Allen Jay And The Underground Railroad

BY MARLENE TARG-BRILL, ILLUSTRATED BY JANICE PORTER
This illustrated children's book tells the story of famous Friend Allen Jay as a young man. In the suspenseful but easy-to-read story, Allen helps his family hide an escaped slave named Henry as part of the Underground Railroad. Includes a short preface about Quakers.

Millbrook Press-Lerner Publishing Group, Inc. 1993 32 PP. Paper

$5.95 (in stock)

Benjamin The Meeting House Mouse

By Benjamin As Told To Clifford Pfiel

BY CLIFFORD PFIEL, ILLUSTRATED BY JOHN GUMMERE
Benjamin is a little mouse who lives in a Meeting House. He learns about Quakers and eventually ministers in Meeting asking Friends to leave him more crumbs. These stories were originally serialized in Friends Journal. It is a very nice gift and great fun for children and adults.

Friends Journal 1996 32 PP Paper

$6.00 (in stock)

Benjamin West And His Cat Grimalkin

BY MARGUERITE HENRY
A reprint of this classic book. Benjamin West grew up in a deeply religious Quaker family, where Quaker beliefs forbid the creation of images. But little Benjamin was born with an extraordinary gift for creating paintings of people, animals, and landscapes so true to life they "took one's breath away." How Benjamin's dilemma is solved makes for a delightful biography enhanced with Henry's whimsical illustrations.

Beautiful Feet Books 2009 156 PP. Paper

$13.95 (in stock)

The Boy Who Loved To Draw

Benjamin West

BY BARBARA BRENNER, ILLUSTRATED BY OLIVIER DUNREA
Here in lively and easy to read words and vivid pictures is the story of Friend Benjamin West, the farm boy from colonial Pennsylvania who grew up to be the first world famous American artist and friend to Benjamin Franklin and the king of England.

Houghton Mifflin 2003 48 PP. Paper

$6.99 (in stock)

Dear Benjamin Banneker

BY ANDREA DAVIS-PINKNEY, ILLUSTRATED BY BRIAN PINKNEY
Though the fact that Banneker regularly attended meeting for worship is not mentioned, this is a very good short biography of this remarkable free Black man: an accomplished astronomer and mathematician and the first Black man to publish an almanac. He also wrote Thomas Jefferson as incredibly eloquent letter (which is excerpted here) speaking against slavery. Ages 6-9.

Harcourt 1998 32 PP. Paper

$7.00 (out of stock but can be backordered)

I Am Quaker

BY FELICE BLANC
A young Friends explains the beliefs and practices of her faith. Ages 3-8.

Rosen 1999 24 PP. Cloth

$12.95 (in stock)

The Man Who Named The Clouds

BY JULIE HANNAH
Quaker Luke Howard was a boy with his head in the clouds. When he was ten he began keeping a weather journal. Eventually, he joined a club whose members wanted to learn about science. They did experiments and wrote reports. Luke wanted to classify clouds, though many others had failed at this. At last, using the Linnaean classification as inspiration, Luke successfully created a system for naming the clouds which is still in use today. This story of Luke Howard is interspersed with the weather journal of a modern-day child working on a science project.

Albert Whitman 2006 40 PP. Cloth

$15.95 (in stock)

Maria's Comet

BY DEBORAH HOPKINSON, ILLUSTRATED BY DEBORAH LANINO
"A fictionalized, first-person story of the childhood of Maria Mitchell, America's first female astronomer, is recounted in quietly poetic text. Maria longs to 'sweep the sky' with a telescope as her father does, instead of sweeping the floor with a broom. An afterword provides more information." - Horn Book

Simon & Schuster 2003 32 PP. Paper

$7.99 (out of stock but can be backordered)

Obadiah The Bold

BY BRINTON TURKLE
Obadiah Starbuck and his Quaker family live in Nantucket in the early 1800s. In this story, Obadiah learns an important lesson on the true nature of courage. A Quaker classic now reprinted and available again. Ages four and up.

Beautiful Feet Books 2004 37 PP. Paper

$7.95 (in stock)

The Pennsylvania Colony

BY MARTIN HINTZ
A nicely illustrated but brief introduction to the founding of Pennsylvania. It is well illustrated and a good starting point for very young folks, though some ideas (i.e That Quakers only meet once a month for worship) need an adult correction.

Capstone Press 2006 32 PP. Paper

$7.95 (out of stock but can be backordered)

Rachel And Obadiah

BY BRINTON TURKLE
Obadiah Starbuck and his Quaker family live in Nantucket in the early 1800s. Obadiah and his sister Rachel try to prove they can be trusted with a very important task. Tender lessons on humility, perseverance and true sportsmanship are gently integrated into this innocent story. A Quaker classic now reprinted and available again. Ages four and up.

Beautiful Feet Books 2004 37 PP. Paper

$7.95 (in stock)

Thy Friend, Obadiah

BY BRINTON TURKLE
The story of a New England Quaker boy's encounter with a seagull. A Caldecott Honor Book, and a "classic" Quaker children's story.

Penguin 1969 38 PP. Paper

$6.99 (in stock)

Virgie Goes To School With Us Boys

BY ELIZABETH HOWARD, ILLUSTRATED BY E B LEWIS
The story of Virgie who wants to go to the Quaker school her brothers attend. Her brothers say that she's too little and that girls shouldn't go to school, but Virgie proves them wrong.

Aladdin 2005 32 PP. Paper

$6.99 (in stock)

We're Going To Meeting For Worship

BY ABBY HADLEY, ILLUSTRATED BY DIANE EDWARDS-LAVOY
An old favorite with inclusive pictures. This booklet is for young children and new readers. Helps children understand meeting for worship.

Quaker Press of FGC 2006 32 PP. Paper

$10.00 (in stock)

William Penn - Graphic Library Series

Founder Of Pennsylvania

BY RYAN JACOBSON, ILLUSTRATED BY TIM STILES
The first Graphic novel about a Quaker? It is a faithful historical account of his life with quite an emphasis on his Quaker beliefs and writings.

Capstone Press 2007 32 PP. Paper

$7.95 (in stock)

William Penn - American Lives Series

BY JENNIFER BLIZIN GILLIS
This biography spanning Penn's life time, concentrates on the work he did to make life better for himself and other Americans. Includes some details of Penn's Quakerism, his famous trial and even how much it cost to sail from England to Pennsylvania at the time.

Heinemann 2005 32 PP. Paper

$7.50 (in stock)

The Worship Kit

A Young Person's Guide To Quaker Worship

BY JOHN LAMPEN
John Lampen's latest book is for children and younger teenagers who attending Quaker Meeting. It will help you find a way to be calm and quiet in meeting; how to think about people you love in the silence; suggestions for getting help in the silence if you have troubles; ways of caring about world problems during worship; thoughts on listening, reading and speaking in meeting and ideas about what it is that we are worshipping. A British book but full of useful ideas that cross the Atlantic well.

Britain Yearly Meeting 2010 46 PP. Paper

$12.00 (in stock)