2005-2006 Selections

 FMC - First Mennonite Church Shalom Reader's Collection

LCL - Available to borrow at Lincoln City Libraries  

CBD - Available for purchase at ChristianBook.com  

AMZ - Available for purchase at Amazon.com 

Best of All - FMC- CBD - AMZ
by Max Lucado. In a village where everyone has been carved from wood, an uppity Miss Bess Stovall claims her maple ''ancestree'' is superior until the day a shunned willow fellow saves her life.

The Legend of the Valentine - FMC - CBD - AMZ
by Katherine Grace Bond; illustrated by Don Tate. Zonderkidz 2001. On Valentine's Day during the sixties, Marcus, an African-American boy in a newly integrated school, used St Valentine as a role model to heal the hate in his classroom.

The Peace Book - FMC - LCL - CBD - AMZ
by Todd Parr. Little Brown Pub 2004. Each page shows a different definition of peace.
 

 

Abuela's Weave - LCL - AMZ
by Omar Castaneda. Lee & Low Books, Inc., 1993. A girl and her grandmother take their weavings to the marketplace.

All Kinds of Children - LCL - AMZ
by Norma Simon. Albert Whitman & Co. 1999. Children all over the world have many things in common including their need for food, clothes, people to love them, and a time to play.

All Things Bright & Beautiful - LCL - AMZ
by Cecil Frances Alexander. Ideals, 1992. A timeless message rings anew in appreciation of God's creation.

Amazing Grace - LCL - CBD - AMZ
by Mary Hoffman. Dial Books, 1991. What makes Grace so amazing? She'll surprise you.

Amelia’s Road - LCL - AMZ
by Linda J. Altman. Lee & Low, 1993. A young migrant girl finds a permanent home.

Angel Child, Dragon Child - LCL - AMZ
by Michele Maria Surat. Raintree Publishers, 1983. A Vietnamese girl is teased in her new American school by a boy who doesn't know her story. They find a magnificent way to be friends.

Apples for Immigrants - AMZ
by Lois Thieszen Preheim. Blue River
Publishing, 1999. The lessons of sharing with a new Mennonite immigrant group over 100 years ago prompt sharing again.

Are You My Friend? - AMZ
by Janice Derby. Herald Press, 1993. A child notices how much people are alike other than in the way they look.

Castle on Viola Street - LCL - AMZ
by DyAnne Disalvo: Harpercollins, 2001. When a young boy hears about an organization that turns abandoned houses in homes, he discovers that his ``castle'' is on Viola Street.

Chinese Eyes - LCL - AMZ
by Marjorie Ann Waybill. Herald Press, 1974. Schoolmates tease a young girl about her eyes but she learns from her mother how great her eyes are.

The Color of Home - LCL - AMZ
by Mary Hoffman . Phyllis Fogelman Books, 2002. Hasson, feeling homesick after being forced to flee war-torn Somalia, paints a picture at school that shows his old home in Africa as well as the reason his family had to leave.

Doorway to the World - LCL - AMZ
by Ronald Kidd. Habitat for Humanity, 1996. Ben dreams he is flying on a door to many homes in different parts of the world and helping to build homes.

Enemy Pie - LCL - AMZ
by Derek Munson: Chronicle Books, 2000. Hoping that the enemy pie which his father makes will help him get rid of his enemy, a young boy finds that instead it helps him make a new friend.

Everybody Cooks Rice - LCL - AMZ
by Norah Dooley. Carolorhada Books, 1991. A girl goes to find her brother and ends up in different households, each cooking rice in different ways.

Faith the Cow - AMZ
by Susan Bame Hoover. Brethren Press, 1995. The story of how the Heifer Project got started.

Families are Different - LCL - AMZ
by Nina Pellegrini. Holiday House, 1991. Nico, an adopted Korean girl, realizes how different families can be and what makes each special.

Feathers and Fools: A Modern Fable - LCL - CBD - AMZ
by Mem Fox. Harcourt Brace,1996. The mistrust of the swans and peacocks leads to a terrible fight but there is hope in the young who haven't learned to hate each other.

The Folks in the Valley - a Pennsylvania Dutch ABC - LCL - AMZ
by Jim Aylesworth. Harper Collins, 1994. A Pennsylvania Dutch alphabet book about the people and activities of a Pennsylvania Dutch settlement in a rural valley.

The Giving Tree - LCL - CBD - AMZ
by Shel Silverstein. Harper & Row, 1964. A boy and a tree are friends.

Growing Vegetable Soup - LCL - CBD - AMZ
by Lois Ehlert. Harcourt Brace, 1987. Father and child share the simple joy of planting, watering and watching seeds grow in the family garden.

I Know A Lady - LCL - AMZ
by Charlotte Zolotow. Puffin, 1986. A child describes the many things she enjoys about her elderly neighbor.

I Sing For The Animals - AMZ
by Paul Goble. Bradbury Press, 1991. Reflections on how all things in nature relate to their Creator.

It's George - LCL - AMZ
by Miriam Cohen. Greenwillow, 1988. George's classmates make fun of him until they have a surprise.

It's Mine! - LCL - AMZ
a fable by Leo Lionni. Alfred K. Knopf, 1985. It's better to share.

Jamaica's Find - LCL - CBD - AMZ
by Juanita Havill. Houghton Mifflin, 1987. A girl finds a stuffed dog in the park and decides to take it home.

Just Like Us - AMZ
by Hiaroyn Oram. MorehouseÄBarlow, 1987. Billy lives on one side of a wall and the other side is forbidden. What is the surprise on the other side?

Let's Be Enemies - LCL - AMZ
by Janice May Udry. Harper Collins, 1961. Two friends experience the happiness but also unexpected difficulties that go with a friendship relationship.

Let's Make A Garden - AMZ
by Tamara Awad Lobe. Herald Press, 1995. Children from many different cultures work together.

Make Someone Smile, and 40 More Ways To Be A Peaceful Person - CBD - AMZ
by Judy Lalli. Free Spirit Publishing, 1996. A collection of photographs (with words) of children modeling the skills of peacemaking and conflict resolution.

Milo and the Magic Stone - LCL - AMZ
by Mark Pfister. Scholastic, 1995. A story with 2 endings. 1 shows the consequences of the failure to care for the earth and others, the other ending shows the reward of giving and sharing.

Not So Fast, Songolo - LCL - AMZ
by Niki Daly. Theneum, 1985. A young village boy helps his grandmother do errands in the big city and gets a surprise in the end.

Old Turtle - LCL - AMZ
by Douglas Wood. Pfeifer Hamilton, 1991. A wise old turtle reminds all the earth creatures, plants, and people that God is everything.

The Other Side - LCL - CBD - AMZ
by Jacqueline Woodson. GP Putnam's Sons, 2001. Two girls are forbidden to play with each other on the other side of the fence. They become friends anyway while sitting on the fence and talking.

Peace Begins With You - AMZ
by Katherine Scholer. Sierra Club Books/Little Brown, 1989. Poetic style of prose describes the many feeling and conditions of peace and the absence of peace.

Peter's Chair - LCL - AMZ
by Ezra Jack Keats. Harper Collins, 1967. There is a new baby in the family and Peter needs to make adjustments.

The Quarreling Book - LCL - AMZ
by Charolotte Zolotow. Harper Collins, 1982. The reality of facing everyday encounters in story form.

The Rag Coat - LCL - AMZ
by Lauren Mills. Little Brown & Co., 1991. Minna wears her new coat to school where she has interesting responses.

Rainbow Fish and the Big Blue Whale - LCL - AMZ
by Marcus Pfister. North-South Books, 1998. The fish with jagged fins wonders about the big blue whale. ``Look out!'' he warns. How do they find a way to make peace?

Rose For Abby - AMZ
by Donna Guthrie. Abingdon Press, 1988. Abby asks herself the question, "Why are people hungry, cold and living in the streets?" Then she knows what she must do and she does it.

Snow in Jerusalem - LCL - AMZ
by Deborah da Costa. Albert Whitman & Company 2001. Although they live in different quarters in Jerusalem, a Jewish boy and a Muslim boy are surprised to discover they have been caring for the same stray cat.

Seven Brave Women - LCL  - AMZ
by Betsy Hearne. Greenwillow, 1997. A young girl tells a short story about the adventures of 7 of her female ancestors including 1 who is a Mennonite.

Somewhere Today: A Book of Peace - AMZ
by Shelley Moore Thomas. Albert Whitman & Co., 1998. This book gives examples of ways in which people bring about peace by doing things to help and care for one another and their world.

The Spelling Window - CBD - AMZ
by Dawn L. Watkins. Bob Jones University Press, 1993. Shelly doesn't like her deaf neighbor Seth's loud voice and exuberance the way her sister Kathy does until a field trip and an emergency help her understand his feelings better.

The Story of Ruby Bridges - LCL - AMZ
by Robert Coles. Scholastic, 1995. The story of 6 year old Ruby's faith and courage in 1960 as the first black child to attend and all white elementary school in New Orleans

The Story of Ferdinand - CBD - AMZ
by Monro Leaf. Viking Press, 1936. A bull would rather sit and smell the flowers than be a vicious bull for a matador in a bull fight.

The Sun and the Wind: An Aesop Fable - AMZ
retold by Cornelia Lehn. Faith & Life Press, 1983. Who is stronger? the sun or the wind?

Tap-tap - LCL - CBD - AMZ
by Karen Lynn Williams: Clarion, 1995 A yound Haitian girl is finally old enough to help her mother carry baskets of fruit to market and is rewarded with a ride on a "tap-tap" a brightly painted truck/taxi.

This Is the Way We Go To School - LCL - AMZ
by Edith Baer. Scholastic, 1990. How do children around the world go to school? In many ways!

Tomas and the Library Lady - LCL - AMZ
by Pat Mora. Random House, 1997. A young migrant worker boy is befriended by a small town librarian and discovers the joy of books the summer he is in the area.

Trouble - LCL - AMZ
by Jane Kurtz. Harcourt Brace, 1997. The father of a young goatherd makes him a gebeta board in hopes of keeping him out of trouble, but he finds adventure anyway.

The Two of Them - LCL - AMZ
by Alike. Greenwillow Books, 1979. The relationship between a grandfather and a granddaughter are described

The War Between the Vowels and the Consonants - LCL - AMZ
by Priscilla Turner. Farrar Straus Giroux, 1996. In the hidden life of letters, enemies become friends and discover that the pen really is mightier than the sword.

We Can Get Along; A Child's Book of Choices - LCL - CBD - AMZ
by Lauren Murphy Payne. Free Spirit Publishing, 1997. The simple text describes how it feels when people get along well together and when they do not. I explains that one has control over how one reacts in both kinds of situations.

What if the Zebras Lost Their Stripes - CBD - AMZ
by John Reitano. Paulist Press, 1998. Would zebras stop being friends and fight each other if they lost their stripes and became different from each other?

Where's Chimpy? - AMZ
by Bernice Rabe. Albert Whitman, 1988. A little girl and her father search for a lost stuffed monkey.

Whoever You Are - LCL - CBD - AMZ
by Mem Fox. Harcourt Brace, 1997. Although there are many differences between people throughout the worlds three are similarities that join us together such as pain, joy and love.

Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge - LCL - AMZ
by Mem Fox. Kane Miller, 1985. A young boy befriends residents in a nursing home and helps one find her memories.

You Are Not My Best Friend Anymore - LCL - AMZ
by Charlotte Pomerantz. Dial Books, 1998. Best friends, Molly & Ben, share everything until their big fight. Then they find a way to work out their differences.

 

 

Selections and notes courtesy of Central Plains Mennonite Conference Shalom Readers Club.