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2022

Poetry

Annunciation

The Holy Spirit will come upon you and the power of the Most High will overshadow you.—Luke 1:35 Nancy Thomas
Poetry

Final Query with Answer

"I wonder / When our search for answers is done..." Michael Graves
Forum

Forum, December 2022

Letters from our readers. Staff
Witness

Interview with Olha Lychko-Parubocha of Friends Peace Teams in Ukraine

Olha Lychko-Parubocha is a Ukrainian psychologist who has been working in the IDP camps in Lviv since April. Gail Whiffen
December 2022 Book Reviews

December 2022 Young Friends Bookshelf

Young Friends Bookshelf Eileen Redden
December 2022 Books: Young Friends Bookshelf

Can Sophie Change the World?

By Nancy Elizabeth Wallace, illustrated by Aura Lewis. Chronicle Books, 2022. 32 pages. $16.99/hardcover; $11.99/eBook. Recommended for ages 3–5. This…

Reviewed by Karen Clark

December 2022 Books: Young Friends Bookshelf

The Good for Nothing Tree

By Amy-Jill Levine and Sandy Eisenberg Sasso, illustrated by Annie Bowler. Flyaway Books, 2022. 40 pages. $18/hardcover; $16/eBook. Recommended for…

Reviewed by Ken Jacobsen

December 2022 Books: Young Friends Bookshelf

Words to Make a Friend: A Story in Japanese and English

By Donna Jo Napoli, illustrated by Naoko Stoop. Random House Studio, 2021. 40 pages. $17.99/hardcover; $10.99/eBook. Recommended for ages 4–8.…

Reviewed by Alison James

December 2022 Books: Young Friends Bookshelf

Once Upon a Forest

By Pam Fong. Random House Studio, 2022. 40 pages. $17.99/hardcover; $10.99/eBook. Recommended for ages 4–8. I’ve always loved reviewing children’s…

Reviewed by Jim Foritano

December 2022 Books: Young Friends Bookshelf

Listen: How Evelyn Glennie, a Deaf Girl, Changed Percussion

By Shannon Stocker, illustrated by Devon Holzwarth. Dial Books, 2022. 40 pages. $17.99/hardcover; $10.99/eBook. Recommended for ages 4–8. This picture…

Reviewed by Vickie LeCroy

For Every Little Thing December 2022 Books: Young Friends Bookshelf

For Every Little Thing: Poems and Prayers to Celebrate the Day

Edited by June Cotner and Nancy Tupper Ling, illustrated by Helen Cann. Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, 2021. 96 pages.…

Reviewed by Anne Nydam

December 2022 Books: Young Friends Bookshelf

Planting Friendship: Peace, Salaam, Shalom

By Callie Metler, Shirin Rahman, and Melissa Stoller, illustrated by Kate Talbot. Clear Fork Publishing, 2021. 36 pages. $17.99/hardcover; $7.99/eBook.…

Reviewed by Ann Birch

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