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 | Yashima, Taro | Chibi has been an outcast since that frightening first day of school when he hid under the schoolhouse. Afraid of the teacher and unable to make any friends, Chibi passes his free time alone - alone at study time, alone at playtime, always a 'forlorn little tag-along.' But when Mr… | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
 | Paton, Alan | Cry, the Beloved Country is a novel by Alan Paton, published in 1948. American publisher Bennett Cerf remarked at that year's meeting of the American Booksellers Association that there had been "only three novels published since the first of the year that were worth reading." | Literature ⋅ Classics | |
 | Rey, H. A. | Curious George is a sweet African monkey who can't help but run into trouble. George's friend, "The Man in the Yellow Hat," tries very hard to care for George and is always saving the day. The show's themes are about learning, forgiveness and playful curiosity. | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
 | Little, Emily | Illustration in full color. "The accurate and lively version of the Bible story is written with a limited vocabulary suited to beginning readers. The short, simple sentences are nicely varied and read aloud well. The water-color illustrations are well-designed, amusing, and expressive. A good choice for beginning readers."--School Library Journal. | Level 21 items | |
 | Pathway Publishers | Workbook to accompany reader of same title. Teacher's manual available separately. | Curriculum ⋅ Pathway | |
 | Pathway Publishers | Teacher's manual to accompany the Grade 1 Pathway reader and workbook of the same title. Includes Teacher's Manual for More Days Go By reader and workbook. | Curriculum ⋅ Pathway | |
 | Smucker, Barbara | Through the eyes of a young Mennonite boy, Peter, you see life for Mennonites in the Russian Ukrainian villages just before Lenin came to power, and the great immigrations after he started his rule. | Level 43 items | |
 | Lobel, Arnold | Good friends like Frog and Toad enjoy spending their days together. They fly kites, celebrate Toad's birthday, and share the shivers when one of them tells a scary story. Here are five funny stories that celebrate friendship all day, every day. | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
 | Coblentz, John | The Leader's Guide for the Dealing with Anger & Bitterness seminar. Included in the DVD and audio resource kits. | Christian Living ⋅ Relationships & Mentoring | |
 | Smith, James K. A. | Philosopher James K. A. Smith reshapes the very project of Christian education in "Desiring the Kingdom." The first of three volumes that will ultimately provide a comprehensive theology of culture, "Desiring the Kingdom" focuses education around the themes of liturgy, formation, and desire. Smith's ultimate purpose is to re-vision Christian… | Theology & Worldviews ⋅ Doctrine of Humanity | |
 | Kanter, Patsy and Leinwand, Steven | In Developing Numerical Fluency, Patsy Kanter and Steven Leinwand take a fresh look at a commonly asked question: "How do I teach number facts so my students know them fluently?" They apply their decades of experience teaching mathematics to rethinking effective fluency instruction. | Resources By Subject ⋅ Mathematics | |
 | Frank, Anne | Discovered in the attic in which she spent the last years of her life, Anne Frank's remarkable diary has since become a world classic -- a powerful reminder of the horrors of war and an eloquent testament to the human spirit. In 1942, with Nazis occupying Holland, a thirteen-year-old Jewish… | Biography & History | |
 | Hughes, R. Kent | Using engaging illustrations, scriptural wisdom, practical suggestions for daily living and personal study questions, this revised edition offers frank, biblical discussion on major areas of Christian manhood, including marriage, fatherhood, and godliness. 304 pages. | Christian Living ⋅ Men | |
 | Kohl, MaryAnn F. | Discovering Great Artists is a creative collection of easy art appreciation activities for children from ages 4 - 12. A brief biography of each artist is included with a fully illustrated, child-tested art activity. Paper. 126 pp. | Resources By Subject ⋅ Art | |
 | Vernon, Louise A. | Hutterites are known for their natural medicines and living in Bruderhofs. Michael Bruhn, his sister Gudryn, and their widowed mother live in a castle in Moravia. When a doctor wearing ragged clothing heals Gudryn, Michael thinks he, too, must be a Hutterite. Later, Michael learns that this doctor in rags… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | de Angeli, Marguerite | Ever since he can remember, Robin, child of Sir John de Bureford, has been told what is expected of him as the son of a nobleman. He must learn the ways of knighthood. But Robin’s destiny is changed suddenly when he falls ill and loses the use of his legs… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | VanStone, Doris | This is the thrilling, true account of what God's love can do in a life. Doris Van Stone takes readers through the hard years of her childhood into her fascinating years as a missionary with her husband to the Dani tribe in New Guinea. | Biography & History | |
 | Stevenson, Robert Louis | Dr. Jekyll is a well respected medical doctor in the community. When a series of bizarre crimes are committed by a rather ugly man named Mr. Hyde, no one can imagine that they are one in the same person. But they are, because Dr. Jekyll has discovered a drug that… | Classics | |
 | Yep, Laurence | The prequel to the Newbery Honor-winning Dragonwings. In rural China in 1865, 14-year-old Otter begins his journey to America to meet his father and legendary uncle on the transcontinental railroad. In the freezing mountains of the Sierras, Otter begins to discover himself and what he's made of. 352 pages. | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | LeBar, Lois E. | Classics have about them elements that speak timeless truth across the years. Lebar's unique work focuses on distinctively Christian ways for educating so as to enable persons to know God. Dr. James Plueddemann has provided thought-provoking questions at the end of each chapter. 293 pp. | Philosophy of Education | |
 | Wilhoit, Jim | Shows teachers how to develop the "big idea" of a passage, improve their classroom skills, and allow the text itself to suggest creative teaching methods. 258 pages. | Bibles & Bible Study ⋅ Study Methods | |
 | Krensky, Stephen | Read all about the secrets of ancient Egypt--from hieroglyphs to underground tombs. The Scholastic History Readers series was created especially to bring history to life for beginning readers.
Examines life in ancient Egypt, including the importance of the Nile River, and the daily life of both nobles and commoners.
Several major pharaohs… | Level 12 items | |
 | Alcott, Louisa May | Rose Campbell, tired and ill, has come to live at The Aunt Hill after the death of her beloved father. Six aunts fussing and fretting over her are bad enough, but what is a quiet 13-year-old girl to do with seven boisterous boy cousins? | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Saint, Steve | Steve Saint was five years old when his father, missionary pilot Nate Saint, was speared to death by a primitive Ecuadorian tribe. In adulthood, Steve, having left Ecuador for a successful business career in the United States, never imagined making the jungle his home again. But when that same tribe… | Biography & History | |
 | Snow, Donald B. | Recent decades have seen an ever-increasing number of Western Christians going abroad as English teachers. Many of these teachers are going to countries that are not very receptive to other forms of Western Christian mission. Some Western Christians view English teaching primarily as a means to gain access to "closed"… | Christian Living ⋅ Missions & Service | |
 | Gardner, Martin | For Martin Gardner seeing is not only believing, but also understanding. This fundamental rule has made him one of America's most successful teachers and popularizers of science. With these simple instructions and a few household items you and your child can easily learn the most difficult scientific principles by directly… | Science | |
 | Richardson, Don | Has the God who prepared the gospel for all peoples also prepared all peoples for the gospel? Don Richardson, author of best-selling Peace Child, demonstrates through compelling stories from many different cultures how the concept of a supreme God has existed for centuries in hundreds of cultures throughout the world… | Missions & Service | |
 | Stott, John | Here is a statement from one of evangelicalism's foremost spokesmen that boldly places the trinitarian gospel at the center of faith. Here is an exquisite crystallization of essential beliefs about revelation, the cross and the work of the Spirit. Recognizing that how we live this truth is as important as… | Theology & Worldviews ⋅ Theology | |
 | Keller, Timothy | In today's increasingly competitive and insecure economic environment, we often question the reason for work: why am I doing this? Why is it so hard? And what can I do about it? Work may seem just a means to an end: we do it to earn the money to enjoy… | Work | |
 | Guyon, Jeanne | This small volume is esteemed as one of the greatest Christian works in history. It effectively explains short and easy methods of prayer for those who hunger and thirst after God's presence. 90 pp. | Christian Living ⋅ Prayer | |
 | Wilder, Laura Ingalls | Farmer Boy is a children's historical novel written by Laura Ingalls Wilder and published in 1933. It was the second-published one in the Little House series but it is not related to the first, which that of the third directly continues. | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Gangel, Kenneth O. | "We believe Christian dads need to learn from God and need to hear from fathers who are living out the relationship." With that, father-and-son authors Kenn and Jeff Gangel launch this highly practical guide to fathering by learning from the attributes of the original-God the Father.
Exploring God's ways of communicating… | Men | |
 | Mahaney, Carolyn | Laying a foundation of sound doctrine, Mahaney teaches women the specifics of practical living that glorifies God. She joyfully explores home as a place to minister, to enjoy, and to manage, plus helps women cultivate their roles as wives, mothers, and mentors. Her personal anecdotes and illustrations from the lives… | Christian Living ⋅ Women | |
 | Moody, Ralph | The author's share of hardships and heart-throbs, revealed in 'Little Britches' and 'Man of the Family' continue when the family, moved from Colorado to the East, send him to work on his grandfather's farm in Maine. | Biography & History | |
 | Rey, H. A. | Containing star charts, a guide to the constellations, and details about seasons and the movement of the objects seen in the sky, Rey's classic book has been thoroughly updated. Facts and figures for each planet have been revised, and new scientific information has been added. Full color. 72 pages. | Resources By Subject ⋅ Science | |
 | Award-winning author Avi recounts the story of Roger Williams through the eyes of Williams' youngest daughter. Readers will be intrigued by this compelling tale of the man who survives in the wilderness and goes on to found the settlement of Providence, Rhode Island. Full color. | Level 34 items | ||
 | Pathway Publishers | Workbook to accompany the Pathway reader of the same title. Teacher's manual available separately, combined with Before We Read. | Curriculum ⋅ Pathway | |
 | Kauffman, Christmas Carol | This moving story is based on the real struggles of a boy who grew up in the emotional turmoil of a broken home and the political turmoil of Nazi Germany. 353 pp. | Literature ⋅ Anabaptist | |
 | Macaulay, Susan S. | For many of us the word home brings warm thoughts and happy memories--far more than the dictionary's simple definition of "a place of birth or one's living quarters." For many of us, home is where the heart is. Yet it is even than that. It is the secure environment that… | Christian Living ⋅ Family | |
 | Ruth, John L. | This sensitive and thoughtful meditation on the horrific events of October 2, 2006, reflects on the response of the Amish community of Nickel Mines, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, where a gunman killed himself, five school children, and wounded five others. The tragic crime evoked expressions of shock and sympathy worldwide. But even… | Anabaptist History & Thought | |
 | Braley, James (Ed) | While philosophical in tone, Foundations is eminently readable, guiding the reader to the practical implications of such topics as assessment, discipline, and exceptional students. | Philosophy of Education | |
 | Foster, Richard J. | Written in his warm, accessible style, this updated edition of Richard Foster's classic work on simplicity explores this discipline throughout Christian history and the Bible as well as examining simplicity in practice. Foster provides a way to rethink our priorities and to "seek first God's kingdom and his righteousness." He… | Christian Living ⋅ Disciplines & Spiritual Formation | |
 | Sterling, Dorothy | Born into slavery, young Harriet Tubman knew only hard work and hunger. Escape seemed impossible--certainly dangerous. Yet Harriet did escape North, by the secret route called the Underground Railroad. Harriet didn't forget her people. Again and again she risked her life to lead them on the same secret, dangerous journey. | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Lobel, Arnold | Frog and Toad All Year is an American picture book written and illustrated by Arnold Lobel, published by Harper & Row in 1976. It is the third book in the Frog and Toad series, whose four books completed by Lobel comprise five easy-to-read short stories each.
In winter, spring, summer, and… | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
 | Lobel, Arnold | There's nothing like a best friend! Whether they are telling stories, taking walks, or writing letters, Frog and Toad always help each other out, as best friends should. Here are five irresistible stories about their adventures together. | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
 | Lobel, Arnold | Frog and Toad Together is an American fantasy adventure children's picture book, written and illustrated by Arnold Lobel and published by Harper & Row in 1972. It is the second book in the Frog and Toad series, whose four books completed by Lobel comprise five easy-to-read short stories each.
Frog and… | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
 | Steele, Philip | Galileo made the first effective use of the refracting telescope to discover important new facts about astronomy. His observations led him to support Copernicus's claim that Earth and the other planets circled the sun. This conflicted with the teachings of the Catholic Church, and brought Galileo before the judges of… | Level 43 items | |
 | Sharp, John E. | Here are stories about David Toews, Annie Funk and the Titanic, Orie Miller, Emma Richards and Marilyn Miller, Peter Dyck, Mesach Krisetya, a new search for Clayton Kratz, and more. | Level 43 items | |
 | Morey, Walt | The Alaskan wilderness is a lonely place for Mark Andersen, especially after the death of his older brother, Jamie. But in time Mark finds someone else to love--Ben, an Alaskan brown bear so huge that no one else dares come near him. Gentle Ben has been a favorite of readers… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Knowlton, Jack | Sixty-two words, from 'archipelago' to 'zone' with brief, clear definitions amplified in large, full-color illustrations and maps. An attractive introduction to geography's rich vocabulary; it should also be an inspiration to budding word-collectors. | Level 12 items ⋅ Level 21 items |