"Where is God?"“What does God look like?”“How does God make things happen?”With little hands, and big hands. With young hands and old hands, With your hands.” Mixing sparks of curiosity and spiritual imagination, this wondrous book lights children's creativity and shows how God is with us every day, in every way. It is a vibrant invitation to children and their adults to explore—together—what, where, and how God is in our lives. Multicultural,...

Mandie enthusiasts and new Mandie fans will love Volume Four of the Mandie Collection, as readers travel with Mandie, her friends, and her grandmother through Europe. Mystery and adventure await them at every stop, including a burglary at the Catacombs in Rome in Mandie and the Silent Catacombs and an ancient juniper tree that is said to mysteriously jump at a castle in Germany in Mandie and the Jumping Juniper. This volume also includes Mandie and the Singing Chalet, Mandie and the Myster...

Growing up is hard when you don’t have a mother—but God helps Lucy find her way.Lucy is a feisty, precocious tomboy who questions everything—even God. It’s not hard to see why: a horrible accident killed her mother and blinded her father, turning her life upside down. It will take a strong but gentle housekeeper—who insists on Bible study along with homework—to show Lucy that there are many ways to become the woman God intends her to be. Lucy’s bossy, career-minded Aunt Karen thinks eleven...

Children and their parents will enjoy meeting Adam and Eve and the sneaky snake; brave Daniel in the lions' den; Jonah and the enormous whale, and Joseph and his rough-tough brothers. These nine tales, full of lively characters, make the perfect introduction to Bible stories."Positively jaunty in tone, and Nicola Smee's friendly illustrations make this collection very accessible"- Parenting MagazineContents:How the World Was MadeThe Story of Ad...

Discover the Dead Sea Scrolls with this informative and colorful pictorial guide. Read a short story of how the scrolls were discovered and find the answers to many questions: Why are the Scrolls so important? Where are they now? What is the mystery of the Buried Treasure contained in one of the Scrolls? This book targets Grades 4 and up, however it can be read and enjoyed by all ages

Multicultural, Nonsectarian, NondenominationalEndorsed by Protestant, Catholic, and Jewish Religious LeadersFinalist, Childrens Books of Distinction AwardHungry Mind ReviewA Childrens Book Council Not Just for Children Anymore! SelectionRecommended by Parent CouncilEveryone and everything in the world has a name. What is Gods name?In poetic text and vibrant illustrations, this modern fable celebrates the diversity and, at the same time, the unity of all people....

Winner of The Best of the Bunch from 1998 award by the Association of Jewish LibrariesA 1999 Top 10 Religion Book for Youth by BooklistNondenominational, Nonsectarian, Endorsed by Protestant, Catholic, and Jewish Religious Leaders"In the beginning, God created the heaven and the earth...But something was missing..."Before creating humans, God said, “Let us make humans in Our image, after Ou...

A lesson in hope and faith—and learning that there are some things in life beyond our control—for every child who has worried about what comes next.Adam and Eve's very first day in the Garden of Eden was perfect—safe and unshadowed by worry, doubt, or fear. God's first two people saw morning lift the sun high in the bright sky, and they rested in the contented warmth of the peaceful afternoon.Before long, Adam and Eve realized that the sun was slipping away. First it began ...

A Guide for Jewish and Christian Educators and ParentsChildren speak about God in ways that are different from adults. They ask many questions about God, questions that can be startlingly direct. Oftentimes adultsparents, grandparents, and teachersfeel uncomfortable answering them.Through fantasy, involvement, and imagination, Sandy Sasso and Annette Compton invite children of all faiths and backgrounds to encounter God openly through moments in their own livesand help the adu...

A Charming tale to remind us all that our kindness works miracles.When the sun sets and stars fill the sky, the square in the little town grows quiet and still. The cool air of distant hills mingles with the sweet scent of baking bread. The moon rises and glows softly. Its the sort of place where miracles could happen.  David and Jacob live in the same little, ordinary town, but its almost as if theyre from different worlds. David is so poor he can barely feed his family. Jaco...

This lively collection is a celebration of courageous and wise women from ancient tradition whom we seldom remember. With vivid prose and lush, full-color illustrations, this storybook introduces Lillith, the first woman in the Garden of Eden according to an ancient legend, who shows her determination to have men and women treat each other as equals; Serach the musician, whose courage to speak out through song heals the wrongs of another generation; Bityah, who draws the baby Moses from the N...

Nondenominational, Nonsectarian, MulticulturalFrom award-winning author Sandy Eisenberg Sasso comes a new story to delight children and adults of all faiths and backgrounds.This is the magical, mythical tale of a poor village at the foot of a hill--a topsy-turvy town with no roads and no windows, where the people sneeze through tall tangled weeds and trip over rocks as big as watermelons. Surely God would help them, they decide … but how can God be found, a...