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Eileen Redden

Eileen Redden is the young Friends book review editor and is particularly interested in children’s literature. She retired in 2007,…

The Whole World Inside Nan’s Soup

By Hunter Liguore, illustrated by Vikki Zhang. Yeehoo Press, 2021. 32 pages. $14.99/hardcover; $5.99/eBook. Friends Journal recommends for ages 3–7.…

Reviewed by Eileen Redden

10 Picture Books about Family That Should Be in Every Quaker Meeting’s Library

These picture books have all been reviewed by Friends Journal, and they are ones I believe belong in every meetinghouse…

Eileen Redden

Last Stop on Market Street

By Matt De La Peña, illustrated by Christian Robinson. G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers, 2015. 32 pages. $16.99/hardcover;…

Reviewed by Eileen Redden

A Significant Anniversary-And More

Fifty years ago this month, on June 27, 1958, Martin Luther King Jr. addressed Friends who gathered in Cape May,…

Robert Dockhorn

About Friends Publishing

Mission Friends Journal is published by Friends Publishing Corporation. Our mission is to communicate Quaker experience in order to connect and…

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 12 and up.

Reviewed by Eileen Redden

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 Eileen Redden

Between Us and Abuela: A Family Story from the Border

By Mitali Perkins, illustrated by Sara Palacios. Farrar, Straus and Giroux Books for Young Readers, 2019. 40 pages. $17.99/hardcover; $9.99/eBook. Recommended for ages 3–6.

Reviewed by Eileen Redden

The Fox Hunt: A Refugee’s Memoir of Coming to America

By Mohammed Al Samawi. William Morrow, 2018. 336 pages. $27.99/hardcover; $14.99/eBook. Mohammed Al Samawi is the son of two Yemeni…

Reviewed by Eileen Redden