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The World Entire: A True Story of an Extraordinary World War II Rescue

By Elizabeth Brown, illustrated by Melissa Castrillón. Chronicle Books, 2025. 64 pages. $19.99/hardcover; $11.99/eBook. As a Holocaust educator for ten…

Reviewed by David Austin

Growing Green: A First Book of Gardening

Illustrated by Daniela Sosa. Candlewick Press, 2025. 32 pages. $18.99/hardcover; $18.99/eBook. When I was a little girl, I waited every…

Reviewed by Rebecca Robinson

Sparking Peace

By Teresa Kim Pecinovsky and Hannah Rose Martin, illustrated by Gabhor Utomo. Herald Press, 2025. 40 pages. $17.99/hardcover; $10.99/eBook. Sparking…

Reviewed by Tom and Sandy Farley

The Library in the Woods

By Calvin Alexander Ramsey, illustrated by R. Gregory Christie. Carolrhoda Books, 2025. 32 pages. $19.99/hardcover; $9.99/eBook. Recommended for ages 7–11.…

Reviewed by Jerry Mizell Williams

A Sea of Lemon Trees: The Corrido of Roberto Alvarez

By María Dolores Águila. Roaring Brook Press, 2025. 304 pages. $17.99/hardcover; $2.99/eBook. This novel in verse introduces readers to the…

Reviewed by Anna Birch

The Trouble with Heroes

By Kate Messner. Bloomsbury Children’s Books, 2025. 368 pages. $17.99/hardcover; $10.99/paperback (available in July); $12.59/eBook. Kate Messner’s newest middle-grade novel…

Reviewed by Julia Copeland

Robert George “Bob” Greenler

Greenler—Robert George “Bob” Greenler, 95, on September 21, 2025, at Oakwood Village retirement community in Madison, Wis., the home he… Staff

Filemona F. Indire

Indire—Filemona F. Indire, 95, on March 13, 2025, in Nairobi, Kenya. Filemona was born on March 3, 1930, to Levi… Staff

Patience Anne “Pat” Schenck

Schenck—Patience Anne “Pat” Schenck, 88, on July 4, 2025, following a struggle with cancer, at Friends House retirement community in… Staff

Peter Benjamin “Pete” Schenck

Schenck—Peter Benjamin “Pete” Schenck, 87, on April 30, 2025, from complications due to dementia, in New Orleans, La. Pete was… Staff

QuakerSpeak, May 2026

Margaret Fell: the mother of Quakerism’s powerful ministry. Staff