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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