Books for Upper Elementary Age Children

“He settled down and thought about the Friends they had heard of…. It’s a chain of people, like a country dance, he thought. All linking hands, giving and taking and moving on. Going right back to the first days of Quakers, always people trying to know what was the right thing to do and how they should go about doing it. I’m part of that dance too, he thought. And it is my responsibility to listen hard and find out what is the right thing for me to do. And Friends will come after me, and see me as part of the dance that went before.”

— Judith Baresel, from Good Friends

Listed here are many resources for older children about Quakers, the testimonies, Quaker values and those attempting to live their lives with integrity.

Featured Books

New Books

Whats The Password For Jesus?

Quaker Faq's For Younger Friends

BY CHUCK FAGER
Spotting a gap in the market, Chuck Fager has produced this small guide for young Friends on how to respond to an evangelical Christians questions, comments and assertions, even if they are a bit shaky on their Quakerism and indeed on the Bible. Chucks usual writing style and some amusing pictures make this a fun resource as well as a useful one.

Kimo Press 2010 41 PP. Paper

$3.95 (backorder)

Truce

The Day The Soldiers Stopped Fighting

BY JIM MURPHY
Ages 10 up. A book about the "Christmas Truce" in WW1 when German and English soldiers came out of their trenches talked, sang and celebrated together. Conveys the absolute horror and pointlessness of the war without being too gruesome. He tells of the war, its course till then, the commanders reactions, and of the effect the truce had on the opposing soldiers. Definitely a thoughtful anti war book and he draws lessons that he applies to the Iraq invasion.

Scholastic 2009 116 PP. Cloth

$19.99 (low stock)

Under Our Skin

Kids Talk About Race

BY DEBBIE HOLSCLAW BIRDSEYE, TOM BIRDSEYE
Six young middle schoolers, Rosa, a Mexican-American; Akram, an Arab-American; Jenny, a Chinese-American; Tad, an Anglo-American; Janell, a Native American; and Jason, an African American discuss their feelings about their own ethnic backgrounds and about their experiences with people of different races. they examine both sides of the issue, when the prejudice is directed against them, and when members of their own ethnic group are prejudiced toward others.

Holliday House 1997 32 PP. Cloth

$15.95 (low stock)