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 | Mildred A. Martin | Gather around the table with Sharon, Peter, Timmy, Laura, and Beth Miller, and read about how Timmy saves an elderly neighbor’s life, Sharon teaches summer Bible school, Peter shoots the wrong deer, Sioux Indians return good for evil, and much more! As always, each “Miller” story is based on true… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Swift, Jonathan | Gulliver sees life from many different perspectives during the course of his exciting voyages around the world. In Lilliput he is a giant among a race of little people only six inches high; in Brobdingnag he himself seems tiny compared to the giant inhabitants; and in the country of the… | Literature ⋅ Classics | |
 | Carroll, Abigail | Habitation of Wonder is an offering of poems that travels the intersection of the natural landscape and the landscape of spirit. Here, the moon is a “white comma / in the breath of space.” Crocuses are “ephemeral prophets, first of the sun’s spring projects.” The ocean is “a vast /… | Literature ⋅ Poetry | |
 | Justin Whitmel Earley | Parenting happens in habits. We make meals, get in cars, answer questions, discipline, and do bedtime. Habits of the Household shows how these ordinary routines are extraordinary opportunities to live out the love of God in profound ways. In this book you will find the tools you need tor parenting and… | Christian Living ⋅ Family | |
 | St. Olaf Choir | 1. Cantate Domino2. Set Me As a Seal3. Keep Your Lamps4. Angel’s Carol5. Alleluia6. A La Nanita7. Beautiful Savior8. Lord, Thee I Love9. I Was Glad When They Said Unto Me10. Singabahambayo11. Crucifixus12. Ah, Holy Jesus13. Kyrieleis14. What Wondrous Love15. Haleluya! Pelo Tsa Rona | Saint Olaf Choir | |
 | Lana Kuhns | Hamlet the Hog learns to share.A Happy Day Farms book. | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
 | Charles R. Swindoll | When Nehemiah confronted the task of rebuilding Jerusalem’s wall, he was heartbroken by the damage he saw and nearly overwhelmed by the task that lay before him. Yet through the application of timeless leadership principles, Nehemiah completed this nearly impossible project, and laid a pattern for success which is just… | Leadership | |
 | Berry, Wendell | Hannah Coulter is Wendell Berry’s seventh novel and his first to employ the voice of a woman character in its telling. Hannah, the now-elderly narrator, recounts the love she has for the land and for her community. | Literature ⋅ Contemporary | |
 | Lana Kuhns | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | ||
 | Sharon Gayle | Born into slavery, Harriet Tubman dreamed of freedom. Her dream finally came true, but she didn’t stop there–as a conductor for the Underground Railroad, Harriet led hundreds of slaves to freedom, too. Full-color illustrations. | Level 21 items | |
 | Gene Zion | “Harry was a white dog with black spots who liked everything, except…getting a bath.” So one day Harry hides the scrubbing brush and runs away. And what an adventure! However, when he crawls back through the fence into his backyard, he is so dirty that his family doesn’t recognize him… | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
 | Judy Yoder | Fresh from the plains of Kansas, eleven-year-old Eli can’t wait to see the farm Dad bought at the foot of White Hill in Stuarts Draft, Virginia. Still small for his age, Eli dreads going to a new school and a new church.Electricity comes to the farm. Harvesting is done with… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Russell Hoban, illustrated by Lillian… | For big sisters and little brothers in dens, burrows, and houses everywhere.“Mildred,” said Father Muskrat, “it is true that Harvey is selfish and inconsiderate, but he is not stupid and no-good. Mildred is loudmouthed and bossy,” Father said to Harvey, “but she is not mean and rotten.”When Mildred goes off… | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
 | Joanna Weaver | This book’s fresh approach to the familiar Bible stories and its creative, practical strategies are designed to show how readers can draw closer to the Lord, deepening devotion, strengthening service, and doing both with less stress and greater joy. | Christian Living ⋅ Women | |
 | Meghan Brubaker | At Christmastime, we sing of the beautiful parts of the Christmas story—“All is calm, all is bright” and “The little Lord Jesus, no crying He makes.” But in reality, not every part of Christ’s coming to earth was beautiful and rosy. In fact, many parts of the story are shockingly… | Program Scripts ⋅ Christmas | |
 | Meghan Brubaker | Why does God let His people go through hard times? This skit attempts to begin to answer that question by focusing on two Biblical stories: Jeremiah in the pit and Paul and Silas in prison. These men experienced God’s presence in difficult times, and their stories can give us some… | Program Scripts ⋅ General | |
 | Brubaker, Meghan | Jesus became human, and that miracle accomplished many things. But one of the greatest gifts of His time here on earth was that He showed us how to live. This rhyming spoken-word piece reflects on the beautiful example Jesus set for us. He was a human, like we are. He… | Program Scripts ⋅ General | |
 | Meghan Brubaker | This poetic spoken word piece reflects on the kind of king the world expects, contrasting it with the kind of King we see in Jesus. This piece has themes that make it able to be used at either Christmas or Easter, as it spends time reflecting both on the way… | Program Scripts ⋅ Christmas ⋅ Easter ⋅ General | |
 | Oasis Chorale | 1. Shout for Joy2. Hail, Gladdening Light3. Praise to the Lord, The Almighty4. God Is So Loving5. Make Me to Know the Measure of My Days6. A Mighty Fortress Is Our God7. I Want Jesus to Walk With Me8. Where He Leads Me I Will Follow9. Hard Times Come Again… | Music ⋅ Oasis Chorale | |
 | Rod & Staff Publishers | Preschool & Early Education Activity Books | ||
 | Dallas Willard | Being close to God means communicating with him – telling him what is on our hearts in prayer and hearing what he is saying to us. But how do we hear God’s voice? How can we be sure that what we think we hear is not our own subconscious? What… | Christian Living | |
 | Beechick, Ruth | This book contains the most complete research available about heart in the Bible. The Bible says the heart knows, considers, speaks, remembers, deceives, meditates, and other functions that modernists like to attribute to the brain. This book also reports physiological research that shows the Bible was right all along in… | Methods of Teaching | |
 | Conrad, Joseph | The tale concerns the journey of the narrator (Marlow) up the Congo River on behalf of a Belgian trading company. Far upriver, he encounters the mysterious Kurtz, an ivory trader who exercises an almost godlike sway over the inhabitants of the region. Both repelled and fascinated by the man, Marlow… | Literature ⋅ Classics | |
 | Conrad, Joseph and Prior, Karen… | Sense and Sensibility. Frankenstein. The Scarlet Letter. You’re familiar with these pillars of classic literature. You may even be able to rattle off a few quotes, but do you really know how to read them? Do you know how to read them as a Christian? Through this beautifully designed classic… | Literature ⋅ Classics | |
 | Mindy and Brandon Withrow | Let history come to life just the way it should do! Read the stories of the gifted preachers and justice fighters who led the first and second Great Awakenings in the 18th and 19th centuries. Meet the American preacher who started a national revival in his tiny church. Spend time… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | 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 | |
 | Heather T. Forbes, LCSW | Help for Billy is a must read for anyone looking to understand, support, and teach challenging and easily frustrated children. Heather writes with the knowledge of a professional and the heart of a parent. –Jennifer AdkinsFormat: UnknownAuthor: Heather T. Forbes, LCSWPublisher: ISBN: 9780977704095 | Books ⋅ Educational Resources ⋅ Diverse Learners | |
 | 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 | |
 | Ellen Levine | “Do you see those leaves blowing in the wind? They are torn from the trees like slave children are torn from their families.”And so it was with Henry Brown. Taken from his family at a young age, he knew what it was to be lonely. But slaves don’t have a… | Level 21 items | |
 | 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 | |
 | Jackson, Dave | Ideal for family devotions, homeschooling, and more, this beautifully illustrated treasury presents the true-life stories of fifteen key Christian heroes, such as Amy Carmichael, Martin Luther, Dwight L. Moody, John Wesley, Samuel Morris, Gladys Aylward, and others. | Level 43 items | |
 | Dave and Neta Jackson | Timeless lessons for families from great Christians of the past. Drawn from the lives of fifteen key Christian heroes, Hero Tales, Vol. II is a beautifully illustrated treasury of forty-five exciting and educational readings designed to help foster Christian character qualities in families with elementary-age children. This inspiring collection presents… | Level 43 items | |
 | Jackson, Dave & Neta | Timeless lessons for families from great Christians of the past. Drawn from the lives of fifteen key Christian heroes, Hero Tales, Vol. III is a beautifully illustrated treasury of forty-five exciting and educational readings designed to help foster Christian character qualities in families with elementary-age children. This inspiring collection presents… | Level 43 items | |
 | 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 | |
 | Wineburg, Sam | Whether he is comparing how students and historians interpret documentary evidence or analyzing children’s drawings, Wineburg’s essays offer rough maps of how ordinary people think about the past and use it to understand the present. These essays acknowledge the role of collective memory in filtering what we learn in school… | Resources By Subject ⋅ History & Social Studies | |
 | Deana Swanson | This session was recorded at Teachers Week 2024, held at Faith Builders on July 30 – August 2, 2024. | Teachers Week 2024 | |
 | 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 | |
 | Bill Mowry | Watch the Bible come alive in your life like never before.Many Christians long for a deeper, more meaningful relationship with God’s Word—but engaging on our own with the Scriptures can be intimidating. We rely on the writings of others to help us understand what it says, or we read simply… | Books ⋅ Bibles & Bible Study ⋅ Study Methods | |
 | 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 | |
 | Weston, Mark | The life story of Soichiro Honda, pioneering Japanese businessman and innovative motorcycle and car manufacturer.One day in 1914 when Soichiro Honda was seven years old, an astonishing, moving dust cloud appeared in his small Japanese town. The cause was a leaky, noisy automobile-the first the boy had ever seen. At… | Living History Level 56 ⋅ 56 JKSEA | |
 | Hunt, Gladys | Everything you need from how to choose good books for your children to encouraging them to be avid readers, this fourth edition also includes an indexed and updated list of the best children’s classics ever.A modern classic with over 250,000 copies sold, Honey for a Child’s Heart is a compelling, essential guide… | Resources By Subject ⋅ Language Arts & Literature |