Books! - August 2020
Hello Friends! Most libraries are open for curbside service! I wanted to share some book recommendations for kids that complement our lectionary passages this month. All these books are available to borrow through the Carnegie Library! The links are below.
Picnic by John Burningham
Matthew 14: 13-21 is the familiar story of the Feeding of the 5000. In the scripture passage, Jesus tells the disciples to feed the hungry people who have gathered. Although Jesus is the one who makes the miracle happen, the disciples are the ones that feed the crowds. We see Christ’s empathy for the people and we see the transformative power of Christ that happens when people break bread together. In Picnic, a boy and girl go for a picnic and invite friends along the way. Everyone plays and eats together. What starts out as the children having plans for themselves ends with them including and feeding their new friends.
The Darkest Dark by Chris Hadfield
This part of Genesis is the story of Joseph and his brothers. In The Darkest Dark, a boy wants to be an astronaut but he is afraid of the dark. In the darkness, he sees aliens, monstrous eyes, scary things. In the passage from Genesis, Joseph’s brothers cruelly sell him into slavery and scary things are ahead for him. Joseph and the boy in this book learn that we may experience terrible and scary things - but God is always with us.
Those Darn Squirrels and the Cat Next Door
by Adam Rubin
At the start of the book of Exodus, a new Pharaoh is in power in Egypt. He fears the Hebrews and makes an awful plan to kill all the male children born in the Hebrew communities. But several brave people fight this new Pharaoh’s terrible plan. In Those Darn Squirrels and the Cat Next Door, Ms. Hu and her cat move in next door to Mr. Fookwire. The cat is a terror to everyone, especially to the birds, whom Mr. Fookwire loves to watch, and also to the squirrels. Typically the squirrels and Mr. Fookwire are at odds with one another, but when the cat arrives, they share a problem. Like the squirrels who ended up protecting the birds, the Hebrew women stepped up when a terrible thing was happening.
Hank Finds an Egg by Rebecca Dudley
Moses comes upon a burning bush while watching his sheep. From the burning bush, God’s voice speaks and gives Moses a mission to fulfill, and people to take care of, with God’s help. As the title of this book suggests, Hank the bear is out in the forest when he finds an egg on the ground. In these two stories, Hank and Moses are given a bigger purpose and mission from an unexpected encounter.
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