Carrie And Carl Play

A Flip Flap Book

BY LOIS T. SMITH
Who is playing at home today? It's Carrie and Carl, an adorable brother-sister pair who love building (and knocking down) blocks with Mommy, hunting for Daddy behind the curtain, turning a big box into a fast train, and fashioning giant shoes out of baking pans. Using inspiration from her own children, Quaker author-illustrator Lois T. Smith invites little ones to peek behind the flaps and find ways to have fun with found objects around the house - and a healthy dose of imagination. The children in this story are bi-racial, with an African American father and European-American mother.

Candlewick 2007 32 PP. Paper

$5.99 (in stock)

The Case For God

BY KAREN ARMSTRONG
This book moves from the stone age to the present detailing the great lengths to which humankind has gone in order to experience a sacred reality that it called by many names, such as God, Brahman, Nirvana, Allah, or Dao. Focusing especially on Christianity but including Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, & Hinduism, Armstrong examines the diminished impulse toward religion in our own time. Why has God become so unbelievable to so many? She makes a powerful, argument for drawing on the insights of the past in order to build a faith that speaks to the needs of our polarized age, but cautions us that religion was never supposed to provide answers that lie within the competence of human reason.

Anchor Books 2009 330 PP. Paper

$16.95 (in stock)

A Catechism And Confession Of Faith

A New Edition In Modern English

BY ROBERT BARCLAY, EDITED BY BY DEAN FREIDAY AND ARTHUR ROBERTS
"Catechism and Confession of Faith makes an excellent discussion resource and study guide for young people and adults alike seeking to be deepened in Quaker beliefs and perspectives." - Paul Anderson

Barclay 2001 144 PP. Blank

$12.00 (in stock)

Catholic Quakerism

BY LEWIS BENSON
Written by a respected scholar on the life works of George Fox, this book examines the universal and thus "catholic" message of the early Christian and early Quaker movements, and how this affects our understanding of Christian history, ethics, ecumenism, community and church order.

Philadelphia Yearly Meeting 1990 94 PP. Paper

$9.00 (in stock)

The Cave Of Reconciliation

An Abrahamic Tale/an Ibrahamic Tale

BY PECKI SHERMAN WITONSKY, ILLUSTRATED BY KATIE SCOTT
Three Faiths; Two Stories; One Beginning. In the Southern Judea region, 3,050 feet above sea level, lies a city; some know it as Hebron, others Al-Khalil. In this city there sits a cave with three names: the Tomb of the Patriarchs, Ma'arat Ha'Machpelah, and al-Haram al-Ibrahimi. The cave is said to house the remains of a man and his family. The name can be pronounced Abraham, Avraham, or Ibrahim, but the man is the same. The Cave of Reconciliation is a book with two sides. Read from one end, it tells the story of Abraham and his son Isaac, flip the book and it recounts the tale of Ibrahim and Ishmael.

Jewish Publication Society 200 108 PP. Paper

$18.00 (in stock)

Celebrating Ramadan

BY DIANE HOYT-GOLDSMITH, ILLUSTRATED BY LAWRENCE MIGDALE
"This picture book for older readers follows devout Muslim Ibraheem, a fourth-grader living in New Jersey, through the holy month of Ramadan. A brief but surprisingly comprehensive introduction ot Islamic faith and practice begins the book... The Joy of Ramadan, which is often depicted as a lolemn holiday, is captured well here as Ibraheem prays and plays with friends; and it's easy to celebrate with the boy as he successfully completes the fast. This is a sensitive introduction to Ramadan; the quality of the photographs and the eloquent text make the book one of the best introductions in recent memory."-Booklist. Grades 2-5, younger for reading aloud.

Holiday House 2001 32 PP. Paper

$6.95 (in stock)

Celebrating The Quaker Way

BY BEN PINK DANDELION
"I am a Quaker. I am part of a worldwide Quaker community and I inhabit that knowledge daily. It helps me live the way I want to." This is how Ben Pink Dandelion starts this little booklet written for Friends to help them celebrate the Quaker way and its rich tradition.

Britain Yearly Meeting 2009 28 PP. Paper

$6.50 (in stock)

Celebrating The Seasons

Ideas For First Day Schools

EDITED BY MARTHA SMITH
Add exctiement to winter doldrums and entice youth to meeting in the spring.

Philadelphia Yearly Meeting 1994 31 PP. Paper

$3.75 (in stock)

Celebration Of Discipline - Study Guide

BY RICHARD FOSTER
A study guide to accompany Celebration,provides a framework for the discussion of each discipline. Foster has a brief essay that gives more insight into each discipline,discussion questions and relevant daily scripture readings. Now over 20 years in print, the book itself served as the catalyst that re-introduced the practice of the spiritual disciplines into contemporary religious life. For each discipline, he considers the biblical basis for the practice, examines its expression in the lives of Jesus, the Apostles, and practitioners throughout church history. He also provides practical guidance in the practice of the disciplines in contemporary life.

HarperSF 1983 78 PP. Paper

$12.99 (in stock)

Celebration Of Discipline - 6 Cd Set

The Path To Spiritual Growth

BY RICHARD FOSTER
In the twenty years since its publication, Celebration of Discipline, by Quaker pastor Richard Foster, has been a favorite of study groups, as well as for individual reading. Hailed by many as the best modern book on Christian spirituality, Celebration of Discipline explores the "Classic Disciplines," or central spiritual practices, of the Christian faith and how through these practices a true path to spiritual growth can be found. For this special audio edition, Richard Foster has added an introduction telling how he came to write the book.

Hovel Audio 1992 6 CDS Audio

$20.00 (in stock)

Celebration Of Discipline

The Path Of Spiritual Growth

BY RICHARD FOSTER
Foster is a Quaker pastor. Now over twenty years in print, this book served as the catalyst that re-introduced the practice of the spiritual disciplines into contemporary religious life. For each of the disciplines, Foster considers the biblical basis for the practice, examines its expression in the lives of Jesus, the Apostles, and practitioners throughout church history. He also provides practical guidance in the practice of the disciplines in contemporary life.

HarperSF 1988 228 PP. Cloth

$23.95 (in stock)

Centering Prayer And Inner Awakening

BY CYNTHIA BOURGEAULT
Centering Prayer and Inner Awakening is a complete guidebook for all who wish to know the practice of Centering Prayer. Cynthia Bourgeault was brought up as Quaker, a perspective she brings to bear as she examines how the practice is related to the classic tradition of Christian contemplation, looks at the distinct nuances of its method, and explores its revolutionary potential to transform Christian life.

Cowley 2004 178 PP. Paper

$16.95 (in stock)

A Certain Kind Of Perfection

An Anthology Of Evangelical And Liberal Quaker Writers

BY MARGERY POST-ABBOTT
"An anthology of Quaker women and men from over three centuries illuminates the common thread in Quaker heritage. Friends...speak of their encounters with Christ as the Inward Teacher, their interpretation of faith into action and their reliance on Divine guidance." - Margaret Hope Bacon. Selections by George Fox, Lucretia Mott, Elise Boulding, Isaac Penington, Howard Macy, Douglas Gwyn and Rufus Jones.

Pendle Hill 1997 306 PP. Paper

$20.00 (in stock)

Chains - A Novel

BY LAURIE HALSE ANDERSON
If an entire nation could seek its freedom, why not a girl? As the Revolutionary War begins, thirteen-year-old Isabel wages her own fight...for freedom. Promised freedom upon the death of their owner, she and her sister, Ruth, in a cruel twist of fate become the property of a malicious New York City couple, the Locktons, who have no sympathy for the American Revolution and even less for Ruth and Isabel. From acclaimed Quaker author Laurie Halse Anderson comes this compelling, impeccably researched novel that shows the lengths we can go to cast off our chains, both physical and spiritual.Was $6.99 now $5.59.

Atheneum 2010 316 PP. Paper

$6.99 (in stock)

The Challenge Of The Disciplined Life

Christian Reflections On Money, Sex, And Power

BY RICHARD FOSTER
Drawing upon practical examples, Richard J. Foster guides the reader in day-to-day ethical decision making, while helping them determine the proper place in Christian life of money, sex and power.

HarperCollins 1989 260 PP. Paper

$6.95 (in stock)

A Challenge To All Friends

Listen To The Light Of Christ, And Then Act

BY CHERICE BOCK
Part of the New Voices series of talks by young adult (18-35) Friends, this essay by Cherice Bock tells us where Quaker spirituality is centered in her life and what action that calls for. She identifies ways in which each branch of Friends could be better centered and empowered to do God's work in the world. Cherice participated in the 2005 World Gathering of Young Friends, representing Northwest Yearly Meeting (EFI).

Beacon Hill Friends House 2007 32 PP. Paper

$4.00 (in stock)

Change And Preservation In The Same Current

The 2011 Michener Lecture

BY LLOYD LEE WILSON
"In my understanding of Fox, the word Christ is here a pointer, and it points toward God, not toward the many meanings and connotations that Christ has gathered over the past couple of thousand years". Unlike most Christians, Friends have never been Trinitarians-we've never tried to figure out and write down just how God and Christ and the Holy Spirit are related to one another, or which part has what responsibilities or powers. As Fox himself often pointed out, the word Trinity does not appear in Scripture. So let the word Christ serve as a pointer toward God in Fox's remarkable epiphany that Christ has come to teach his people himself.

SEYM 2011 28 PP. Paper

$5.00 (in stock)

Change Has Come

An Artist Celebrates Our American Spirit

BY KADIR NELSON
The black and white pencil and charcoal images scattered through the book are personal reflections, uniquely felt and rendered by award winning artist Kadir Nelson. They accompany a selection of the words of Barack Obama. Ages 9-12

Simon and Schuster 2009 64 PP. Paper

$12.99 (in stock)

Change Of Heart

GULLEY, PHIL
The fifth full-length novel in the beloved Harmony series reunites readers with the quirky, lovable cast of characters in Harmony, Indiana.

Harper San Francisco 2005 247 PP. Paper

$12.95 (in stock)

Changing Paradigms

Punishment And Restorative Discipline Prison Work & Restorative Justice

BY PAUL REDEKOP
Paul Redekop taps more than 20 years of experience in restorative justice to conclude that the practice of punishment is a major obstacle to healthy societies, families, and schools. Punishment is so damaging to relationships, especially in children, that it should be reassessed on philosophical, spiritual, religious grounds, Redekop argues. It should be replaced with restorative discipline, and societies should move toward a punishment-free justice system.

Good Books 2007 293 PP. Paper

$18.99 (in stock)

Charles Lathrop Pack

Timberman, Forest Conservationist, And Pioneer In Forest Education

BY ALEXANDRA EYLE
Charles Lathrop Pack (1857-1937) made his fortune from ruthlessly exploiting inherited forests in Michigan, then suddenly in 1908 he changed his spots and became a conservationist, donating large sums to preserving forests and studying them. As president of the American Forestry Association his methods were still a bit dictatorial and he left to found and fund the American Tree Association. He also founded what was to become the "Victory Garden" movement. A fascinating tale of a contradictory man.

Syracuse University Press 1994 312 PP. Cloth

$4.50 (in stock)

Chasing The Rainbow

Hardcover

GREENLER, BOB
This book describes the Quaker author's experience in the process of moving from child to physicist. Hardcover at paperback price.

Elton Wolf 2000 225 PP. Cloth

$16.00 (in stock)

Checkpoints And Chances

Eyewitness Accounts From An Observer In Israel-palestine

BY KATHERINE MAYCOCK
Katharine Maycock went to the West Bank in October 2002 as a volunteer international observer based in Bethlehem for Quaker Peace and Social Witness, and she continued working there for a humanitarian agency into 2004. These are her luminous reports of being with people who live under military occupation, as they struggle with curfews, checkpoints, and sudden losses of home and livelihood.

Britain Yearly Meeting 2005 128 PP. Paper

$10.00 (in stock)

Chewed Water

A Memoir

BY AISHAH RAHMAN
A fascinating and informative memoir from the professor at Brown, an avant-garde surrealistic playwright, of her young days in Harlem in the 40's and 50's. What a great Book!

UPNE 2001 224 PP. Cloth

$5.00 (in stock)

Chicken Sunday

BY PATRICIA POLACCO
After being initiated into a neighbor's family by a solemn backyard ceremony, a young Russian American girl and her African American brothers determine to buy their gramma Eula a beautiful Easter hat. But their good intentions are misunderstood, until they discover just the right way to pay for the hat that Eula's had her eye on. A loving family story woven from the author's childhood.

Penguin 1998 32 PP. Paper

$7.99 (in stock)

Children Just Like Me

BY BARNABAS AND ANABEL KINDERSLEY
"A delightful, attractive look at children from around the world. The authors spent two years meeting and photographing youngsters from every continent and more than 140 countries. The volume is divided by continent, which is introduced with photos of children, their names, and nationalities. Then a double-page spread features pictures of each child's food, eating utensils, housing, school, friends, and family. The text gives the young people a chance to comment on their favorite games, friends, and hopes for the future. The final section includes excerpts from the Kindersleys' travel diary. This book is factual, respectful, and insightful."-School Library Journal

1995 80 PP. Cloth

$19.95 (in stock)

The Children Of Herakles By Euripedes

TRANSLATED BY HENRY TAYLOR, ROBERT BROOKES
Translated by Quaker poet Henry Taylor this is a play about war and the effects of war within the state. Herakles, the legendary hero cursed from birth, was never permitted a triumphant homecoming. Here, his descendants continue the effort to return home, seeking asylum from the persecution of the king who had imposed on Herakles the famous twelve labors. While it pursues concepts of deep moral grandeur, it ends with a denouement of astonishing physical and ethical brutality, and affords Euripides a severe comment on what he believed was the decline of the Athenian character.

1981 83 PP. Cloth

$5.50 (in stock)

The Children's Bible

EDITED BY SALLY TAGHOLM
Sally Tagholm is a British author who has written many books for children. Here she has adapted the NIV bible for children 7 to 14 with a straightforward easily readable style that does not skip the more difficult passages. Illustrations are not the usual DK style, though there are a few explanatory pages like that and some full page photos interleafed in the text were needed. Bright blue board cover and gold edged pages.

DK 2008 354 PP. Cloth

$24.99 (in stock)

The Children's Illustrated Bible

RETOLD BY SELINA HASTINGS, ILLUSTRATED BY ERIC THOMAS
Written in conjunction with educators, scholars, and religious advisors, this retelling of favorite Old and New Testament stories retains the original feel and poetry of the Bible while appealing to contemporary young readers. DK's Children's Illustrated Bible features some of the best-known Bible tales, including, the Birth of Jesus, Jacob's Ladder, Noah's Ark, and the Resurrection, written especially for children in a clear, easy-to-understand tone. A "Who's Who in the Bible Stories" section and quotations from the King James Bible, listed by chapter and verse, add even more value to this unique resource. This edition also includes background information, maps and photos of artifacts.

DK 2004 320 PP. Cloth

$22.99 (in stock)

A Childs Garden

A Story Of Hope

BY MICHAEL FOREMAN
A little boy's home has been reduced to ruin and rubble, and now a wire fence and soldiers separate him from the streams and hills he once visited with his father. But the boy sees a tiny speck of green peeping up toward the sunlight, and he quietly begins to coax it with water and care. What sort of promise can a vine's spreading tendrils bring to a bleak landscape? A beautifully illustrated tale of healing and renewal from a world-acclaimed children's book creator, A Child's Garden pays gentle tribute to the human spirit.

Candlewick 2009 32 PP. Cloth

$17.99 (in stock)