A Perfect Spot
A ladybug needs a safe place to lay her eggs, but where can she find an open spot? Katydids flutter...
A World of Praise
"Poetic text praises God for his love and care for his creation, from the mountains of Peru to the streets...
Children
A Year With Mama Earth
In September, Mama Earth sighs out the first autumn frost, which crunches under children's feet. Mama Earth looks after nature's...
Anna’s Heaven
After the death of her mother, Anna and her father imagine that Heaven might be a place where one can...
JUVENILE FICTION
At Your Baptism
Presents the text from the French Reformed liturgy for baptism and explains the meaning behind the ceremony. On board pages.
Juvenile Nonfiction
Attack of the Turtle
During the Revolutionary War, fourteen-year-old Nathan Wade joins forces with his older cousin, the inventor David Bushnell, to secretly build...
Character / Values, Contentment, Growing Up / Self-Esteem, History, JUVENILE FICTION, Mystery / Suspense, Science and Technology, Social Issues, War / Refugees
Before You Were Born
What child isn't curious about those first days of life? In Before You Were Born, Nancy White Carlstrom expertly portrays...
Family, JUVENILE FICTION, New Baby
Bird Life in Wington
Here are thirty striking stories that creatively teach the Chritian way of life by telling about the various birds who...
Religion
Birdie
Still grieving for her father, twelve-year-old Birdie struggles to adjust to many changes, including when her grandmother, her mother, and...
Character / Values, Family, Family Life, Friendship, Growing Up / Self-Esteem, JUVENILE FICTION, Poetry / Poets
Black and White
"Black and White are very different. But when they work together, the two colors can go on the most amazing...
Concepts, Family, JUVENILE FICTION
Building an Orchestra of Hope
"When a children's orchestra in Cateura, Paraguay, grows to have more students than instruments, music teacher Favio Chavez works with...
Biographies, Character / Values, Music teachers, Poverty, Problem-Solving, Social Issues, Songs & Music, Tolerance / Acceptance
Bully.com
Wrongly accused of cyberbullying, seventh-grader Jun Li, a brilliant student, more comfortable around computers than people, has seven days to...
Bullying / Peer Pressure, Friendship, Growing Up / Self-Esteem, JUVENILE FICTION, Mystery / Suspense, School Stories, Science and Technology
C. S. Lewis
Step through the other side of the wardrobe and meet the creator of the Chronicles of Narnia the man whose...
Biographies, Religion
Crazy
Laura is a typical fifteen-year-old growing up in the 1960s, navigating her way through classes, friendships, and even a new...
Character / Values, Contentment, Family, Family Life, Grief / Death / Illness, Growing Up / Self-Esteem, JUVENILE FICTION, Poetry / Poets, Social Issues
Do You Have a Dog?
Rhyming text describes some famous historical figures, from Annie Oakley and Merriwether Lewis to Jackson Pollock and Billie Holiday, and...
Animals, History, Juvenile Nonfiction
Does God Know How to...
Katrina wants to know more about God: Mama, what does God wear? Does God like to paint? Does God ever...
JUVENILE FICTION
Driftwood Days
A tree branch in the mountains travels through the seasons and across rivers and oceans until it becomes a piece...
JUVENILE FICTION
Ethan, Suspended
After a school suspension and his parents' separation, Ethan is sent to live with his grandparents in Washington, D.C., which...
Character / Values, Family, Family Life, Friendship, Grandparents, Growing Up / Self-Esteem, JUVENILE FICTION, Poverty, School Stories, Social Issues, Tolerance / Acceptance
Friends of Liberty
Sally Gifford, a Patriot shoemaker's daughter, tries to maintain her close friendship with Kitty Lawton, the daughter of a Loyalist...
Character / Values, Contentment, Family, Family Life, Friendship, Growing Up / Self-Esteem, History, JUVENILE FICTION, Social Issues, War / Refugees
Georgia’s Bones
Growing up on a Wisconsin farm, Georgia began gathering all sorts of objects sticks and stones, flowers and bones. Although...
Biographies, Juvenile Nonfiction
Hello, Earth! Poems to Our...
We walk on Earth's surface every day, but how often do we wonder about the incredible planet around us? From...