by Corinna Luyken Picturing God by Ruth Goring Anti-Racism, Prejudice, Tolerance, Diversity We are Family by Patricia Hegarty and Ryan Wheatcroft Global Babies - The Global Fund for Children Peace is an Offering - Annette Le Box Let's talk about Race by Julius Lester My Best Friends and Me series by Annelien Wehrmeijer One Family by George Shannon Malala Yousafzai - Warrior with words by Karlen Leggett Abouraya Who is Malala Yousafzai by Dinah Brown I am Rosa Parks by Brad Meltzer We Are All Born Free by Amnesty International. Smoky Night by Eve Bunting The Chickens Build A Wall by Jean-Francois Dumont Metropolitan Cow by Tim Egan Some Monsters Are Different. by David Milgrim Meena by Sine van Mol The Colors of Us by Karen KatzI am Enough by Grace Byers Let’s Talk about Race by Julius Lester Sometimes People March by Tessa Allen Hair Love by Matthew Cherry Alma and How She Got her Name by Juana Martinez-Neal Where are you from? By Jaime Kim Dreamers by Yuyi Morales Drawn Together by Menh Le The Story of Ruby Bridges by Robert Coles Sing a Song: How “Life Every Voice and Sing” Inspired Generations by Kelly Starling Lyons Who is my Neighbor? By Amy-Jill Lavine and Sandy Eisenberg Sasso White Flour by David LaMotte The Undefeated by Kwame Alexander and Kadir Nelson Gordon Parks: How the Photographer Captured Black and White America by Carol Boston Weatherford Ruth and the Green Book by Calvin Alexander Ramsey Separate is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family’s Fight for Desegregation by Duncan Tonatiuh Memphis, Martin, and the Mountaintop: The Sanitation Strike of 1968 by Alice Faye Dunan Saving Savannah by Tanya Bolden Piecing Me Together by Renee Watson Warriors Don’t Cry by Melba Pattillo Beals Social- Emotional Health SImon and The Big, Bad, Angry Beasts: A Book about Anger by Ian De Haes Calm -Down Time by Elizabeth Verdick Cool Cats, Calm Kids by Mary Williams Up and Down the Worry Hill by Aureen pinto Wagner King of the Playground by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor Have you Filled a Bucket Today? by Carol meCloud Anh's Anger - Gail Silver |
Anti- Racism Books for Children
(books which feature storylines and main characters who are people of color as well as topics of anti-racism, empathy, justice, history, and self-esteem.) Click Here to go to a new page with the resources. Advent and Christmas Silent Night : The Christmas Choir by Lara Hawthorne Walk this World at Christmastime by Debbie Powell Nativity by Cynthia Rylant Three Wise Women by Mary Hoffman and Lynne Russell The Baby in the Manger by Anne Neuberger Refuge by Ann Booth and Sam Usher Advent A to Z - Sharon Harding (Activities to do as a family during Advent) Wombat Devine - Mem Fox Mortimer's Christmas Manger - Jane Chapman Advent Storybook - Antonie Schneider The Nativity - Julie Vivas The Grumpy Shepherd - Paddie Devon The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey - Susan Wojciechowski B is for Bethlehem - Isabel Wilner Good Night Manger by Laura Sassi Who is coming to our house? By Joseph Slate Humphrey’s First Christmas by Carol Heyer Getting Ready for Christmas by Yolanda Brown The Christmas Baby by Sally Wright Song of the Stars by Sally Lloyd-Jones God Sent a Baby King by Heather Henning The Legend of the Poinsettia by Tomie DePaola The Night of the Las Posadas by Tomie DePaloa Great Joy by Kate DiCamillo The Sparkle Box by Jill Hardie This is the Star by Joyce Dunbar The Camels are Coming by Andy Eddington That Baby in the Manger by Anne Neuberger Look: A Child's Guide to Advent and Christmas by Laura Alary Who Built the Stable? by Ashley Bryan Lent and Easter Jesus is Risen! By Agostino Tranini (Pop up Book Good News! It's Easter! by Glenys Nellist Holy Week: An Emotions primer by Danielle Hitchen and Jessica Blanchard Baptism Today is a Baptism Day by Anna Ostenso Moore and Peter Krueger Baptism Promises by Carol Wehrheim Stewardship (Time, Talent, Treasure) Mine: A Counting Book about Sharing by Caryn Rivadeneira The Wrong Shoes: A Book about Money and Self-Esteem by Caryn Rivadeneira It's Not Fair! A Book about Having Enough by Caryn Rivadeneira Rabbit Hill by Robert Lawson The Berenstain Bears' Trouble with Money by Stan and Jan Berenstain The Day it Rained Hearts by Felicia Bond Peter's Chair by Ezra Jack Keats Money $ense for Kids! by Hollis Page Harman How Not to be Your Child's ATM: Prodical Sons & Material Girls by Nathan Dungan Growing Compassionate Kids: Helping Kids see beyond their backyard by Jan Johnson Giving Together: A Stewardship Guide for Families by Carol A Wehrheim Creation In Our Image: God’s First Creatures by Nancy Swartz Creation by Cynthia Rylant The Story of Creation by Jane Ray In God’s Name by Sandy Eisenberg Sasso The Whole Green World by Tony Johnston The Greening Book: Being a Friend to Planet Earth by Ellen Sabin He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands, and All God’s Critters Got a Place in the Choir by Bill Staines and Margot Zemach are also children’s books as well as songs. |
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Storypath is a lectionary based resource which pairs the weekly lectionary readings for Sunday morning worship to children's books with the same themes.
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