– NEWEST ADDITIONS TO THE LIBRARY – July, 2026
The First Ladies. Marie Benedict & Victoria Christopher Murray, 2023 [Fiction] An historical novel about the partnership between First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and civil rights activist Mary McLeod Bethune.
Wonder. R.J. Palacio, 2012 [Fiction] “August (Auggie) Pullman was born with a facial difference that prevented hm from going to a mainstream school – until now.”
Short Stories by Jesus – The Enigmatic Parables of a Controversial Rabbi. Amy-Jill Levine, 2014 [226.8] “Recovers the sense of provocation and challenge [the parables] would have presented to their first century audiences.”
What’s Christianity All About? – Its Scriptures, History, Beliefs and Practices. John Schwzarz, 2012 [248] “…is a good overview of the Bible and the biblical story and offers some guidelines for Christian living.”
After – Stories About Loss & What Comes Next. Melissa Fournier & Daniel W. Stewart, Editors 2019 [155] “The true stories and poems collected here are stories about life after loss–but these stories are of lives changed rather than just diminished.”
Indian Spirit. Edited by Michael Oren and Judith Fitzgerald, 2006 [973.04*] “This book expresses the Red Indian spirit because it combines the best photographs ever taken of the old time chiefs with some of their best words.”
Race Amity – America’s Other Tradition. William H. Smith, Ed.D. and Richard W. Thomas, Ph.D., 2019 [230**] “If we remember those times and places – and there are so many – where people have behaved magnificently, this gives us the energy to act, and at least the possibility of sending this spinning top of a world in a different direction.”
I Love God’s Green Earth – Devotions for Kids Who Want to Take Care of God’s Creation. Michael & Caroline Carroll, 2010 [child*] Each devotion focuses on what Scripture says about God’s creation and how kids can be good stewards of this Earth.”
Junonia. Kevin Henkes, 2011 [child/chapter] “,,,a tender tale of summer, seashells, and special moments for kids ages 8 – 12”
Adopted by an Owl – The True Story of Jackson the Owl. Robbyn Smith van Frakenhuyzen, 2001 [child] “From frightened owlet to rehabilitation and release into the wild, readers will be utterly charmed by the personality of this exceptional bird, and the family that he came to claim as his own.”
**Matthew 25 Shelves
*Creation Care Shelves