Adam And Eve's New Day

BY SANDY SASSO
Adam and Eve were enjoying their first day on Earth when they noticed the sky growing darker, the sun drifting toward the ground. Without the sun's heat and light, the night grew cold and dark. Adam and Eve were frightened. What was God doing? Was God taking away the sun? With the first sunset, Adam and Eve learn how to get through the night and not be afraid of the dark. And when the new day dawns, they bless God for creating the day and the night. This book explores the power of faith in God and in one another in a way that kids will understand. Board Book.

Skylight Paths 2006 24 PP. Cloth

$7.99 (in stock)

And Here's To You!

BY DAVID ELLIOTT, ILLUSTRATED BY RANDY CECIL
"A life-affirming look at nature's beings. The lively, rhyming text celebrates different creatures, including `The Feather People' (birds), `The Bubble People' (fish), `The Leggy People' (bugs), `The Purring People' (cats), `The Giving People' (cows), and `The People People' (humans). Finally, the focus is placed on readers: `And here's to you!/The You Person!/You!/Here's to the sweet you,/The messy and the neat you,/The funny-way-you-eat you-. The total and complete you.' The effervescent, entertaining cartoons, done in oils, perfectly complement the narrative. Together, the words and pictures create a powerful package that conveys a sense of appreciation for all living things." -SLJ

Candlewick 2004 32 PP. Cloth

$15.99 (in stock)

Angels Watching Over Me

BY JULIA DURANGO, ILLUSTRATED BY ELISA KLEVEN
Based on a beloved spiritual, this book features Durango's expanded text, bursting with childlike exuberance, coupled with a cheerful mix of media images by acclaimed "New York Times" Best Illustrator Kleven, to create an ideal lullaby. Full color. a beautiful nondenominational paean to creation and the Earth's many blessings.

Simon & Schuster 2007 32 PP. Cloth

$16.99 (in stock)

Because Of You

A Book Of Kindness

BY B G HENNESSY, ILLUSTRATED BY HIROE NAKATA
Each child brings to the world one more person to love and care for -- and one more person who can love and care for others. As children grow and learn, they can teach others and share feelings, ideas, and things. Just as each of us sometimes needs help, we can also find ways to help others. The author and illustrator of My Book of Thanks reunite to show, through everyday examples, how acts of kindness, understanding, and generosity -- no matter how small -- can make all the difference in the world.

Candlewick 2005 24 PP Cloth

$15.99 (in stock)

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 (low stock)

Creation

Master Illustrat0r Series

BY GENNADY SPIRIN
Creation pairs the text of the biblical story ( the New International Version) with the masterful artistry of illustrator Gennady Spirin. His meticulous attention to detail and selection of dramatic color unveils the story of creation with clarity and expression. The format mirrors stained glass windows for the most part and seeks to convey the mystery and majesty in Creation.

Zonderkidz 2008 32 PP. Cloth

$14.99 (in stock)

Does God Ever Sleep?

BY JOAN SAURO
This gentle bedtime story guides children through the steps God might take each night to tuck the world into bed. From dimming the lights with the colors of the sunset, to the hushed lullaby of evening's breeze in the leaves, to God's gentle nod for the flowers to slip into slumber, it engages children in the wider, waking world by showing the commonality all things share as God's creation. It then eases nighttime anxiety with soothing reassurance of God's continued blessing and watchfulness as we sleep. The simple yet profound text, accompanied by gorgeous, colorful photographs, captures the experiences common to children of all faiths and backgrounds.

Skylight Paths 2005 32 PP. Paper

$8.99 (low stock)

Does God Hear My Prayer

BY AUGUST GOLD, ILLUSTRATED WITH PHOTOGRAPHS BY DIANE HARDY-WALLER
Does God Hear My Prayer? playfully guides children down their own paths of spiritual discovery by exploring the many ways that children can communicate with God. Using simple, everyday examples that children can relate to, this colorful book introduces preschoolers as well as young readers (ages 3-6) to prayer and how prayer can help them express their own fears, wants, sadness, surprise, and joy.

Skylight paths 2005 32 PP Paper

$8.99 (low stock)

Does God Know How To Tie Shoes?

BY NANCY WHITE-CARLSTROM, ILLUSTRATED BY LORI ESLICK
In this lovely picture book, a small child questions her parents about the nature of God with a reassuring simplicity. With answers paraphrased from Psalms, the parents respond to her questions; scripture references taken from the New International Version of the Bible are listed at the end. The exclusive use of male pronouns for God will lessen the appeal for some readers. Ages 4-8.

Eerdmans 1996 32 PP. Paper

$8.00 (in stock)

Everywhere Babies - Board Book

BY SUSAN MEYERS, ILLUSTRATED BY MARLEE FRAZEE
This book provides a wonderful way to welcome babies into the world and for parents to tell their babies all the ways they love them. The diversity of families depicted as visible parts of the community makes this book very special. Lesbian and gay parents, inter-racial couples, breastfeeding and bottle-feeding mothers, single parents, and adoptive families are all joyfully celebrated in this wise, sometimes funny, and exuberant ode to Babyhood.

Harcourt Brace 2004 30 PP. Blank

$6.95 (out of stock)

Everywhere Babies

BY SUSAN MEYERS, ILLUSTRATED BY MARLEE FRAZEE
This book provides a wonderful way to welcome babies into the world and for parents to tell their babies all the ways they love them. The diversity of families depicted as visible parts of the community makes this book very special. Lesbian and gay parents, inter-racial couples, breastfeeding and bottle-feeding mothers, single parents, and adoptive families are all joyfully celebrated in this wise, sometimes funny, and exuberant ode to Babyhood.

Harcourt Brace 2001 32 PP. Cloth

$16.00 (low stock)

Farmer Duck

BY MARTIN WADDELL, ILLUSTRATED BY HELEN OXENBURY
The story of a duck who does all the work on the farm while the lazy farmer lays in bed eating and shouting out orders. The duck's friends concoct a plan to help the duck. A simple story which explores several important themes including fairness, justice and friendship. This has been called Animal Farm for three-year-olds. Ages 2-7.

Candlewick 1996 40 PP. Paper

$6.99 (out of stock)

God's Quiet Things

BY NANCY SWEETLAND, ILLUSTRATED BY RICK STEVENS
Delightful lyrics accompany rich pastel illustrations to reveal wondrous quiet pieces of God's creation. Ages 2 to 6.

Eerdmans 1994 30 PP. Paper

$8.50 (in stock)

How Did The Animals Help God?

BY NANCY SOHN-SCHWARTZ, ILLUSTRATED BY MELANIE HALL
In this playful twist to the Genesis story, God asks all of nature to offer gifts to humankind-with a promise that the humans would care for creation in return. Your child will delight in turning the sturdy pages to see and hear what the many animals wish for us.

Skylight Paths 2004 24 PP, BOARD Cloth

$7.99 (out of stock)

How Does God Listen?

BY KAY LINDAHL, ILLUSTRATED BY CYNTHIA MALONEY
How Does God Listen? encourages children to use all five of their senses to explore and develop a personal relationship with God. How does God listen? How do we know God is listening to us? Children will find the answers to these questions as they engage their senses while the story unfolds, learning how God listens in the wind, waves, clouds, hot chocolate, perfume, our tears, and our laughter. The simple yet profound text, accompanied by vibrant, colorful photographs, captures the experiences common to children of all faiths and backgrounds as they begin to understand the many ways God listens to us.

SkylightPaths 2005 32 PP Paper

$8.99 (in stock)

How Does God Make Things Happen?

BY LAWRENCE AND KAREN KUSHNER, ILLUSTRATED BY DAWN MAJEWSKI
A charming invitation for young children to explore how God makes things happen in our world.

Jewish Lights 2001 24 PP. Blank

$7.95 (low stock)

Mama's Milk

BY MICHAEL ELSOHN ROSS, ILLUSTRATED BY ASHLEY WOLFF
Celebrating the warm and loving bond between mammal mamas and their babies, this lushly illustrated, lyrical book shows little ones doing what comes naturally: nursing. A perfect choice for cuddling up with a breast-feeding child or the older sibling who wonders how the new baby gets fed.

Tricycle Press 2007 32 PP. Cloth

$12.95 (in stock)

My Book Of Thanks

BY B G HENNESSY, ILLUSTRATED BY HIROE NAKATA
What does it mean to be grateful and kind? Here is a picture book that offers the best teacher of all: example. With clear, direct language and sunny, exultant illustrations, My Book of Thanks is a universal prayer that shows even the youngest of children they have much to be thankful for - and much to share. Featuring a beautiful new cover design and an unjacketed hardcover format, My Book of Thanks is the perfect gift for little ones.

Candlewick 2005 32 PP. Paper

$6.99 (in stock)

No Hitting

A Lift-the-flap Book

BY KAREN KATZ
Toddlers will love learning to say no to hitting - and screaming, squeezing, and yelling - and yes to fun with this lift-the-flap book that makes it easy to find a painless way to steer little ones toward more acceptable behavior.

Grosset and Dunlap 2004 14 PP. Paper

$5.99 (in stock)

Sleepy Boy

BY POLLY KANEVSKY, ILLUSTRATED BY STEPHANIE ANDERSON
During the day, the boy has been to the zoo where he has seen a lion and her cub. As nighttime falls, the boy and his father share a book. It's the boy's bedtime, but the boy is not sleepy. He is still with the lions. "Sleepy Boy" is a lovely hymn from a new author - a hymn to day and to night, to awake and to asleep, to mother and child, to father and son. "There is art and craft, both verbal and visual, in this very quiet bedtime story. Unusual and captivating." - Kirkus Review, starred review

Atheneum 2006 32 PP. Cloth

$15.95 (in stock)

Thank You, World

BY ALICE MCGINTY, ILLUSTRATED BY WENDY HALPERIN
"Thank you, breeze, for lifting up my kite wings past treetops tall and proud. Thank you, trees. Your branches are my playhouse. I'm climbing to the clouds!" Eight very different kids, from eight different continents, all go about their day and experience the same moments of happiness: greeting the sun in the morning, swinging on a swing, flying a kite, being tucked in by Mommy at bedtime. Uplifting and visually rich, this book reminds us that the world isn't as large as it seems, and that life's greatest pleasures are the simple ones.

Dial 2007 32 PP. Cloth

$16.99 (in stock)

This Is Our House

BY MICHAEL ROSEN, ILLUSTRATED BY BOB GRAHAM
George has a house made from a big cardboard box, and he says that no one else at the playground can come in. Not Lindy, because George's house "isn't for girls," nor Freddie, because it "isn't for small people." Sophie can't come in because, George says, "This house isn't for people with glasses." But when George leaves his house for a moment, everyone piles in, and on his return, George gets a taste of his own medicine. Aided by Bob Graham's striking illustrations of an urban playground, Michael Rosen tells the tale of a little boy who makes a big discovery -- that letting everyone into his playhouse is a lot more fun than keeping them out.

Candlewick 2005 32 PP. Paper

$5.99 (in stock)

What Does God Look Like?

BY LAWRENCE AND KAREN KUSHNER, ILLUSTRATED BY DAWN MAJEWSKI
A simple way for children to explore the ways that we "see" God. Ages 1-4.

Jewish Lights 2001 24 PP Cloth

$7.95 (in stock)

What Is God's Name?

BY SANDY EISENBERG-SASSO, ILLUSTRATED BY PHOEBE STONE
A boardbook version of In Gods image for very young children.Explores the images of God that are different for different people. A simple book to introduce a complex concept to the youngest of children.

Jewish Lights 1999 24 PP Cloth

$7.99 (in stock)

Where Does God Live

BY AUGUST GOLD AND MATHEW PERLMAN
This book helps children explain their own direct and personal understanding of God in their lives. It explores the spiritual concept of Gods presence with simple practical examples, illustrated with bright photos to help children connect the text to their own lives.

Jewish Lights 2001 32 PP Paper

$8.99 (in stock)

Where Is God?

BY LAWRENCE & KAREN KUSHNER, ILLUSTRATED BY DAWN MAJEWSKI
A gentle way for young children to explore how God is with us every day, in every way.

Jewish Lights 2001 24 PP. Blank

$7.95 (in stock)

Whoever You Are

BY MEM FOX, ILLUSTRATED BY LESLIE STAUB
Every day all over the world, children are laughing and crying, playing and learning, eating and sleeping. They may not look the same or speak the same language and their lives may be quite different, but inside, they are feel the same things and have much in common.

Voyager Books 2001 32 PP. Paper

$7.00 (in stock)