Eerdlings

The official blog of Eerdmans Books for Young Readers

Subject Guide

Animals

Bedtime

Biographies

 

Books in Translation

Bullying / Peer Pressure

Character / Values

Contentment

  • The Dog That Nino Didn’t Have
  • The Fishing Lesson
  • John Jensen Feels Different
  • Just for Today
  • Just Like I Wanted
  • Little Big
  • No Place Like Home
  • Now It Is Summer
  • The Second Sky
  • Thank You!

Courage

  • Always with You
  • Attack of the Turtle
  • Crazy
  • Dangerous Journey
  • Friends of Liberty
  • Garmann’s Summer
  • A Girl Called Problem
  • Parachute
  • Pilgrim’s Progress
  • Piper
  • Princess Ka’iulani
  • Red
  • Soldier Bear
  • Son of a Gun
  • A Story Like the Wind
  • The Story of Queen Esther
  • Vanishing Colors
  • The War within These Walls
  • When No One Is Watching
  • The Yes

Patience

  • Circles of Hope
  • The Fantastic Jungles of Henri Rousseau
  • Jonah’s Whale
  • Now It Is Summer

Problem-Solving

  • Back to Front and Upside Down!
  • Brother Giovanni ‘s Little Reward
  • Brother Hugo and the Bear
  • Edgar Wants to Be Alone
  • Get on Your Bike
  • Lion, King, and Coin
  • Little Croc’s Purse
  • My Name Is Sangoel
  • Nasreddine
  • One Fine Day
  • Parachute
  • Roger Is Reading a Book
  • The Sheep Go on Strike
  • Thomas the Toadilly Terrible Bully
  • The Very Big Carrot

Tolerance / Acceptance

Cultures

African

  • A Girl Called Problem
  • The Herd Boy
  • My Name Is Sangoel
  • Son of a Gun

African American

  • The Amazing Age of John Roy Lynch
  • The Beatitudes
  • Ben and the Emancipation Proclamation
  • Come Sunday
  • I Lay My Stitches Down
  • The Lord’s Prayer
  • Mississippi Morning
  • Psalm Twenty-Three
  • The Watcher
  • When Daddy Prays

Asian

  • Always with You
  • Father’s Road

Global

  • Felix
  • Outside My Window
  • Rain
  • Why Am I Here?

Greek

  • Mikis and the Donkey

Haitian

  • Circles of Hope

Indian

  • The Blue Jackal
  • The Warli People

Irish

  • Brigid’s Cloak

Italian

  • Grandfather Whisker’s Table
  • I, Vivaldi

Middle Eastern

  • Adara
  • The Enemy Has a Face
  • Four Feet, Two Sandals
  • Gilgamesh the Hero
  • Masada
  • Nasreddine
  • Nile Crossing
  • The Story of Queen Esther

Ecology / Environment

  • Driftwood Days
  • Fur, Fins, and Feathers
  • God’s Quiet Things
  • Hidden City
  • Little Apple Goat
  • No Place Like Home
  • Two Little Birds

Family

Family Life

  • Anna’s Heaven
  • Birdie
  • The Call of the Swamp
  • Come Sunday
  • Crazy
  • A Dog Like Sam
  • Ethan, Suspended
  • Felix
  • Friends of Liberty
  • Garmann’s Summer
  • A Girl Called Problem
  • Good Morning, Harry—Good Night, Daddy
  • Good Night, Chickie
  • A Less than Perfect Peace
  • Little Big
  • Mrs. White Rabbit
  • Night Guard
  • Not Exactly Normal
  • One Big Family
  • Sam in Winter
  • A Story That Grows
  • When Daddy Prays

Grandparents

  • Eli Remembers
  • Ethan, Suspended
  • Grandpa’s Soup
  • I’m Right Here
  • Mikis and the Donkey

New Baby

  • Before You Were Born
  • Circles of Hope

Fantasy

  • The Golden Key
  • The Little Barbarian
  • Mrs. White Rabbit
  • Questionable Creatures
  • The Secret Cat

Farming / Farm Life

  • The Chickens Build a Wall
  • Edgar Wants to Be Alone
  • The Geese March in Step
  • Little Apple Goat
  • Little Naomi, Little Chick
  • The Sheep Go on Strike

Folklore / Fables / Legends

  • The Blue Jackal
  • Brigid’s Cloak
  • Dangerous Journey
  • The Fishing Lesson
  • Gilgamesh the Hero
  • The Golden Key
  • Good King Wenceslas
  • The Legend of Saint Christopher
  • The Legend of Saint Nicholas
  • Nasreddine
  • Persephone
  • Pilgrim’s Progress
  • The Queen of the Frogs
  • Questionable Creatures

Friendship

  • Back to Front and Upside Down!
  • Birdie
  • Brother Hugo and the Bear
  • Bully.com
  • Ethan, Suspended
  • Four Feet, Two Sandals
  • Friends of Liberty
  • Get on Your Bike
  • Gilgamesh the Hero
  • The Golden Key
  • A Good Day
  • I Am a Bear
  • If Nathan Were Here
  • A Less than Perfect Peace
  • Library Lily
  • Mikis and the Donkey
  • Night Guard
  • Not Exactly Normal
  • Outside My Window
  • Phone Call with a Fish
  • The Rabbit and the Shadow
  • Roger Is Going Fishing
  • Roger Is Reading a Book
  • Samira and the Skeletons
  • A Story Like the Wind
  • Thomas the Toadilly Terrible Bully
  • The Watcher
  • When No One Is Watching

Grief / Death / Illness

  • Always with You
  • Anna’s Heaven
  • The Best Cat in the World
  • Crazy
  • Eli Remembers
  • The Enemy Has a Face
  • Grandpa’s Soup
  • If Nathan Were Here
  • I’m Right Here
  • Scout’s Heaven
  • The War within These Walls

Growing Up / Self-Esteem

  • Animal Beauty
  • Attack of the Turtle
  • Back to Front and Upside Down!
  • Birdie
  • Bully.com
  • The Call of the Swamp
  • Crazy
  • A Dog Like Sam
  • The Dog That Nino Didn’t Have
  • Eli Remembers
  • The Enemy Has a Face
  • Ethan, Suspended
  • Friends of Liberty
  • Garmann’s Summer
  • The Geese March in Step
  • A Girl Called Problem
  • The Herd Boy
  • I’ll Root for You
  • John Jensen Feels Different
  • Just Like I Wanted
  • Leather Shoe Charlie
  • Masada
  • Mikis and the Donkey
  • Mississippi Morning
  • My Name Is Sangoel
  • Night Guard
  • Nile Crossing
  • Not Exactly Normal
  • Parachute
  • The Rabbit and the Shadow
  • Sam in Winter
  • The Second Sky
  • A Story Like the Wind
  • When No One Is Watching
  • Who Am I?
  • Why Am I Here?
  • Willy
  • The Yes

History

  • Adara
  • The Amazing Age of John Roy Lynch
  • Attack of the Turtle
  • The Beatitudes
  • Ben and the Emancipation Proclamation
  • Brother Giovanni’s Little Reward
  • Brother Hugo and the Bear
  • Do You Have a Dog?
  • Eva’s Story
  • Father’s Road
  • Friends of Liberty
  • Fur, Fins, and Feathers
  • Grandfather Whisker’s Table
  • I Lay My Stitches Down
  • I, Vivaldi
  • In Search of the Little Prince
  • Leather Shoe Charlie
  • A Less than Perfect Peace
  • The Life and Times of Martin Luther
  • Lion, King, and Coin
  • Masada
  • Mississippi Morning
  • Nile Crossing
  • One Fine Day
  • Princess Ka’iulani
  • The Right Word
  • A River of Words
  • Secrets in the House of Delgado
  • Soldier Bear
  • The War within These Walls
  • The Warli People
  • William Bradford

Holidays

  • Christmas
  • Brigid’s Cloak
  • Good King Wenceslas
  • The Jesse Tree
  • Jesus
  • The Legend of Saint Nicholas
  • Manger
  • Mary’s Song
  • The Nativity

Easter

  • At Jerusalem’s Gate
  • The Easter Story
  • Jesus

Humor

  • Edgar Wants to Be Alone
  • The Fishing Lesson
  • I’ll Root for You
  • Is It Big or Is It Little?
  • The Little Barbarian
  • Little Big
  • Mister H
  • Mom, There’s a Bear at the Door
  • Mrs. White Rabbit
  • One Big Family
  • A Pond Full of Ink
  • The Queen of the Frogs
  • Roger Is Going Fishing
  • Roger Is Reading a Book
  • The Sheep Go on Strike
  • Uh-Oh!
  • The Very Big Carrot
  • A Well-Mannered Young Wolf
  • When a Wolf Is Hungry
  • Willy

Jewish Interest

  • Eli Remembers
  • The Enemy Has a Face
  • Eva’s Story
  • Exodus
  • God’s Quiet Things
  • I Wanted to Know All about God
  • Jonah’s Whale
  • Masada
  • Psalms for Young Children
  • Secrets in the House of Delgado
  • Song of Creation
  • The Story of Queen Esther
  • Thank You, God
  • The War within These Walls

Mystery / Suspense

  • Attack of the Turtle
  • Bully.com
  • The Enemy Has a Face
  • Sam in Winter
  • Secrets in the House of Delgado

Nature / Seasons

  • The Blue Hour
  • Driftwood Days
  • God’s Quiet Things
  • Hidden City
  • I Wish I Had . . .
  • Little Apple Goat
  • Night Guard
  • Now It Is Summer
  • Persephone
  • Plume
  • Rain
  • Snowmen Live Forever
  • Song of Creation
  • Sweet Dreamers
  • Two Little Birds
  • The Warli People
  • What Does the Sky Say?
  • A Year With Mama Earth

Poetry / Poets

  • At Jerusalem’s Gate
  • Birdie
  • Crazy
  • Hidden City
  • I Lay My Stitches Down
  • I’ll Root for You
  • Manger
  • Mary’s Song
  • Night Guard
  • A Pond Full of Ink
  • Rain
  • A River of Words
  • Song of Creation
  • The Watcher
  • When Daddy Prays
  • A Year With Mama Earth

Religion

  • Bible Stories
  • Animals of the Bible for Young Children
  • At Jerusalem’s Gate
  • At Your Baptism
  • The Bible for Young Children
  • The Child’s Story Bible
  • The Easter Story
  • Exodus
  • The Jesse Tree
  • Jesus
  • Jonah’s Whale
  • The Life of Jesus
  • Mary’s Song
  • The Nativity
  • Paul Writes (a Letter)
  • Psalm Twenty-Three
  • Psalms for Young Children
  • The Story of Queen Esther

Praise / Prayer / Hymns

  • The Beatitudes
  • Before You Were Born
  • Brother Giovanni’s Little Reward
  • Come Sunday
  • God’s Quiet Things
  • Hail Mary
  • I See the Moon
  • Just for Today
  • The Life of Jesus
  • The Lord’s Prayer
  • Manger
  • Our Father (Bus)
  • Our Father (Oberthür)
  • Prayers for Young Children
  • Psalm Twenty-Three
  • Psalms for Young Children
  • Sleepy Time Blessings
  • Song of Creation
  • Thank You, God
  • What Does the Sky Say?
  • When Daddy Prays
  • A World of Prayers

Religious Beliefs and Concepts

  • Anna’s Heaven
  • At Your Baptism
  • Does God Know How to Tie Shoes?
  • Herodotus the Hedgehog
  • I Wanted to Know All about God
  • Images of God for Young Children
  • Leading Little Ones to God
  • The Life and Times of Martin Luther
  • The Lord’s Prayer
  • Our Father (Oberthür)
  • Paul Writes (a Letter)
  • Who Am I?

Religious Fiction

  • Adara
  • Dangerous Journey
  • The Golden Key
  • Masada
  • Not Exactly Normal
  • Pilgrim’s Progress
  • Secrets in the House of Delgado

Saints

  • Brigid’s Cloak
  • Just for Today
  • The Legend of Saint Christopher
  • The Legend of Saint Nicholas
  • Paul Writes (a Letter)
  • Saints: Lives and Illuminations
  • The Song of Francis and the Animals

School Stories

  • Back to Front and Upside Down!
  • Bully.com
  • Ethan, Suspended
  • A Less than Perfect Peace
  • Nile Crossing
  • Not Exactly Normal
  • Phone Call with a Fish
  • Ready and Waiting for You
  • Samira and the Skeletons

Science and Technology

  • Attack of the Turtle
  • Bully.com
  • Father’s Road
  • Leather Shoe Charlie
  • Maria Mitchell
  • One Fine Day
  • Panthera Tigris
  • Samira and the Skeletons

Social Issues

Poverty

  • Circles of Hope
  • Four Feet, Two Sandals
  • Good King Wenceslas
  • I Am a Bear
  • I Like, I Don’t Like

Race Relations

  • The Amazing Age of John Roy Lynch
  • The Beatitudes
  • Ben and the Emancipation Proclamation
  • The Enemy Has a Face
  • Ethan, Suspended
  • I Lay My Stitches Down
  • Mississippi Morning

War / Refugees

  • Adara
  • Always with You
  • Attack of the Turtle
  • Ben and the Emancipation Proclamation
  • Eva’s Story
  • Four Feet, Two Sandals
  • Friends of Liberty
  • A Less than Perfect Peace
  • Masada
  • My Name Is Sangoel
  • Soldier Bear
  • Son of a Gun
  • A Story Like the Wind
  • Vanishing Colors
  • The War within These Walls
  • Why Am I Here?

Songs and Music

  • Good King Wenceslas
  • I, Vivaldi
  • The Song of Francis and the Animals
  • A Story Like the Wind

Urban Life

  • Hidden City
  • The Lord’s Prayer
  • Mom, There’s a Bear at the Door
  • Psalm Twenty-Three
  • When a Wolf Is Hungry

 

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