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Friends Face a Pandemic/Thin Spaces


Features
A Quaker Retirement Community Faces the Pandemic by Nancy Thomas

Worshiping Online with Friends by Katie Breslin

Communing Together Virtually by Greg Woods


Student Voices

Seventh Annual Student Voices Project


Thin Spaces Features

God in the ATM by Kat Griffith

Two Meditations on the Intrusion of the Divine into My Daily Life by John Andrew Gallery

A Parallel Universe by Jennifer Kavanagh

Channeling Agape for Those on Their Final Journey by Diane D’Angelo

Grounded in God by Michael Wajda


Poetry
(Two Poems for Saint Thérèse of Lisieux) by Sarah Law

So It Goes by Mary Timberlake


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News

Francisco Burgos named executive director of Pendle Hill

  On March 30, the Pendle Hill Board of Directors announced that Francisco Burgos will become executive director of Pendle… FJ News Editor
May 2020 Books: A Young Friends Bookshelf

Daniel’s Good Day

By Micha Archer. Nancy Paulsen Books, 2019. 32 pages. $16.99/hardcover; $9.99/eBook. Recommended for ages 2–4.

Reviewed by Reviewed by Margaret T. Walden

May 2020 Books: A Young Friends Bookshelf

A Stone Sat Still

By Brendan Wenzel. Chronicle Books, 2019. 56 pages. $17.99/hardcover; $11.99/eBook. Recommended for ages 3–5.

Reviewed by Reviewed by Alison James

May 2020 Books: A Young Friends Bookshelf

Summer

By Cao Wenxuan, illustrated by Yu Rong. Imprint, 2019. 48 pages. $18.99/hardcover; $9.99/eBook. Recommended for ages 3–6.

Reviewed by Reviewed by Anne Nydam

May 2020 Books: A Young Friends Bookshelf

Me, Toma, and the Concrete Garden

By Andrew Larsen, illustrated by Anne Villeneuve. Kids Can Press, 2019. 32 pages. $16.99/hardcover, $9.99/eBook. Recommended for ages 3–7.

Reviewed by Reviewed by James Foritano

May 2020 Books: A Young Friends Bookshelf

What Miss Mitchell Saw

By Hayley Barrett, illustrated by Diana Sudyka. Beach Lane Books, 2019. 40 pages. $17.99/hardcover; $10.99/eBook. Recommended for ages 4–8.

Reviewed by Reviewed by Paul Buckley

May 2020 Books: A Young Friends Bookshelf

Welcoming Elijah: A Passover Tale with a Tail

By Lesléa Newman, illustrated by Susan Gal. Charlesbridge, 2020. 32 pages. $16.99/hardcover; $9.99/eBook. Recommended for ages 5–8.

Reviewed by Reviewed by Eileen Redden

May 2020 Books: A Young Friends Bookshelf

A Map into the World

By Kao Kalia Yang, illustrated by Seo Kim. Carolrhoda Books, 2019. 32 pages. $17.99/hardcover; $9.99/eBook. Recommended for ages 5–9.

Reviewed by Reviewed by Lisa Rand

May 2020 Books: A Young Friends Bookshelf

Girls with Guts!: The Road to Breaking Barriers and Bashing Records

By Debbie Gonzales, illustrated by Rebecca Gibbon. Charlesbridge, 2019. 32 pages. $16.99/hardcover; $9.99/eBook. Recommended for ages 6–9.

Reviewed by Reviewed by Sharlee DiMenichi

May 2020 Books: A Young Friends Bookshelf

Todos Iguales/All Equal: Un Corrido de Lemon Grove/A Ballad of Lemon Grove

By Christy Hale. Children’s Book Press, 2019. 40 pages. $19.95/hardcover. Recommended for ages 8–11.

Reviewed by Reviewed by Ken Jacobsen

May 2020 Books: A Young Friends Bookshelf

Hester and Sophie

By John Lampen, with illustrations by Rosie Ryder. Independent Publishing Network, 2019. 82 pages. £7.50 or $10/paperback. Recommended for ages…

Reviewed by Reviewed by Eileen Redden

May 2020 Books: A Young Friends Bookshelf

Planet Earth Is Blue

By Nicole Panteleakos. Wendy Lamb Books, 2019. 240 pages. $16.99/hardcover; $7.99/paperback; $9.99/eBook. Recommended for ages 8–12.

Reviewed by Reviewed by Katie Green

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