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 | Norton Juster | Illustrated in black-and-white. This ingenious fantasy centers around Milo, a bored ten-year-old who comes home to find a large toy tollbooth sitting in his room. Joining forces with a watchdog named Tock, Milo drives through the tollbooth’s gates and begins a memorable journey. He meets such characters as the foolish… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Cody Cook | In much of the teaching of the whole range of Anabaptists, from MCUSA to the conservative Anabaptists, one often hears or reads that Anabaptism is not open to expression as a systematic theology. It is about life rather than doctrine. However, these two things are not mutually exclusive. Indeed, real… | Anabaptist History & Thought | |
 | Bother Lawrence | For nearly 300 years this unparalleled classic has given both blessing and instruction to those who can be content with nothing less than knowing God in all His majesty and feeling His loving presence throughout each simple day. | Christian Living ⋅ Disciplines & Spiritual Formation | |
 | Mark Twain | Mark Twain’s renowned tale of two boys who look alike, yet one is the royal prince, the other a miserable pauper. Then one day fate intervenes, and for awhile each has to live the other’s life. Abridged. | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | George MacDonald | Continuing the story started in The Princess and the Goblin, Curdie in given the gift of insight from his great-great-grandmother, but when he returns to the palace, he finds the ailing king surrounded by deceivers with only Princess Irene to comfort him. | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | George MacDonald | Princess Irene’s discovery of a secret stair to the top turret of the castle leads to a wonderful revelation. At the same time, the miner’s son Curdle overhears a fiendish plot by the goblins who live below the mountain. It will take all of their wit and courage, plus the… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | C.S. Lewis | Why must humanity suffer? In this elegant and thoughtful work, C. S. Lewis questions the pain and suffering that occur everyday and how this contrasts with the notion of a God that is both omnipotent and good. An answer to this critical theological problem is found within these pages. | Christian Living ⋅ Pain & Grief | |
 | Potok, Chaim | Reuven Malter lives in Brooklyn, he’s in love, and he’s studying to be a rabbi. He also keeps challenging the strict interpretations of his teachers, and if he keeps it up, his dream of becoming a rabbi may die. One day, worried about a disturbed, unhappy boy named Michael, Reuven… | Literature ⋅ Classics | |
 | A.W. Tozer | During a train trip from Chicago in the late 1940s, A.W. Tozer began to work on The Pursuit of God. He wrote all night long, the words coming to him as fast as he could put them down. By the next morning, when the train pulled into McAllen, Texas, the… | Christian Living | |
 | Nicholi, Armand M., Jr. | Throughout the ages, many of the world’s greatest thinkers have wrestled with the concept of — and belief in — God. It may seem unlikely that any new arguments or insights could be raised, but the twentieth century managed to produce two brilliant men with two diametrically opposed views about… | Theology & Worldviews ⋅ Worldviews | |
 | Edith Nesbit | Three children, forced to alter their comfortable lifestyle when their father is taken away by strangers, move to a simple country cottage near a railway station where their days are filled with adventure. | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Plato, edited by Ferrari, G… | This translation of one of the great works of Western political thought is based on the assumption that when Plato chose the dialogue form for his writing, he intended these dialogues to sound like conversations – although conversations of a philosophical sort. In addition to a vivid, dignified and accurate… | Theology & Worldviews ⋅ Worldviews | |
 | David S. Schrock | Throughout Scripture, priests and kings – including Adam, Mechizedek, and David – reflect the supreme glory of Jesus, the great high priest. By studying the biblical pattern of their roles in redemptive history, believers can understand their own identity as the royal priesthood of God. | Bibles & Bible Study ⋅ Study Methods | |
 | Sally Schofer Mathews | “This sensitive treatment of La Noche Triste, or The Sad Night, the last battle the Aztecs won against the Spaniards, is a highly effective melding of graceful, lucid text and stylized art. Designed to resemble Aztec codices, the illustrations appear in double-page strips above the bordered text. Beginning with the… | Level 21 items | |
 | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | “Thou and thine, Hester Prynne, belong to me.” With these chilling words a husband claims his wife after a two-year absence. But the child she clutches is not his, and Hester must wear a scarlet “A” upon her breast, the sin of adultery visible to all. Under an assumed name… | Literature ⋅ Classics | |
 | Orczy, Baroness | Sir Percy Blakeney lives a double life in the England of 1792: at home he is an idle fop and a leader of fashion, but abroad he is the Scarlet Pimpernel, a master of disguise who saves aristocrats from the guillotine. When the revolutionary French state seeks to unmask him… | Literature ⋅ Classics | |
 | John H. Yoder, editor | John H. Yoder, editor and translator. In the historic meeting held in 1527 at Schleitheim, Switzerland, an ad hoc group of Anabaptists worked through fundamental disagreements and emerged with a consensus on seven points of faith which became known as the Schleitheim Confession. One chapter from The Legacy of Michael… | Anabaptist History & Thought | |
 | C.S. Lewis | One of C.S. Lewis’s most imaginative creations, this world-famous book is a humorous correspondence between the devil Screwtape and his apprentice Wormwood, whose job is to produce a human’s soul for eternity in hell. Filled with astute insights into temptation, repentance, and grace, this wonderful tale intelligently explores what it… | Christian Living | |
 | Patricia St. John | Lucy has lived with her grandparents at Pheasant Cottage since she was a little girl, but she has dim memories of someone else. Who was it’ What are her grandparents hiding from her’ Lucy is determined to find the answers, but it turns out to be harder than she expected. | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Louise A. Vernon | The Anabaptists are a small group of Christians who believe that everyone is a priest and should be able to study the Bible. They refuse to baptize their babies, and instead baptize adults on a confession of faith in Christ. Because of these heretical acts they are persecuted and sometimes… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Frances Hodgson Burnett | After losing her parents, young Mary Lennox is sent from India to live in her uncle’s gloomy mansion on the wild English moors. She is lonely and has no one to play with, but one day she learns of a secret garden somewhere in the grounds that no one is… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Rosaria Champagne Butterfield | “Rosaria, by the standards of many, was living a very good life. She had a tenured position at a large university in a field for which she cared deeply. She owned two homes with her partner, in which they provided hospitality to students and activists that were looking to make… | Christian Living ⋅ Theology & Worldviews ⋅ Missions & Service ⋅ Worldviews | |
 | Ken Jennings and John Stahl-Wert | This second book in the acclaimed Ken Blanchard series is both a practical guide for effective leadership and an examination of five powerful actions that can transform a team, a business, and a community. | Leadership | |
 | Gregory, John Milton | “What a blessing to have this unabridged edition of The Seven Laws of Teaching available! In a day when so many educators (and sadly, even some education reformers) live and die by their methods, it is wonderful to have this wisdom from the nineteenth century, a wisdom that reminds us… | Methods of Teaching | |
 | Nicholas Carr | Nicholas Carr’s bestseller The Shallows has become a foundational book in one of the most important debates of our time: As we enjoy the internet’s bounties, are we sacrificing our ability to read and think deeply? This tenth-anniversary edition includes a new afterword that brings the story up to date, with… | Christian Living ⋅ Media & Technology | |
 | Elizabeth George Speare | Once their cabin is finished Matt’s father leaves to bring the rest of the family and Matt is left to survive on his own. During an attack by swarming bees, Matt is astonished when he’s rescued by an Indian chief and his grandson, Attean. As the boys come to know… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Johnny Miller | The policeman put the whistle to his lips and blew hard. Nothing happened. Dumbfounded, he shook the whistle and tried again. Still nothing— and the car carrying Christians moved on past. This collection of stories from Romania and Ukraine, written especially for children, will capture your attention and strengthen your… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Ezra Jack Keats | No book has captured the magic and sense of possibility of the first snowfall better than The Snowy Day. Universal in its appeal, the story has become a favorite of millions, as it reveals a child’s wonder at a new world, and the hope of capturing and keeping that wonder… | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
 | Nancy R. Pearcey and Charles… | “I consider The Soul of Science to be a most significant book which, in our scientific age, should be required reading for all thinking Christians and all practicing scientists. The authors demonstrate how the flowering of modern science depended upon the Judeo-Christian worldview of the existence of a real physical… | Theology & Worldviews ⋅ Topical Studies | |
 | Leland Harder | The dramatic story of the genesis of the Anabaptist movement, told directly through the letters of its leaders and other primary documents.This is volume 4 in the Classics of the Radical Reformation, a series of Anabaptist and Free Church documents translated and annotated under the direction of the Institute of… | Anabaptist History & Thought | |
 | Dallas Willard | Dallas Willard, one of today’s most brilliant Christian thinkers and author of The Divine Conspiracy (Christianity Today’s 1999 Book of the Year), presents a way of living that enables ordinary men and women to enjoy the fruit of the Christian life. He reveals how the key to self-transformation resides in the practice of… | Christian Living ⋅ Disciplines & Spiritual Formation | |
 | Rey, H. A. | This is a clear, vivid text with charts and maps showing the positions of the constellations the year round. The Stars is the best book available for its purpose. It is also a brilliant example of the combined use of art and writing in bringing science to the layman. | Resources By Subject ⋅ Science | |
 | Marjorie Flack and Kurt Wiese | A little duck finds adventure on the Yangtze River when he is too late to board his master’s houseboat one evening. | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
 | Coles, Robert | The year is 1960, and six-year-old Ruby Bridges and her family have recently moved from Mississippi to New Orleans in search of a better life. When a judge orders Ruby to attend first grade at William Frantz Elementary, an all-white school, Ruby must face angry mobs of parents who refuse… | Level 43 items | |
 | Bauer, Susan Wise | What terrible secret was buried in Shi Huangdi’s tomb? Did nomads like lizard stew? What happened to Anansi the Spider in the Village of the Plantains? And how did a six-year-old become the last emperor of Rome?Told in a straightforward, engaging style that has become Susan Wise Bauer’s trademark, The… | PA ACTS 195/90/35 - NPIS ⋅ Level 12 items ⋅ Level 21 items | |
 | Bauer, Susan Wise | Now more than ever, other cultures are affecting our everyday lives—and our children need to learn about the other countries of the world and their history. Susan Wise Bauer has provided a captivating guide to the history of other lands. Written in an engaging, straightforward manner, this revised edition of… | PA ACTS 195/90/35 - NPIS ⋅ Level 34 items ⋅ Level 43 items | |
 | Bauer, Susan Wise | A beautifully revised edition of the classic world history for children.Now more than ever, our children need to learn about the people who live all around the world. This engaging guide to other lands weaves world history into a storybook format. Designed as a read-aloud project for parents and children… | Resources By Subject ⋅ History & Social Studies ⋅ Level 43 items | |
 | Bauer, Susan Wise | Where was the Crystal Palace? Who was the Sick Man of Europe? And how did cow fat start a revolution?Now more than ever, other countries and customs affect our everyday lives—and our children need to learn about the people who live all around the world. Susan Wise Bauer has provided… | PA ACTS 195/90/35 - NPIS ⋅ Level 43 items | |
 | Davidson, Margaret | Young readers will be enthralled by the amazing story of inventor Thomas Edison, a genius who forever changed life in the 20th century–and beyond. By the end of his career, Edison had invented the light bulb, motion pictures, and the phonograph and made improvements in almost every other means of… | Level 12 items | |
 | Johann Wyss | A terrible storm strands a Swiss pastor, with his wife and four sons, on a tropical island. Luckily, the Robinsons are optimistic and inventive, and with what they salvage from the wrecked ship, the island’s abundant fruits, plants, and animals, they soon adapt – each day discovering new dangers, skills… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Kate DiCamillo | A brave mouse, a covetous rat, a wishful serving girl, and a princess named Pea come together in Kate DiCamillo’s Newbery Medal-winning tale.Welcome to the story of Despereaux Tilling, a mouse who is in love with music, stories, and a princess named Pea. It is also the story of a… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Stuart, Jesse | First published in 1949, Jesse Stuart’s now classic personal account of his twenty years of teaching in the mountain region of Kentucky has enchanted and inspired generations of students and teachers.With eloquence and wit, Stuart traces his twenty-year career in education, which began, when he was only seventeen years old… | The Life of a Teacher | |
 | Donnelly, Judy | “Exciting nonfiction books for kids just beyond the beginner stage can be hard to come by, and the story of the sinking of the “Titanic” and its subsequent rediscovery will be the ticket for both hard-to-please young ‘real stuff’ buffs and older reluctant readers.”–“School Library Journal.” Full color. | Level 21 items | |
 | Hans Finzel | “The Top Ten Mistakes Leaders Make” starts by explaining the bad habits many people have observed in leaders and have perhaps fallen into themselves. Finzel offers ideas for changes in leadership styles in the interest of creating a more dynamic work environment. | Leadership | |
 | Bruchac, Joseph | After losing the fight to keep their land in the 19th century, the Cherokee Nation is led on the heartbreaking and torturous Trail of Tears by Chief John Ross. Young readers learn about this epic true tale of friendships, hopes, fears and dreams. | Level 43 items | |
 | Walsh, Brian J. | Science, technology and economic growth motivate our society. Each is carried on with little regard for Christian concerns. This book points to the need for the Christian vision to transform the world. 186 pp. | Theology & Worldviews ⋅ Worldviews | |
 | Little, Emily | Vivid watercolors and an intriguing text present one of history’s most cunning strategies: the creation of a giant wooden horse to smuggle Greek warriors into the impregnable walled city of Troy. Full color. | Level 34 items | |
 | Penner, Lucille Recht | Filled with suspense and historical detail, here’s a very young biography of the Powhatan Indian princess who played a vital role in early Colonial and Native American relations. | Level 12 items | |
 | William Pene Du Bois | When Prof. William Waterman Sherman was found adrift in the Atlantic clinging to the debris of twenty-one balloons, all America was rocked with curiosity. . . . Dead-pan humor mingles extravaganza with the smallest practicalities.–The New York Times. Newbery Honor Book. | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Anderson, Hans Christian | Eight beloved tales from the great Danish storyteller: “The Ugly Duckling,” “The Red Shoes,” “Thumbelina,” “The Emperor’s New Clothes,” “The Steadfast Tin Soldier,” more. Newly reset in large easy-to-read type. | Children's Books ⋅ Early Reading |