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 | O'Dell, Scott | In this redesigned edition of Scott O'Dell's classic novel, a young Eskimo girl encounters frightening obstacles when she takes her father's place in the Iditarod, the annual 1,172-mile dogsled race in Alaska. 134 pages. | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Burgess, Thornton W. | Blacky the clever crow shares adventures with other animals in the Green Meadows and by the Big River, as he considers stealing eggs from Hooty the owl, helps Farmer Brown's boy protect Dusty the wood duck, and engages in other escapades. 80 pages. | Children's Books ⋅ Early Reading | |
 | Welch, Edward T. | Have you ever been surprised at how some people have accused their brain, making it responsible for some of their bad behavior? As human problems seem to get both deeper and more widespread, people are desperate for solutions--and the quicker the better! | Books | |
 | Anderson, C. W. | Billy and Blaze become heroes by reporting a fire. Grades 1-3. | Children's Books ⋅ Early Reading | |
 | Anderson, C. W. | Little Tommy has always wished for a pony of his own. Billy, who lives down the road, has a pony named Blaze. Sometimes Billy lets Tommy ride Blaze and help take care of him. Tommy is all ready for the day when he gets his pony.
Then one day the two boys… | Children's Books ⋅ Early Reading | |
 | Anderson, C. W. | Billy and Blaze are looking for adventure as they set out to explore the countryside. But when they find an abandoned quarry, they're in for more than they could have imagined. Not only does Billy perform a brave deed, but he and Blaze make a new friend, too! This could… | Children's Books ⋅ Early Reading | |
 | Anderson, C. W. | Loyal friends Billy and his horse, Blaze, come face-to-face with a ferocious mountain lion while traveling west. Fortunately, they’re able to chase the wildcat into its den and save a frightened calf from near death. Billy and Blaze help capture the cat before it can emerge, and, heroes once again… | Children's Books ⋅ Early Reading | |
 | Anderson, C. W. | Describes the adventures Billy and his pony, Blaze, experience as they ride around the open country near his family's ranch house. | Children's Books ⋅ Early Reading | |
 | Anderson, C. W. | When Billy and Tommy lead their horses down an unfamiliar path, they spend the day exploring overgrown ruins and enjoying a beautiful clearing. But at the end of the day, neither Billy nor Tommy remember how to get back. Can Blaze lead them home? | Children's Books ⋅ Early Reading | |
 | Anderson, C. W. | Billy and his pony Blaze love to explore the forest. So one day they set out on an old woodland road that is new to them. They have a wonderful ride, but their adventures soon lead them off the trail and deep into the woods. Before they know it, the… | Children's Books ⋅ Early Reading | |
 | Anderson, C. W. | Billy and Blaze are back in another exciting tale of their adventures. This time they're showing their friends Tommy and Dusty how to be as great a team as they are. Tommy and Dusty are eager learners, for they know that Billy and Blaze are the best teachers anybody (or… | Children's Books ⋅ Early Reading | |
 | Showalter, Velina | Brooms, binders, and a big heart | Picture Books | |
 | Showalter, Velina | All around Martha are beautiful things she cannot see, the green grass, the sky, and the light of the sun. | Picture Books | |
 | Chacour, Elias | Chacour blends his riveting life story with historical research to reveal a little-known side of the Arab-Israeli conflict and the birth of modern Israel. He touches on controversial questions, such as "What behind-the-scenes politics touched off the turmoil in the Middle East?" "What does Bible prophecy really have to say?"… | Biography & History | |
 | Gates, Doris | The story of a young girl, set in the Great Depression. | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | McCloskey, Robert | "The adventures of a little girl and a baby bear while hunting for blueberries with their mothers one bright summer day. All the color and flavor of the sea and pine-covered Maine countryside."--"School Library Journal, " starred review. Caldecott Honor Book. Full-color illustrations. Highly-recommended. | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
 | Yoder, John Howard | Binding and loosing, baptism, eucharist, multiplicity of gifts, and open meeting. Yoder uncovers the original meaning of the five practices and shows why the recovery of these practices is so important for the social, economic, and political witness of the church today. 90 pages. | Theology & Worldviews ⋅ Topical Studies | |
 | William J. Bennett & Elayne… | Help your children develop moral character with this updated, 30th anniversary edition of the perennial classic The Book of Virtues.
Almost 3 million copies of the Book of Virtues have been sold since it was published in 1993. It is one of the most popular moral primers ever written, an inspiring anthology that helps children… | Books ⋅ Christian Living ⋅ Disciplines & Spiritual Formation | |
 | Burgess, Thornton W. | Bowser the Hound isn't very clever — certainly not as clever as Old Man Coyote, who's full of tricks! There's one thing, though, that Bowser's really good at, and that's pursuing someone who'll give him a long, hard run. Actually, he'll go without eating just for the pleasure of chasing… | Children's Books ⋅ Early Reading | |
 | Kamkwamba, William | The inspiring true story of a Malawi teenager who brought electricity to his struggling village--now in the ideal classroom-ready edition.
William Kamkwamba grew up in a tiny farming village in Malawi, Africa, without electricity. When a drought destroyed the crops and famine resulted, William's family could no longer afford his school… | Books ⋅ Biography & History ⋅ Intermediate and Young Adult Reading ⋅ Living History Weavings | |
 | Hoban, Russell | Frances is a fussy eater. In fact, the only thing she likes is bread and jam. She won't touch her squishy soft-boiled egg. She trades away her chicken-salad sandwich at lunch. She turns up her nose at boring veal cutlet. Unless Mother Badger can come up with a plan, Frances… | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
 | Jacobs, Alan | Breaking Bread with the Dead teaches us how to learn from authors from the past to navigate modern life. | The Art of Reading | |
 | Martin, Rebecca | Sixteen-year-old Peter strains his eyes down the mountain. Six painful weeks have passed since his minister father was rudely torn from his life by Anabaptist hunters. How will Peter and his family survive amidst the hardship, betrayal and persecution of sixteenth-century European Anabaptism? Always hunted and ever moving, yet always… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Speare, Elizabeth George | "He trains my hands for war, so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze." -from the Song of David (2 Samuel 22:35)"The Bronze Bow," written by Elizabeth George Speare (author of "The Witch of Blackbird Pond") won the Newbery Medal in 1962. This gripping, action-packed novel tells the… | Books ⋅ Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Mary Williams, illustrated by R… | Eight-year-old Garang is tending cattle far from his family's home in southern Sudan when war comes to his village. Frightened but unharmed, he returns to find everything has been destroyed.
Soon Garang meets other boys whose villages have been attacked. Before long they become a moving band of thousands, walking hundreds… | Books ⋅ Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
 | Olson, Bruce | What happens when a nineteen-year-old boy heads into the jungles to evangelize a murderous tribe of South American Indians? For Bruce Olson it meant capture and torture, but what he discovered revolutionized the world of missions. | Biography & History | |
 | Olson, Bruce and Lund, James | Bruchko and the Motilone Miracle, the powerful sequel to Bruce Olson's best-selling missionary classic, Bruchko, is a remarkable tale of adventure, tragedy, faith, and love. It shows how, despite incredible dangers and obstacles, one humble man and a tribe of primitive, violent Indians by joining together in simple obedience have… | Biography & History | |
 | Written by Shari Zook Illustrated… | Who will love a sweet boy with a cowlick and a dimple for who he is? And what if who he is keeps changing?
Written by Shari Zook and illustrated by Lana Kuhns, Bubby and the Changing Place gives us a glimpse into the heart of a foster child. Bubby is… | Books ⋅ Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
 | Curtis, Christopher Paul | The Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Award-winning classic about a boy who decides to hit the road to find his father—from Christopher Paul Curtis, author of The Watsons Go To Birmingham—1963, a Newbery and Coretta Scott King Honoree.
It’s 1936, in Flint, Michigan. Times may be hard, and ten-year-old Bud may… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Yoder, Judy | A story of the struggles of a young man growing up in an Amish church.
The fourth and final book in the Little Eli series. | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Getz, Gene | Explore with Dr. Getz Twelve significant "one another" commands of the New Testament, and follow the practical steps for developing them in your own life and in the life of your church. It's a long-term building process, but one that pleases God and reaps rewards not just in this lifetime… | Christian Living ⋅ Relationships & Mentoring | |
 | Collins, Jim | Identifying 18 "visionary" companies, the authors set out to determine what's special about them and to provide a blueprint for prosperity. Includes hundreds of examples showing what makes the truly exceptional firms different from the everyday ones. | Leadership | |
 | Burgess, Thornton W. | Peter Rabbit has learns about all sorts of animals from Old Mother Nature. | Children's Books ⋅ Early Reading | |
 | Burgess, Thornton W. | Thornton Burgess helps children learn about birds through the context of stories told from the perspective of the birds themselves. | Children's Books ⋅ Early Reading | |
 | Burgess, Thornton W. | Some of Thornton Burgess' classic characters, Danny Meadow Mouse, Jimmy Skunk, and Reddy Fox explore the seashore, learning about all the interesting creatures that live there. | Children's Books ⋅ Early Reading | |
 | McCloskey, Robert | A classic Robert McCloskey book with brilliant pictures and a wild and compelling story line. | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
 | Burgess, Thornton W. | Mother Bear has a secret -- actually, two of them -- and their names are Boxer and Woof-Woof. Young readers will find out how the young cubs get even with Peter Rabbit, what happens when the bears meet their father, and much more. 4 charming illustrations by Harrison Cady. 80… | Children's Books ⋅ Early Reading | |
 | Brenneman, Helen Good | Maria and Hans Penner, Mennonite refugees from the Russian Ukraine, forge ever west with their family, west to freedom! In east Germany the Communists tragically separate Maria and Hans. Each fears the other lost or killed. Hoping against hope, each continues westward. This book graphically portrays the effects of war… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading ⋅ Literature ⋅ Anabaptist | |
 | Yoder, Judy | Eli enjoys his work on the farm in eastern Kansas but is never happier than when he has time to explore Fish Creek. When Dad and Mom begin to pray about another move, will Eli’s dreams of becoming a cowboy farmer on the prairie be lost forever?
Book 2 in the Little… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Michael D. O'Brien | By the Rivers of Babylon presents the early life of the prophet Ezekiel, from his childhood to his service in the Temple to the Babylonian Captivity, where he was enslaved among the exiles along the River Chebar.
Ezekiel, a bricklayer, is simple and timid. He is not yet a priest, and his… | Books ⋅ Literature ⋅ Classics | |
 | Wilder, Laura Ingalls | By the Shores of Silver Lake is an autobiographical children's novel written by Laura Ingalls Wilder and published in 1939, the fifth of nine books in her Little House series. | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Brink, Carol Ryrie | This beloved story follows the frontier adventures of Caddie Woodlawn, a tomboy growing up in Wisconsin during the 1860s. More likely to plow than bake, she's the despair of her mother and older sister. But when Indians threaten to massacre the settlers, its Caddie who saves the day. | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Field, Rachel | The story of an orphaned 13 year old girl in 18th century Maine. In her new role as a servant girl, she faces hunger, the threat of Indians, and loneliness from the loss of her family. A Newberry Honor Book. | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Speare, Elizabeth George | Calico Captive is Elizabeth George Speare's first historical fiction children's novel. It was inspired by the true story of Susanna Willard Johnson who, along with her family and younger sister, were kidnapped in an Abenakis Indian raid on Charlestown, New Hampshire in August 1754. | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Sperry, Armstrong | A legendary adventure story of how Mafatu, the son of the Great Chief of Hikueru, a Polynesian race who worship courage, conquers his fear of the sea and proves he isn't a coward. Mafatu's story has a strength and simplicity that appeal to a wide range in age, and it… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Sperry, Armstrong | A legendary adventure story of how Mafatu, the son of the Great Chief of Hikueru, a Polynesian race who worship courage, conquers his fear of the sea and proves he isn't a coward. Mafatu's story has a strength and simplicity that appeal to a wide range in age, and it… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | London, Jack | Considered to be Jack London's masterpiece, this story features Buck, a dog shipped to the Klondike to be trained as a sled dog. Buck eventually reverts to his primitive ancestry, and learns about the savage world of man and beast in the wilderness. 192 pages. | Books ⋅ Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Sammon, Brendan Thomas | What if there is more to beauty than meets the eye? What if beauty named more than the human response to a thing's appearance, but instead named the very presence of God in the world? And what if beauty provided a power enabling human beings to think in novel and… | Theology & Worldviews ⋅ Art and Beauty | |
 | Becker, Palmer | Palmer Becker helps pastors organize their ministry and multiply their effectiveness. This detailed how-to manual explains how to recruit, train, and supervise a team of small-group leaders for ministry in the church. In this model, a minister becomes pastor to the pastors, offering care and support to the group leaders… | Leadership | |
 | Slobodkina, Esphyr | Celebrate the 75 years of the favorite classic, Caps for Sale, with this special edition that features a burst calling out this landmark anniversary!
Since it was first published in 1940, millions of children have savored this story about a peddler, his caps, and a band of very mischievous monkeys.
Now fans… | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books |