May 2016 Young Friends Bookshelf

May 2016 Young Friends Bookshelf

If You Plant a Seed

By Kadir Nelson. Balzer & Bray, 2015. 32 pages. $18.99/hardcover; $9.99/eBook. Recommended for ages 4–8. Kadir Nelson takes us into… Reviewed by Phila Hoopes
May 2016 Young Friends Bookshelf

Hiawatha and the Peacemaker

By Robbie Robertson, illustrated by David Shannon. Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2015. 48 pages. $19.95/hardcover; $15.54/eBook. Recommended for ages… Reviewed by Paul Buckley
May 2016 Young Friends Bookshelf

Thankful

By Eileen Spinelli, illustrated by Archie Preston. Zonderkidz, 2015. 32 pages. $16.99/hardcover; $6.75/paperback; $7.99/eBook. Recommended for ages 4–8. I am… Reviewed by Emilie Gay
May 2016 Young Friends Bookshelf

Meditation Is an Open Sky: Mindfulness for Kids

By Whitney Stewart, illustrated by Sally Rippin. Albert Whitman & Company, 2015. 32 pages. $16.99/hardcover; $6.99/eBook. Recommended for ages 4–8.… Reviewed by Lisa Rand
May 2016 Young Friends Bookshelf

Two White Rabbits

By Jairo Buitrago, illustrated by Rafael Yockteng, translated by Elisa Amado. Groundwood Books, 2015. 32 pages. $18.99/hardcover; $16.95/eBook. Recommended for… Reviewed by Dee Cameron
May 2016 Young Friends Bookshelf

Lailah’s Lunchbox: A Ramadan Story

By Reem Faruqi, illustrated by Lea Lyon. Tilbury House, 2015. 32 pages. $16.95/hardcover; $8.99/eBook. Recommended for ages 5–8. I was… Reviewed by Hina Fathima
May 2016 Young Friends Bookshelf

The Peace Tree from Hiroshima: The Little Bonsai with a Big Story

By Sandra Moore, illustrated by Kazumi Wilds. Tuttle Publishing, 2015. 32 pages. $14.95/hardcover; $14.99/eBook. Recommended for ages 8 and up.… Reviewed by Sandy and Tom Farley
May 2016 Young Friends Bookshelf

Blackberries and Cream

By Leslie Rivver. Green Writers Press, 2015. 207 pages. $24.95/hardcover. Recommended for middle school students. Grace, affectionately called Gracie-girl by… Reviewed by Katie Green
May 2016 Young Friends Bookshelf

Watch Out for Flying Kids! How Two Circuses, Two Countries, and Nine Kids Confront Conflict and Build Community

By Cynthia Levinson. Peachtree Publishers, 2015. 216 pages. $22.95/hardcover. Recommended for ages 10 and up. Messages in Quaker meetings are… Reviewed by Margaret Crompton
May 2016 Young Friends Bookshelf

She Takes a Stand: 16 Fearless Activists Who Have Changed the World

By Michael Elsohn Ross. Chicago Review Press, 2015. 192 pages. $19.95/hardcover; $15.99/eBook. Recommended for ages 12 and up. As the… Reviewed by Anne Nydam
May 2016 Young Friends Bookshelf

Speak a Word for Freedom: Women against Slavery

By Janet Willen and Marjorie Gann. Tundra Books, 2015. 216 pages. $21.99/hardcover; $11.99/eBook. Recommended for ages 12 and up. Many… Reviewed by Gwen Gosney Erickson
May 2016 Young Friends Bookshelf

I Will Always Write Back: How One Letter Changed Two Lives

By Caitlin Alifirenka and Martin Ganda with Liz Welch. Little, Brown and Company, 2015. 387 pages. $18/hardcover; $9.99/paperback or eBook.… Reviewed by Eileen Redden

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If You Plant a Seed

May 1, 2016

Hiawatha and the Peacemaker

May 1, 2016

Thankful

May 1, 2016