Baptism

• Water, Come Down! by Walter Wangering, Jr. 

Stories with Biblical Foundations

• On Noah’s Ark by Jan Brett
• Old Turtle by Douglas Wood
• God’s Paintbrushby Sandy Sasso
• Runaway Bunny by Margaret Wise Brown

Social Justice and Compassion

• The Lorax by Dr. Seuss
• Three Pandas Planting by Megan Halsey
• Oliver and Albert – Friends Foreverby Jean Van Leeuwen
• Peace Begins with Youby Katherine Scholes [for older children]
• Our Big Home by Linda Glaser
• Wilfred Gordon McDonald Partridge by Mem Fox

Parent and Child         

• Guess How Much I Love Youby Sam McBratney
• Mama Do You Love Meby Barbara M. Joosse
• Papa Do You Love Meby Barbara M. Joosse
• Are You My Mother? by Dr. Seuss
• Joy! by Joyce Carol Thomas
• My Grandma – Mi Abuelitaby Ginger Foglesong Guy

Celebration

• There is a Flower at the Tip of My Nose Smelling Me by Alice Walker

Life’s Lessons         

• Cookies: Bite-Size Life Lessonsby Amy Krouse Rosenthal
• Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Dayby Judith Viorst

Adoption

• The Red Blanket by Eliza Thomas

Divorce

• Fred Stays with Me!by Nancy Coffelt

Military Support

• My Red Balloon by Eve Bunting
• While You Are Awayby Eileen Spinelli

Animal Kingdom

• What Do You Do With a Tail Like This? by Steve Jenkins and Robin Page

Bedtime              

• Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown

Ecumenical

• A Child’s Book of Blessingscompiled by Sabrina Dearborn
• The First Strawberries – A Cherokee Story retold by Joseph Bruchac
• Because Nothing Looks Like God by Lawrence Kushner and Karen Kushner