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2016

Features

Proclaiming Love and Justice

A history of American Friends Service Committee's work for LGBTQ rights and recognition. Stephen McNeil
Poetry

Weather is what she has to say

FJ Poetry: Everywhere the earth is speaking. Lynn Martin
Poetry

Satellite

FJ Poetry: Ever since I read / that gravitation works both ways... Evelyn Tower
Let's Grow Together

Let’s Grow Together: Interview with Rob J Wilson

Interviews with those new to Friends. Trevor Johnson
Life in the Meeting

Being Rufus Jones

Life in the meeting. Daniel Lee
News

News: May 2016

News from the world of Friends. Staff
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 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 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 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 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 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 Reviewed by Hina Fathima

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