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 | Johanna Spyri | This classic tale of a young girl who lives with her grandfather in the Swiss Alps is back in a new edition featuring an Introduction from acclaimed author Eva Ibbotson. (paperback) | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Sophie Blackall | A beloved picture book from two-time Caldecott Medal award-winner Sophie Blackall that transports readers to the seaside in timeless, nautical splendor!Watch the days and seasons pass as the wind blows, the fog rolls in, and icebergs drift by. Outside, there is water all around. Inside, the daily life of a… | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
 | Marguerite de Angeli | Henner’s Lydia is a 1936 children’s story book written and illustrated by Marguerite de Angeli, winner of the 1950 Newbery Medal for excellence in American children’s literature for another book, The Door in the Wall. | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
 | Beverly Cleary | When Henry adopts Ribsy, a dog of no particular breed, humorous adventures follow. | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Barbara Smucker | The dramatic and courageous story of refugees from Russia. An actual event that happened in Berlin in 1946. | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | James Herriot | James Herriot’s Treasury for Children collects all of the beloved veterinarian’s delightful tales for young readers. From the springtime frolic of Oscar, Cat-About-Town to the yuletide warmth of The Christmas Day Kitten, these stories-radiantly illustrated by Peter Barrett and Ruth Brown-are perennial favorites, and this new complete edition will make… | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
 | Kauffman, Christmas Carol | Hidden Rainbow is not an imaginary story, nor one dug out of antiquity. It is a true story about a forbidden New Testament that shattered the calm of a Yugoslavian village. John and Anna Olesh, raised in a solid Catholic community, face severe censure when John leaves his family for… | Literature ⋅ Anabaptist | |
 | Stauffer, Romaine | Fictionalized account of the immigration of the boy Christian Burkholder to Pennsylvania from the Palatinate in 1754. | Literature ⋅ Anabaptist ⋅ Level 34 items | |
 | Gordon Neufeld and Gabor Maté | International authority on child development Gordon Neufeld, Ph.D., joins forces with bestselling author Gabor Maté, M.D., to tackle one of the most disturbing trends of our time: Children today looking to their peers for direction – their values, identity, and codes of behavior. This “peer orientation” undermines family cohesion, interferes… | Christian Living ⋅ Family | |
 | Christopher Yuan | How do we apply the essence of the gospel to a gay loved one? In what ways can we better walk with truth and grace alongside a fellow Christian with same-sex attractions? Holy Sexuality and the Gospel offers theological and practical insights that lead us to find our identity in Christ… | Christian Living | |
 | Robinson, Marilynne | One of America’s most acclaimed living authors, Marilynne Robinson, revisits the characters from her Pulitzer Prize–winning Gilead, in this “impossibly rich and beautiful new novel” (San Francisco Chronicle)Glory Boughton, aged thirty-eight, has returned to Gilead to care for her dying father, Reverend Robert Boughton. Soon her brother, Jack—the prodigal son of… | Literature ⋅ Contemporary Literature | |
 | Myra Wollman and Obi Martin… | Home is an invitation to return to the places that shaped us. Through the voices of over thirty contributors, this collection explores the ache and joy of belonging in three sections: The Search for Home, A Table in the Wilderness, and Home Within History.At its heart lies a quiet conviction:… | Books ⋅ Literature ⋅ Poetry | |
 | Pablo Yoder | In Home on the Rock Pile, little Paul and his brothers and sisters explore orchards, fields, and mountains. They troop through the snow to help needy neighbors. They meet dangerous snakes and befriend baby skunks. They work, play, scrap with each other, and learn some lessons the hard way. They… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Landis, James G. | The Conquest Series is a historical narrative of American history through the eyes of the Delaware tribe of Native Americans, especially one Glikkikan.Homeland in My Heart is volume 2 of 7. | Biography & History | |
 | Robert McCloskey | Welcome to Centerburg! Where you can win a hundred dollars by eating all the doughnuts you want; where houses are built in a day; and where a boy named Homer Price can foil four slick bandits using nothing but his wits and a pet skunk. The comic genius of Robert… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Hunt, Gladys & Hampton, Barbara | Honey for a Teen’s Heart spells out how good books can help you and your teen-ager communicate heart-to-heart about ideas, values, and the various issues of a Christian worldview. Sharing the adventure of a book lets both of you know the same people, see the same sights, face the same choices… | Literature ⋅ The Art of Reading | |
 | Timothy Keller | Times are difficult. Disease, death, and the loss of a vision for a shared common good have shattered the idea of a bright and better future of everyone. How can we survive this moment together? Hope. | Theology & Worldviews ⋅ Theology | |
 | Timothy Keller | Times are difficult. Disease, death, and the loss of a vision for a shared common good have shattered the idea of a bright and better future of everyone. How can we survive this moment together? Hope. | Theology & Worldviews ⋅ Theology | |
 | Moody, Ralph | “Horse of a Different Color” ends the “roving days” of young Ralph Moody. His saga began on a Colorado ranch in “Little Britches” and continued at points east and west in “Man of the Family,” “The Fields of Home,” “The Home Ranch,” “Mary Emma & Company,” “Shaking the Nickel Bush,”… | Biography & History | |
 | Stoltzfus, Alison | How Beautiful the Dusty Road is the author’s story of serving as a volunteer nurse in the largest refugee camp in the world. Through the dust and disease, through patients rescued and lost, through relationships and trials, God gave her a greater understanding of what it means to love as… | Biography & History | |
 | Uri Shulevitz, Illustrated by Uri… | Having fled from war in their troubled homeland, a boy and his family are living in poverty in a strange country. Food is scarce, so when the boy’s father brings home a map instead of bread for supper, at first the boy is furious. But when the map is hung… | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
 | David Murray | How do sermons work? How does a preacher get from the basic nuts and bolts of a few Bible verses to the delivery of a full sermon? That’s the question David Murray answers in this instructive and immensely practical book. He demonstrates that behind the thirty to forty-five minutes we… | Leadership ⋅ Church Leadership | |
 | Francis A. Schaeffer | Schaeffer explains his world view in terms of a divinely inspired Bible, it’s truths, and why they are true. There’s more, too. Even for the skeptic, this book provides an excellent background (used as supporting evidence) in Western culture, arts, philosophy, music, and architecture from the Roman Empire days until… | Theology & Worldviews ⋅ Worldviews | |
 | David Brooks | As David Brooks observes, “There is one skill that lies at the heart of any healthy person, family, school, community organization, or society: the ability to see someone else deeply and make them feel seen—to accurately know another person, to let them feel valued, heard, and understood.”And yet we humans don’t… | Books ⋅ Christian Living ⋅ Relationships & Mentoring | |
 | Marjorie Priceman | From the jungles of Sri Lanka to the apple orchards of Vermont, the energetic little baker searches far and wide to find the finest ingredients for her apple pie. Marjorie Priceman’s deliciously silly adventure comes complete with a real recipe for an apple pie! | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
 | Adler, Mortimer Jerome | How to Read A Book is an elegant guide to the lost arts of Active Reading, Conversation, and Intellectual Etiquette. Learn how to fairly and methodically assess an author’s intentions and how the author fulfills, or doesn’t, what they set out to do with the book. Learn how to interact… | Clearance ⋅ Literature ⋅ The Art of Reading | |
 | Sire, James W. | Your eyes see the words, but do you read what you see? Every article, poem, book, even every printed advertisement not only carries information but also projects a way of looking at life. In How to Read Slowly, James Sire helps readers detect not only what writers say but what… | Literature ⋅ The Art of Reading | |
 | Gordon D. Fee and Douglas… | Reading the Bible need not be a haphazard journey through strange and bewildering territory. Like an experienced tour guide, How to Read the Bible Book by Book takes you by the hand and walks you through the Scriptures. For each book of the Bible, the authors start with a quick snapshot… | Bibles & Bible Study ⋅ Study Methods | |
 | Gordon Fee and Douglas Stuart | Your Guide to Understanding the BibleUnderstanding the Bible isn’t for the few, the gifted, the scholarly. The Bible is accessible. It’s meant to be read and comprehended by everyone from armchair readers to seminary students. A few essential insights into the Bible can clear up a lot of misconceptions and… | Bibles & Bible Study ⋅ Study Methods | |
 | Andrew Murray | When Jesus “made himself nothing … taking the nature of a servant,” He modeled for all believers true humility. Andrew Murray calls this “our true nobility” and “the distinguishing feature of discipleship.” With insightful, penetrating clarity, Murray calls all Christians to turn from pride, empty themselves, and study the character… | Christian Living | |
 | Wilson, Dr. Sandra D. | “Hurt people hurt people” is more than a clever phrase. Hurt people hurt others because they themselves have been hurt. And each one of us has been hurt to one degree or another. As that damage causes us to become defensive and self-protective, we may lash out at others. Hurting… | Christian Living ⋅ Pain & Grief | |
 | Compiled by John D. Martin | Carefully compiled over a period of 20 years, Hymns of the Church contains 1015 hymns specially chosen for the rich content of timeless truths they express. This hymnal features more than 65 Anabaptist hymn writers and composers, 20 full choral arrangements (including the Hallelujah Chorus), and a generous portion of… | Songbooks | |
 | Anne Holm | David’s entire twelve-year life has been spent in a grisly concentration camp in Eastern Europe. He knows nothing of the outside world. But when he is given the chance to escape, he seizes it. Sensing his enemies hot on his heels, David struggles to cope in this strange new world… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Paul Fleischman, Illustrated by Ken… | At first light the finchesare flitting about the treesFlitteringflutteringflitpurple finchesflitFlutteringflitteringflypainted finchesfly.In this companion volume to Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices, the winner of the 1989 Newbery Medal, Paul Fleischman celebrates the sound, the sense, the essence of birds. Written to be spoken aloud by two voices, sometimes alternating, sometimes simultaneous… | Books ⋅ Children's Books ⋅ Early Reading | |
 | Sally M. Keehn | The cabin door crashes open-and in a few minutes Regina’s life changes forever. Allegheny Indians murder her father and brother, burn their Pennsylvania home to the ground, and take Regina captive. Only her mother, who is away from home, is safe. Torn from her family, Regina longs for the past… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Andrew V. Ste. Marie | The second volume in the Cross Bearers Series, I Appeal to Scripture is a well-researched, accessible biography of Michael Sattler, one of most influential leaders in the first years of the Anabaptist movement. Numerous quotations from primary sources provide historical veracity, while extensive sidebars and illustrations introduce readers to the… | Anabaptist History & Thought ⋅ Biography & History | |
 | Val Yoder | There are innumerable books out which glorify and adulate over the universal church. Many songs have been written to exalt the church per se. The local church, so often, is seen in almost direct contrast to that honor given to the universal church.As you read these pages, keep in mind… | Christian Living ⋅ Church & Community | |
 | Now Available! Canadian customers, please… | We’re delighted to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the founding of Anabaptism with the release of If Anyone Would Follow Me, a new 13-lesson Anabaptist history study guide. This book is designed to be used by Anabaptist churches in group study settings like Sunday school, small groups, Wednesday evening Bible… | Anabaptist History & Thought | |
 | When ordered with ten or… | The Teacher’s Guide for If Anyone Would Follow Me is intended to support discussion leaders in a group study. This spiral-bound booklet includes introductory notes, additional background and contextual information for content in the study guide, and suggestions for further study. This is a supplement, not a stand-alone product. Anyone… | Anabaptist History & Thought | |
 | Alexander Strauch | Conflict in churches is a pervasive problem we know all too well. If You Bite & Devour One Another is the only book of its kind, examining all the biblical passages on conflict and outlining key scriptural principles for handling various kinds of conflicts among Christians – whether personal disputes, issues of… | Christian Living ⋅ Church & Community | |
 | Giles Laroche | A picture book of all kinds of houses in different eras and places. | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
 | James K. A. Smith | How does worship work? How exactly does liturgical formation shape us? What are the dynamics of such transformation? In the second of James K. A. Smith’s three-volume theology of culture, the author expands and deepens the analysis of cultural liturgies and Christian worship he developed in his well-received Desiring the… | Theology & Worldviews ⋅ Doctrine of Humanity | |
 | G. K. Chesteron | G.K. Chesterton was a master essayist. But reading his essays is not just an exercise in studying a literary form at its finest, it is an encounter with timeless truths that jump off the page as fresh as the day they were written. The only problem with Chesterton’s essays is… | Theology & Worldviews ⋅ Worldviews | |
 | Arleta Richardson | A young girl delights in her grandmother’s stories of days gone by, sparked by keepsakes and simple questions, Grandma shares marvelous stories of mischief , discovery, and laughter, such as the time she accidentally lost the family buggy.Part of the bestselling Grandma’s Attic series, these charming tales—updated with delightful new… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Lofgren, Rachael | The 1500s were a time of great upheaval – a time of change. As people tired of the oppression of the ruling state church, they began to rebel, demanding more freedom. Although this rebellion was quickly squashed, the hunger for a new and living faith in God led to the… | Literature ⋅ Anabaptist | |
 | Lois Lenski | In this classic Newbery Honor Award book, Lois Lenski authentically reconstructs the fascinating story of Mary Jemison’s capture, flight, and early years with the Seneca Indians. | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Louise A. Vernon | Johann Gutenberg is working on printing the first Bible with type. Twelve-year-old Hans Dunne is planning on being a scribe and copying the Bible by hand. But circumstances change and he finds himself working in Gutenberg’s shop as an apprentice printer. Soon Hans finds himself in the middle of a… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Paul David Tripp | We might be relieved if God placed our sanctification only in the hands of trained professionals, but that is not his plan. Instead, through the ministry of every part of the body, the whole church will mature in Christ. Paul David Tripp helps us discover where change is needed in… | Christian Living ⋅ Missions & Service | |
 | Ed Wheat | Intended for Pleasure is an easy-to-ready reference book that has helped hundreds of thousands of Christian couples gain the most out of their sexual relationship. The Wheats, along with their medical associate Dow Pursley, combine biblical teaching on love and marriage with the latest medical information on sex and sexuality… | Marriage | |
 | Clement of Alexandria | Clement of Alexandria was one of the outstanding teachers of the second century church. Intimacy with God is a collection of Clement’s insights on what it really means to know God and to walk with Him closely. This book is divided into two parts. The first part contains excerpts focused on the… | Christian Living |