Children's Books
(To be used with children and/or adults)
A Bad Case of Stripes by David Shannon - What happens when a girl rejects the pieces of herself that don't fit in with everybody else around her? How is her "illness" cured? This is a book that can be used to help people see the value of accepting and enjoying who they really are. [Embracing the real you]
All in Just One Cookie by Susan E. Goodman. A story of chocolate chip cookies and where each ingredient is found in the world. Recipe included. [ Globilization, environment, team work, committees, stewardship and creation]
Flower Man, The - illustrated by Mark Ludy. What happens when the Flower Man steps into a colorless world? Behind every window lies a different story inthis unique wordless book. This is a tale of a humble man who loves life, his garden and his neighbors. [Evangelism]
Miss Fannie's Hat by Jan Karon. Each of Miss Fannie's hats reminds her of a special time. She wore her green velour hat in the terrible flood of 1916. Her brown velvet hat feels just like Miss Fannie's grandmother's cow. And her famous pink straw hat with the silk roses is the one Miss Fannie has worn on Easter Sunday for the past thirty-five years. When Miss Fannie's preacher asked her to donate one of her hats to the church auction, choosing which one to part with is no small task. [Generosity, stewardship]
Old Turtle by Douglas Wood, watercolors by Cheng-Khee Chee. Old Turtle helps the animals and people of the earth understand that God is more than any one image or understanding. [God]
Runaway Bunny, The by Margaret Wise Brown, pictures by Clement Hurd (with accompanying CD). A little bunny keeps running away from his mother in an imaginative and imaginary game of verbal hide-and-seek; children (and adults) will be profoundly comforted by this lovingly steadfast mother who finds her child every time. [Steadfast love]
Stone Soup by Jon J. Muth. In this cumulative retelling of an ancient and widely circulated legend, storyteller Heather Forest shows that when each person makes a small contribution, "the collective impact can be huge". [Sharing, generosity]
Too Many Toys by David Shannon. Spencer has too many toys. He has robots, puzzles, board games, stuffed animals, and plastic dinosaurs. Toys spill out of every drawer and closet and clutter the floor of every room. Come along as Spencer tries to persuade mother to keep them all - because every single toy is his favorite.
