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Picture Book Round Up: Cora Cooks Pancit, Thoughtfull, Rice From Heaven, My Breakfast With Jesus
By Betsy Farquhar
Four picture books encourage young listeners to notice the people around them, to serve with kindness, and to celebrate the diversity of God’s church. Some…
*Room for Everyone by Naaz Khan, illustrated by Mercè López
By Megan Saben
A lively rhyming story about a generously overcrowded daladala on its way to the beach in a delightful read-aloud about siblings in Zanzibar.
Cookies & Milk by Shawn Amos
By Janie Cheaney
Cookies & Milk is an enjoyable fictionalized account of the world’s first chocolate-chip cookie store and the launch of a “famous” business.
Crazy Horse and Custer: Born Enemies by S. D. Nelson
By Janie Cheaney
Crazy Horse and Custer: Born Enemies addresses the bloody and complex history of the U.S. Indian Wars with honesty and clarity.
The Shelter and the Fence by Herman H. Finkelstein
By Janie Cheaney
The Shelter and the Fence relates the heartening history of how nearly 1000 Jewish refugees found welcome in America during World War II.
Born Behind Bars by Padma Venkatramen
By Betsy Farquhar
When Kabir leaves jail at age nine, he enters a world unknown to him: the free world. A delicate and sensitive novel for middle grades.
My Own Lightning by Lauren Wolk
By Janie Cheaney
My Own Lightning follows the author’s previous Newbery-honored novel, Wolf Hollow, with a more hopeful conclusion.
Rip to the Rescue
By Janie Cheaney
Rip to the Rescue is a true-to-life World War II adventure featuring heroic teens and one heroic dog.
*Watership Down by Richard Adams
By Janie Cheaney
Watership Down, a modern classic, employs noble themes of vision, courage, and sacrifice among some of the most humble and ordinary of animals in their quest for a home.