Children’s Church

God's Dream by Archbishop Desmond Tutu (Author), Douglas Carlton Abrams (Author), Leuyen Pham (Illustrator) Archbishop Desmond Tutu has a vision of God's dream, which he shares here with the youngest of listeners. It involves people who reach out and hold each other's hands, but sometimes get angry and hurt each other — and say they're sorry and...

Inspirational and gloriously illustrated, THE CIRCLE OF DAYS by Reeve Lindbergh with illustrations by Cathie Felstead, honors the beauty of the natural world. (ages 5-12) In 1225, Saint Francis of Assisi wrote the Canticle of the Sun, a moving hymn of praise for all creation that has been adapted to poetry and song for centuries. Reeve Lindbergh...

In "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie," look out! If a hungry little mouse shows up on your doorstep, you might want to give him a cookie. And if you give him a cookie, he'll ask for a glass of milk. He'll want to look in a mirror to make sure he doesn't have a milk mustache, and then he'll ask for a pair of scissors to give himself a trim... This is...

In this gentle adaptation of Psalm 139, "On Morning Wings," author Reeve Lindbergh and illustrator Holly Meade create a prayer of abiding love and hope - and a sun-dappled world where comfort is around every corner, and no one is truly alone.

In this poetic picture book “We Planted A Tree” by Diane Muldrow with environmental themes, illustrated by award-winning artist Bob Staake, two young families in two very different parts of the world each plant a tree. As the trees flourish, so do the families . . . while trees all over the world help clean the air, enrich the soil, and give...

A heartwarming book, "There's No Such Thing As Little" by LeUyen Pham, that takes a look at all things little . . . and reveals some big surprises with each turn of the page.These things may seem little: A fish. An idea. A snowflake. But what if that little fish was also brave? And that little idea was fantastic? And that little snowflake turned...

Caldecott Medalist Marc Simont's heartwarming tale, The Stray Dog, is told with tender simplicity and grace. When a little dog appears at a family picnic, the girl and boy play with him all afternoon, and they name him Willy. At day's end they say good-bye. But the dog has won their hearts and stays on their minds. The following Saturday the...

The world is full of wonders, if we take a small moment to look! "Tiny Wonders" is beautiful story about everyday magic. April's town is dull and gray, and the people there are too busy to laugh or look up at the sky. But when April remembers Grandma's stories about wonder in the world, like the secret language of flowers, April wonders: Can...

With words that sing and colors that spill joy across the pages, author Nancy White Carlstrom and illustrator Debra Reid Jenkins celebrate creation and the way every creature praises God in their book, "Glory." Whether winged or finned or furry, each creature -- by being and doing what it was made to be and do -- gives glory to the Creator. This...

"What is Love" by Mac Barnett (illustrated by Carson Ellis) is a beautiful fable about the nature of love. "What is love?" a young boy asks. "I can't answer that," his grandmother says, and so the boy goes out into the world to find out. But while each person he meets—from the fisherman to the actor to everyone in between—has an answer to his...

In “Henry and Leo,” Leo isn’t just a stuffed toy, he is Henry’s best friend and brother. He is as real as a tree, a cloud, the sun, the moon, the stars, and the wind. But when the two are accidentally separated, no one in Henry’s family believes Leo is real enough to find his way home. With beautiful mixed-media paintings, the Caldecott...