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December 2015: Economic Justice and Poverty

December 2015 / Economic Justice and Poverty
 

Talk Less, Do More
J. Jondhi Harrell
Psychological Seduction
Khary Bekka
Mass Incarceration and #BlackLivesMatter
Madeline Schaefer
Climate Change Is Our Lunch Counter Moment
Shelley Tanenbaum
FJ Books December 2015

Features

An Experiment with Abundance

Reports from a new way to attend New England Yearly Meeting sessions. John Humphries and Kathleen Wooten
Poetry

Silence

FJ Poetry: "Odd that I’d remember flying alone..." Marydale Stewart

Q&A: Maryland Alliance for Justice Reform

An interview with Friends involved with group working toward justice reform.
News

News December 2015

Interfaith peace conference, Shepard Fairey mural, more. Staff
December 2015 Books

Peace is an Offering

By Annette LeBox, illustrated by Stephanie Graegin. Dial Books, 2015. 40 pages. $16.99/hardcover; $10.99/eBook. Recommended for ages birth–5. I have…

Reviewed by Reviewed by Emilie Gay

December 2015 Books

Sidewalk Flowers

By JonArno Lawson, illustrated by Sydney Smith. Groundwood Books, 2015. 32 pages. $16.95/hardcover; $14.95/eBook. Recommended for ages 3–adult. Sidewalk Flowers…

Reviewed by Reviewed by Anne Nydam

December 2015 Books

Yard Sale

By Eve Bunting, illustrated by Lauren Castillo. Candlewick Press, 2015. 32 pages. $15.99/hardcover. Recommended for ages 3–7. Callie struggles with…

Reviewed by Reviewed by Margaret Walden

December 2015 Books

Pine and the Winter Sparrow

Retold by Alexis York Lumbard, illustrated by Beatriz Vidal. Wisdom Tales, 2015. 26 pages. $15.95/hardcover; $9.99/eBook. Recommended for ages 4–8.…

Reviewed by Reviewed by Dee Cameron

December 2015 Books

Winter Candle

By Jeron Ashford, illustrated by Stacey Schuett. Creston Books, 2014. 28 pages. $16.95/hardcover. Recommended for ages 4–11. Come December in…

Reviewed by Reviewed by Lisa Rand

December 2015 Books

Drum Dream Girl

By Margarita Engle, illustrated by Rafael López. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Books for Young Readers, 2015. 48 pages. $16.99/hardcover; $12.99/eBook. Recommended…

Reviewed by Reviewed by Vickie LeCroy

December 2015 Books

Mary Dyer: Friend of Freedom

By John Briggs. Atombank Books, 2014. 102 pages. $6.99/paperback; $2.99/eBook. Recommended for ages 8–12. If Quakers were predisposed to naming…

Reviewed by Reviewed by Katie Green

December 2015 Books

The Red Bicycle: The Extraordinary Story of One Ordinary Bicycle

By Jude Isabella, illustrated by Simone Shin. Kids Can Press, 2015. 32 pages. $18.95/hardcover. Recommended for ages 8–12. This large…

Reviewed by Reviewed by Alison James

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