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A Young Friend’s Bookshelf: May 2012

Prayers for All Seasons             By Sophie Piper. Illustrated by Elena Temporin. Lion UK, 2011. 64…

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No One Place for Home

A restless Friend finds fellowship and service opportunities with spiritual neighbors.

Lisa Rand

Monastic Longings: On Laziness, Discipline, and Devotion

“You would make a wonderful nun." Katherine said this to me with a grin, and I acted insulted because I…

Lisa Marie Rand

Moving Inward through Yoga

My spiritual life was nourished abundantly during my pregnancy, in part because of the natural turning inward that this time…

Lisa Marie Rand

Repentance and Return

I have been carrying a burden of shame for a gross error in judgment. It creeps up on me at…

Lisa Rand

Knitting in Gratitude

My recent prayers have been colorful and, frankly, rather woolly. They are relatively quiet, except for the clickety clack of…

Lisa Rand

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 Lisa Rand

May 2019: A Young Friends Bookshelf

Mela and the Elephant

By Dow Phumiruk, illustrated by Ziyue Chen. Sleeping Bear Press, 2018. 32 pages. $16.99/hardcover or eBook. Recommended for ages 5–8.…

Reviewed by Lisa Rand

May 2018 Books: A Young Friends Bookshelf

I Am Peace: A Book of Mindfulness

By Susan Verde, illustrated by Peter H. Reynolds. Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2017. 32 pages. $14.95/hardcover; $13.46/eBook. Recommended for…

Reviewed by Lisa Rand

Quaker Book Reviews

Be the Change: A Grandfather Gandhi Story

By Arun Gandhi and Bethany Hegedus, illustrated by Evan Turk. Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2016. 48 pages. $18.99/hardcover; $5.99/eBook.…

Reviewed by Lisa Rand