2016

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 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 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 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 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 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 Reviewed by Eileen Redden

Rosa Covington Packard

Packard—Rosa Covington Packard, 80, on February 22, 2016, in Media, Pa., after a long illness. Rosa was born on May… Staff

William Sims

Sims—William Sims, 82, on June 26, 2015, in Syracuse, N.Y. Bill was born on September 26, 1933, in Yazoo City,… Staff

Among Friends: A Spiritual and Secular Community in One

An introduction to the issue. Gail Whiffen Coyle

Forum, April 2016

Letters from our readers. Staff
Student Voices Project

3rd Annual Student Voices Project

"Building Community" is the theme of our third annual selection of writing and art from Quaker-affiliated students. Gail Whiffen Coyle
Student Voices Project

Student Voices 2016 Option 1: Building Community

What are the important elements of building a loving, safe, and supportive community? How do you contribute to maintaining these… Staff
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