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Interview with Friends Journal’s Assistant Book Review Editor

We talk with the editor of our children's book reviews.

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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,…

A Season for Reading and Gratitude

A good book review tells the reader what the subject is, and whether one might want to read it. A…

Gabriel Ehri

About Friends Publishing

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

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

Staff Picks

A look at the formative books for staff members.

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Friends Journal Reviewer Survey

Our volunteer reviewers share some of their all-time favorite books for Quakers.

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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

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

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