Shalom Readers (for children)
​The following titles have been carefully selected for children by educational professionals.  New titles are added every year.  Titles in bold are the new books added for this year.  Grade categories are only a guide.  Children may choose from any level according to their interests and abilities.  Books noted with an * are out of print and unavailable as a reward choice.  They may, however, be checked out from the Central Plains Shalom Readers Library at our office in Freeman if they are not available in your church, school or public libraries.  Please note that a $15.00 fee will be charged for each book that is borrowed from the SR library and not returned.  This fee will be used to purchase replacement books.

This is the complete list of Shalom Readers Books for children and youth

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Click here to download the children's list of "oldies but goodies" (out of print and pre-2000 books)
These books are still good and available in used bookstores, libraries or personal collections.    

Shalom Readers (for adults)
Books will be added to the adult Shalom Readers list each month. 

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Please note: Central Plains Mennonite Conference does not wholly endorse the contents of each recommended Shalom Readers book, but offers these books as a starting point for deeper thought, conversation and discernment.

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Shalom Readers Children's Book List (2000-2021)

Preschool thru Grade 2

*Abuela’s Weave by Omar Castenada. Lee & Low Books, Inc., 1993. 

A Crocodile for Aminata: A Story from Burkina Faso by Carol Shenk Bornman. Trafford Publishing, 2004. 

Adrian Simcox Does Not Have a Horse by Marcy Campbell, Illust. by Corinna Luyken, Dial, 2018. 

All Kinds of Children by Norma Simon. Albert Whitman & Co. 1999. 
All Things Bright & Beautiful by Cecil Frances Alexander. Ideals, 1992. 
Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman. Dial Books, 1991.

Amelia’s Road by Linda J. Altman. Lee & Low, 1993. A young migrant girl finds a permanent home.

*Angel Child, Dragon Child by Michele Maria Surat. Raintree Publishers, 1983. 

*The Animals’ Peace Day by Jan Wahl. New York, Crown: 1970 (Outstanding Illustrations). 

*Apples for Immigrants by Lois Thieszen Preheim. Blue River Publishing, 1999. 

*Are You My Friend? By Janice Derby. Herald Press, 1993. 
Be Kind by Pat Zietlow Miller, Illust. by Jen Hill, Roaring Brook Press, 2018. 

Beatrice’s Goat by Page McBrier. Atheneum, c2001. 

Bein’ with You This Way by W. Nikola-Lisa; ill. by Michael Bryant. Lee & Low Books, 1994. 

Best of All by Max Lucado. Illustrated by Sergio Martinez. Crossway Books Good News Publishers 2003. 

*Bully Bill by Joy Birky. Herald Press, c2007. 

*Castle on Viola Street by DyAnne Disalvo. Harper Collins, 2001. 

Cats in Krasinski Square by Karen Hesse. Illustrated by Wendy Watson. Scholastic, Inc. c2004. 

Cheyenne Again by Eve Bunting, illustrated by Irving Toddy c. 1995, 2002 by HMH Books for Young Readers. 

*Chinese Eyes by Marjorie An Waybill. Herald Press, 1974. 
*The Color of Home by Mary Hoffman. Phyllis Fogelman Books, 2002. 

*The Cornhusk Doll by Eveyln Minsull. Herald Press, 1987. 

Cookies: bite-size life lessons by Amy Krouse Rosenthal; illustrated by Jane Dyer. HarperCollins, 2006.

*Cups Held Out by Judith Roth. Herald Press, 2006. 

The Crayon Box that Talked by Shane DeRolf; illustrated by Michael Letzig. Random House 1997. 

The Curious Garden by Peter Brown, Little Brown & Company, c2009. 

*Doorway to the World by Ronald Kidd. Habitat for Humanity, 1996. 

Do Unto Otters: A Book About Manners by Laurie Keller. Henry Holt, 2007. 


Douglas, You’re a Genius! by Ged Adamson Author and Illust., Schwartz & Wade, 2018. 

Each Kindness-by Jacqueline Woodson, ill. by E. B. Lewis, Nancy Paulsen Books, 2012. 

Effie’s Image by N. L. Sharp; ill. by Dorothia Rohner. Prairieland Press, 2005. 

Enemy Pie by Derek Munson. Chronicle Books, 2000. 

Everybody Cooks Rice by Norah Dooley. Carolorhada Books, 1991. 

*Faith the Cow by Susan Bame Hoover. Brethren Press, 1995. 

Families are Different by Nina Pellegrini. Holiday House, 1991. 
*A Farm Boy’s Year by David McPhail. Athenaeum, 1992. 

Feathers and Fools: A Modern Fable by Mem Fox. Harcourt Brace, 1996. 

The First Strawberries: A Cherokee Story retold by Joseph Bruchac. Penguin Young Readers Group 1998. 

*The Folks in the Valley—a Pennsylvania Dutch ABC by Jim Aylesworth. Harper Collins, 1994. 

Four Feet, Two Sandals by Karen Williams. Eerdmans, c2007. 

The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein. Harper & Row, 1964. 

Good Rosie by Kate DiCamillo; illustrated by Harry Bliss. Candlewick, c2018. 

The Great Kapok Tree: A Tale of the Amazon Rain Forest by Lynne Cherry. Harcourt Brace, c1990.

Growing Vegetable Soup by Lois Ehlert. Harcourt Brace, 1987. 

Henry and the Kite Dragon by Bruce Edward Hall; illustrated by William Low. Philomel Books, 2004. 

Hike by Pete Oswald, Candlewick Press, 2020.

How Full Is Your Bucket? For Kids by Tom Rath and Mary Reckmeyer. Gallup Press, 2009. 

How to Apologize by David LaRochelle, Ill. by Mike Wohanoutka, Candlewick Press, 2021.

I Sing for the Animals by Paul Goble. Bradbury Press, 1991. 
If You Plant a Seed by Kadir Nelson c. 2015 Balzer & Bray. 

I Know A Lady by Charlotte Zolotow. Puffin, 1986. 

In the Trunk of Grandma’s Car: The Story of Edna Ruth Byler and Ten Thousand Villages by Donna J. Stoltzfus. Masthof Press, 2014. (Available at Mastof Press.com) 

Invisible Boy by Trudy Ludwig; illustrated by Patrice Barton. Random House Children’s Books, c.2013. 

*It’s George by Miriam Cohen. Greenwillow, 1988. 

It's Mine! a Fable by Leo Lionni. Alfred K. Knopf, 1985. 

I Walk with Vanessa: A Story About a Simple Act of Kindness by Kerascoet. Schwartz & Wade c 2018. 

Jamaica's Find by Juanita Havill. Houghton Mifflin, 1987. 

*Just Like Us by Hiaroyn Oram. MorehouseÄBarlow, 1987. 

The Kindness Quilt by Nancy Wallace. M. Cavendish Children, c2006. 

Lailah’s Lunchbox: A Ramadan Story by Reem Faruqi. Illustrated by Lea Lyon. Tilbury House Publishers, 2015. 

Last Stop on Market Street by Matt De La Pena; illustrated by Christian Robinson. Putman’s c2015. 

*The Legend of the Valentine by Katherine Grace Bond; illustrated by Don Tate. Zonderkidz2001.

Let's Be Enemies by Janice May Udry. Harper Collins, 1961. 

*Let’s Make a Garden by Tamara Awad Lobe. Herald Press, 1995. 

A Light to Share by Natalie Frisk, ill by Marie Diaz Perera, Herald Press, 2025. 

Listen to the Wind: The Story of Dr. Greg and the Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson. Dial, 2009. 

Little Blue Truck and Little Blue Truck Leads the Way by Alice Schertle, Illust. by Jill McElmurry, Harcourt Children’s Books, 2008, 2009. 

Maddi’s Fridge by Lois Brandt; illustrated by Vin Vogel. Flashlight Press, 2014. 

*Make Someone Smile, and 40 More Ways to Be a Peaceful Person by Judy Lalli. Free Spirit Publishing, 1996. 

Marisol McDonald Doesn’t Match / Marisol McDonald no Combina by Monica Brown; illustrated by Sara Palacius. Lee and Low, 2011. 

Migrant by Maxine Trottier. Groundwood Books, c2011.

Milo and the Magic Stone by Mark Pfister. Scholastic, 1995.

*My Favorite Place by Susan Sargent and Donna Aaron Wirt. Abingdon Press, 1987. 

*Nicholas, Where Have You Been? By Leo Lionni. Knopf 1987. 

Nobody Hugs a Cactus-by Carter Goodrich Author and Illust., Simon and Schuster, 2019. 

*Not So Fast, Songolo by Niki Daly. Theneum, 1985. 

Odd Velvet by Mary Whitcomb. Chronicle Books, 1998. 

Old Turtle by Douglas Wood. Pfeifer Hamilton, 1991. 

On Meadowview Street by Henry Cole. Greenwillow Books, 2007. 

One Green Apple by Eve Bunting. Clarion, 2006.

One Smile by Cynthia McKinley; illustrated by Mary Gregg Byrne. Illumination 2002.  

The Other Side by Jacqueline Woodson. GP Putnam's Sons, 2001. 

A Pair of Red Clogs by Masako Matsuno. Purple House Press, 2002. (Reissue from 1981) 

Peace Begins With You by Katherine Scholes. Sierra Club Books/Little Brown, 1989. 

The Peace Book by Todd Parr. Little Brown, 2004. 

Peace Week in Miss Fox’s Class by Eileen Spinelli. Albert Whitman & Company, 2009.

Perfect by Waka T Brown, ill by Yuko Jones, Quill Tree books, 2024.

Peter's Chair by Ezra Jack Keats. Harper Collins, 1967.

*Planting Seeds by Patricia Quinlan. Annick Press Ltd., 1988. 

*Potatoes, Potatoes by Anita Lobel. Harper & Row, 1967. 

*Praying With Our Feet by Lisa D. Weaver, illustrated by Ingrid Hess. 

The Quarreling Book by Charlotte Zolotow. Harper Collins, 1982. 
The Rag Coat by Lauren Mills. Little Brown & Co., 1991. 

Rainbow Fish and the Big Blue Whale by Marcus Pfister. North-South Books, 1998. 

*Raising Yoder’s Barn by Jane Yolen; illustrated by Bernie Fuchs. Little Brown, 2002. 

Room for Everyone by Naaz Khan, Ill. Merce Lopez, Caitlyn Dlouhy Books, 2021.

*Rose for Abby by Donna Guthrie. Abingdon Press, 1988. 

Say Something by Peggy Moss; ill. by Lea Lyon. Tilbury House, 2004. 

Say Something by Peter H. Reynolds, Orchard Books, 2019.

The Seagoing Cowboy by Peggy Reiff Miller, Illustrated by Claire Ewart. Brethren Press, 2016. 

Sensing Peace-by Suzana E. Yoder, ill. by Rachel Hoffman-Bayles, Herald Press, 2010.

Seven Brave Women by Betsy Hearne. Greenwillow, 1997. 

Silent Music: A Story of Baghdad by James Rumford. Roaring Book Press, 2008. 

The Skin You Live In by Michael Tyler. Chicago Children’s Museum, 2005. 

Snow in Jerusalem by Deborah da Costa. Albert Whitman & Company 2001. 

Somewhere Today: A Book of Peace by Shelley Moore Thomas. Albert Whitman & Co., 1998. 

The Spelling Window by Dawn L. Watkins. Bob Jones University Press, 1993. 

The Story of Ruby Bridges by Robert Coles. Scholastic, 1995. 

The Story of Ferdinand by Monro Leaf. Viking Press, 1936. 

*The Sun and the Wind: An Aesop Fable retold by Cornelia Lehn. Faith & Life Press, 1983. 

Tap-Tap by Karen Lynn Williams: Clarion, 1995. 

Ten Beautiful Things-by Molly Beth Griffin, Illust. by Marilbel Lechuga, Charlesbridge, 2021.

Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes-by Mem Fox, Illust. by Helen Oxenbury, Walker Books, 2009. 

Thank You, Omu! Oge Mora, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2018. .

*Thank You World by Alice McGinty; illustrated by Wendy Halperin. Dial, 2007.

This Is the Way We Go To School by Edith Baer. Scholastic, 1990.

This Little Light of Mine ill. by E. B. Lewis. Simon and Schuster, 2005. 

Tomas and the Library Lady by Pat Mora. Random House, 1997. 

Too Many Carrots by Katy Hudson. Capstone c2016. 

*Trouble by Jane Kurtz. Harcourt Brace, 1997.

The Two of Them by Aliki. Greenwillow Books, 1979. 

*Two Sides of the River by David Crippen. Abingdon Press, 1976.

Walk in Peace by Ingrid Hess. Herald Press, 2009.

Wake Up, Bertha Bear by Chad Mason. Down East Books, 2006. 

Wangari's Trees of Peace: A True Story from Africa by Jeanette Winter. Harcourt, 2008. 
The War Between the Vowels and the Consonants by Priscilla Turner. Farrar Straus Giroux, 1996. 

Watercress by Andrea Wang, Illust. by Jason Chin, Neal Porter Books, 2021.  

We Can Get Along; A Child's Book of Choices by Lauren Murphy Payne. Free Spirit Publishing, 1997. 

We Planted a Tree by Diane Muldrow; illustrated by Bob Staake. Golden Books, 2010. 

We Share One World by Jane Hoffelt; illustrated by Marty Husted. Illumination 2006. 

The Wednesday Surprise by Eve Bunting; illustrated by Donald Carrick. Houghton Mifflin 1989. 

What Does It Mean To Be Global by Rana DiOrio; illustrated by Chris Hill. Source Books Little Pickle Press c. 2009.  

What Does Peace Feel Like? by V. Radunsky. Atheneum, 2004. 

*What I Like by Catherine & Lawrence Anholt. Putnames, 1991. 

What if the Zebras Lost Their Stripes by John Reitano. Paulist Press, 1998. 

When Beavers Flew by Kristen Tracy, ill by Luisa Uribe, Random House, 2024. 

When Charlie Met Emma by Amy Webb. Illustrated by Merrilee Liddiard. Beaming Books, 2019. 

When God Made You by Matthew Paul Turner, ill. by David Catrow, Convergent Books, 2017.

Where's Chimpy? by Bernice Rabe. Albert Whitman, 1988. 

The Whispering Town by Jennifer Elvgren, illustrator Fabio Santomauro, c. 2014 by Kar-Ben Publishing. 

Whoever You Are by Mem Fox. Harcourt Brace, 1997. 

Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge by Mem Fox. Kane Miller, 1985. 

*You Are Not My Best Friend Anymore by Charlotte Pomerantz. Dial Books, 1998. 

You Are Special by Max Lucado. Crossway c1997. 

Grade 3 thru 5

Abby Takes a Stand by Patricia McKissack; ill. by Gordan C. James. Viking, 2005. 

Act by Kayla Miller, HMH Books for Young Readers, 2020. 

Ada’s Violin: The Story of the Recycled Orchestra of Paraguay by Susan Hood; illustrated by Sally Wern Comport.  Simon & Shuster Books for Young Readers, c2016. 

An Angel for Solomon Singer by Cynthia Rylant. Orchard Books, 1992. 

Baseball Saved Us by Ken Mochizuki. Lee & Low Books, NY 1993. 

Because of Mr. Terupt by Rob Buyea. Delacorte Press, 2010. 

*The Bedford Adventure by Murial Leeson. Herald Press, 1987. 

*The Big Book for Peace by various authors and illustrators. Dutton, 1990. 

The Blossoming Universe of Violet Diamond by Brenda Woods. Penguin, c2015. 

Bringing Back the Wolves: How a Predator Restored an Ecosystem by Jude Isabella, Illust. by Kim Smith, Kids Can Press, 2020, nonfiction. 

Brothers in Hope: The Story of the Lost Boys of Sudan by Mary Williams. Lee and Low Books, Inc. 2005.

The Bracelet by Yoshiko Uchida. Philomel Books, NY, 1976. 

*The Bully of Barkham Street by Mary Stolz. Harper and Row, 1963.

The Butter Battle Book by Dr. Suess. Random House, 1984. 

The Butterfly by Patricia Polacco. Philomel, 2000. 

*Cecil’s Story by George Ella Lyon. Orchard Books, NY, 1991. 

Chicken Sunday by Patricia Polacco. Philomel Books, 1992. 

Christmas Menorahs: How a Town Fought Hate by Janice Cohn. Albert Whitman & Co, 1995. 

*Coals of Fire by Elizabeth Hershberger Bauman. Herald Press, 1954. 

Copycat: Nature Inspired Design Around the World by Christy Hale Author and Illust., Lee & Low Books, 2022, nonfiction. 

*Crossing Bok Chitto: A Choctaw Tale of Friendship and Freedom by Jim Tingle. Cingo Puntos Press, c2006. 

Dad, Jackie, and Me by Myron Uhlberg. Peachtree, 2005. 

*Dad, Why’d You Leave Me? by Dorothy Fast. Herald Press, 1992. 

El Deafo by Cece Bell. Harry N. Abrams, c2014. 

Erika’s Story by Ruth Vander Zee, ill. by Roberto Innocenti, Creative Editions, 2003. 

*Desmond Tutu: Bishop of Peace by Carol Greene. Children’s Press, 1986. 

Every Last Drop: Bringing Clean Water Home by Michelle Mulder. Orca Book Publishers c2014.

Extra Credit by Andrew Clements. Atheneum, c2009. 

Fire on the Mountain by Jane Kurtz. Simon & Schuster, 1994. 

14 Cows for America by Carmen Agra Deedy; illustrated by Thomas Gonzalez. Peachtree, 2009.

Freedom Train by Dorothy Sterling. Scholastic, 1970. 

Freewater by Amina Luqman-Dawson, Jimmy Patterson, 2022. 

Full Cicada Moon by Mailyn Hilton. Puffin Books, 2017. 

Gleam and Glow by Eve Bunting. Harcourt Press, 2001.

The Goat Lady by Jane Bregoli. Tilbury House, 2004.

Goin' Someplace Special by Patricia McKissack: Atheneum 2001. 

*The Great Shalom by Peter J. Dyck. Herald Press, 1990. 

How to Find What You’re Not Looking For by Veera Hiranandani, Kokila, 2022.

The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes. Harcourt Brace, 1994. 

If the World Were a Village: A Book about the World's People by David J. Smith; illustrated by Shelagh Armstrong. Kids Can Press, 2002. 

*I’m Sorry Almira Ann by Jane Kurtz. Henry Holt & Co., 1999. 

The Jacket by Andrew Clements. Simon and Schuster, 2002. 

*Jacob’s Little Giant by Barbara Smucker. Viking Kestral, 1987. 

Jake Drake, Bully Buster by Andrew Clements; illustrated by Amanda Harvey. Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2001. 

*Julia’s Words by Judith L. Roth; illustrated by Brooke Rothshank. Herald Press, 1990. 

Just A Dream by Chris Van Allsburg. Houghton Mifflin, 1990. 

The Kid Who Changed the World by Andy Andrews. Thomas Nelson, c2014. 

Lasagna Means I Love You by Kate O’Shaughnessy, Yearling, 2024.

Leagues Apart: The Men and Times of the Negro Baseball League by Lawrence S. Ritter. Morrow Jr. Books, 1995. 

*A Leap of Faith, True Stories for Young and Old by Peter J. Dyck. Herald Press, 1990. 

The Lemonade War by Jacqueline Davies. Houghton Mifflin, 2007. 

*Lenka of Emma Creek by Sophia Unruh. Faith & Life Press, 1989. 

The Liberation of Gabriel King by K.L. Going. Putnam’s, c2005. 

*The Lily Cupboard, A Story of the Holocaust by Shulamith level Oppenheim. A Trophy Picture Book, 1992. 

*The Long March: The Choctaw’s Gift Irish Famine Relief by Marie-Louis Fitzpatrick. Tricycle Press, 2001. 

A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park. Clarion, 2010. 

The Lotus Seed by Sherry Garland. Harcourt Brace & Co., 1993. 

Making Waves, Fifty Stories About Sharing Love and Changing the World by Judy Clemons, ill. by David Leonard. Herald Press, 2020. 

The Mangrove Tree: Planting Trees to Feed Families by Susan L. Roth and Cindy Trumbore. Lee & Low, 2011.  

*Martha Berry: A Woman of Courageous Spirit and Bold Dreams by Joyce Blackburn. Peachtree, 1992. 

*Martin Luther King: The Peaceful Warrior by Ed Clayton. Prentice Hall, 1967. 

Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. by Doreen Rappaport. Jump Sun, 2001. 

Mascot by Charles Water, Traci Sorell, Charlesbridge Publishing, 2023. 

The Medicine Quilt-Inspired by a True Story by Margaret Doom, Illust. by LaShawn Medicine Horn, Archway, 2021. 

*Mayfield Crossing by Vaunt Micheaux Nelson. Putnam Publishing, 1993. 

*The Miracle Tree by Christobel Mattingley. Harcourt Brace, 1986. 

Mississippi Morning-by Ruth Vander Zee, ill. by Floyd Cooper, Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, reprint 2017. 

Mockingbird by Kathryn Erskine. Philomel, 2010. 

Molly's Pilgrim by Barbara Cohen. Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books, 1983. 

*Mother Theresa, Sister to the Poor by Patrica Reilly Giff. Puffing Books, 1986. 

Mr. Lincoln’s Way by Patricia Polacco. Philomel, 2001. 

Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale by John Steptoe. Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books, 1987. 

*My Hiroshima by Junko Mormoto. Viking, 1987 or Puffin Books, 1992. 

My Name is Maria Isabel by Alma Flor Ada. Simon & Schuster, 1995. 

*Nathan’s Secret by N Geraldine Plunkett. Brethren Press, 2000. 

Navajo Long Walk by Nancy M. Armstrong. Scholastic, 1994. 

Night Boat to Freedom by Margot Theis Raven. Illustrated by E. B. Lewis. Farrar Straus Giroux Publisher, 2006. 

Nour’s Secret Library by Vali Mintzi, Barefoot Books, 2022. 

One Grain of Rice by Demi. Scholastic, 1997. 

Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper. Simon and Schuster, 2010. 

Pax by Sara Pennypacker, ill. by Jon Klassen, Balzer + Bray, 2019. 

*Peace Be With You by Cornelia Lehn. Faith & Life Press, 1980. 

*Peaceful Protest: The Life of Nelson Mandela by Malcah Zeldis McDonough; illustrations by Malcah Zeldis. Walker, 2002. 

Peace Tales: World Folktales to Talk About by Margaret Read MacDonald. Linnet Books, 1992. 

Peace, Locomotion by Jacqueline Woodson. Putnam's, 2009. 

*A Penny and Two Fried Eggs by Geraldine Gross Harder. Herald Press, 1991.

People by Peter Spier. Double Day, 1980. 

A Picture Book of Anne Frank by David A. Adler. Holiday House, 1994. 

Pink and Say by Patricia Polacco. Philomel Books, 1994. 

*Pink Paper Swans by Virginia Kroll. William B. Erdman’s Publishing Co., 1994. 

Playing War by Kathy Beckwith. Tilbury house, 2005. 

The Pushcart War by Jean Merrill. Dell, 1987. 

*The Queen’s Smuggler by Dave and Neta Jackson. Bethany House, 1991. 

*A Quiet Strength by Amelia Mueller. Faith & Life Press, 1992. 

The Quiltmaker's Gift by Jeff Brumbeau. Pfeifer Hamilton, 2000. 

The Quiltmaker’s Journey by Jeff Brumbeau; ill. by Gail de Marcken. Orchard Books, 2004. 

*Race for Land by Esther Loewen Vogt. Herald Press, 1992. 

Reign, Rain by Ann M Martin, Feiwel & Friends c2014 

Remember: The Journey to School Integration by Toni Morrison. Houghton Mifflin, 2004. 

Restart by Gordon Korman, Scholastic, 2018.  

Rez Dogs by Joseph Bruchac, Dial Books, 2021. 

*Rosa Parks, My Story by Rosa Parks. Deal, 1992. 

Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes by Eleanor Coerr. Putnam, 1977. 

Sara, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan, Harper Collins, 1985. 

Saving Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor. Simon and Schuster, 1999. 

*Selina and the Bear Paw Quilt by Barbara Sucker. Crown Publishers, 1996. 

Separate is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez & Her Family’s Fight for Desegregation by Duncan Tonatiuh. Harry N. Abrams, c2014. 

*Shalom At Last by Peter J. Dyck. Herald Press, 1992. 

Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor. Dell, 1992. 

Shiloh Season by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor. Simon and Schuster, 1996. 

Sit-in: How Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down by Andrea Davis Pinkney; illustrated by Brian Pinkney. Little Brown, 2009.

Smoky Night by Eve Bunting. Harcourt Brace, 1994. 

Spy for the Night Rider by David and NEA Jackson. Bethany House Publisher, 1992. 

*Starting School with an Enemy by Elisa Carbone. Cloonfad Press, 2005. (available directly from publisher:  www.cloonfadpress.com) 

*Storytime Jamboree by Peter J. Dyck. Herald Press, 1994. 

Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt by Deborah Hopkinson. Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1993. 

Swords to Plowshares: The Creation of John P. Klassen’s MCC Medallion by Lisa Weaver: designed by Allison King; illustrated by Amanda Huston. Lion and Lamb Peace Arts Center of Bluffton, Ohio, 2014. (Available at http://bluffton.edu/lionlamb).

Sylvia & Aki by Winifred Conkling. Tricycle Press 2011. 

The Table Where Rich People Sit by Byrd Baylor. Macmillan Publishing, 1994. 

Tale of Three Trees Retold by Angela Elwell Hunt. David C. Cook c.1914. 

The Talk by Alicia D. Williams, Illust. by Briana Mukodiri Uchendu, Atheneum, 2022. 

Talking Walls by Margy Burns Knight. Tilbury House Publishers, 1992. 

Teammates by Peter Golenbock, illustrator Paul Bacon c. 1990 HMH Books for Young Readers. 

*Ted Studebaker: A Man Who Loved Peace by Joy Hofacker Moore. Herald Press, 1987. 

Tiger Boy by Mitali Perkins and Jamie Hogan. Charlesbridge, c2015.

*A Toad for Tuesday by Russel Erickson. Beech Tree Books, 1974.

Train to Somewhere by Eve Bunting, illustrator Ronald Himler c. 1996, 2000 HMH Books for Young Readers. 

Treasure Hunt: A Shenandoah Valley Mystery by Eunice Geil Smith. Herald Press, 2006. 

Troublemaker by Andrew Clements. Atheneum, 2011. 

Uncle Jed's Barbershop by Marjorie King Mitchel. Simon & Schuster, 1993. 

Uncle Willie and the Soup Kitchen by Dyanne DiSalvo Ryan. Morrow Junior Books, 1991. 

Walking With Jesus: Stories About Real People Who Return Good For Evil by Mary Clemens Meyer. Herald Press, 1992. 

The Wall by Eve Bunting. Clarion Books, 1990. 

*The War by Anais Vaugelade. Carolrhoda Books, Inc., 2001. 

We are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball by Kadir Nelson. Little Brown Books for Young Readers, 2008. 

Wish Tree by Katherine Applegate, illustrator Charles Santoso c. 2017 Feiwel Friends. 

White Bird: A Wonder Story by RJ Palacio, Knopf Book for Young Readers, 2019, Graphic Novel. 

*The White Feather by Ruth Eitzen. Herald Press, 1995. 

A Wolf at the Gate by Mark Van Steenwyck; illustrated by Joel Hedstrom. Mennonite Worker, 2015. 

The World According to Humphrey by Betty G. Birney. Putnam's, 2004.

The Wump World by Bill Peet. Houghton Mifflin, c1970. 

The Yellow Star by Carmen Agra Deedy. Peachtree Publishers, 2000. 

Grade 6 thru 8

After Ever After by Jordan Sonnenblick. Scholastic, 2010.

Aleutian Sparrow by Karen Hesse. McElderry, 2005. 

Anything But Typical by Nora Raleigh Baskin. Simon and Shuster, 2009.

*Assassins in the Cathedral by Dave and Neta Jackson. Bethany House, 1999. 

The Attack of the Black Rectangles by Amu Sarag King, Scholastic, 2022. 

Belle Teal by Ann M. Martin. Scholastic, 2001.

*The Betrayer’s Fortune by Dave and Neta Jackson. Bethany House Publishers, 1994.

*Blizzards Wake by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor. Atheneum, 2002. 

Blue Jasmine by Kashmira Sheth. Hyperion, 2004. 

Breaking Through by Francisco Jimenez. Houghton Mifflin, 2001. 

Breakout by Kate Messner, Bloomsbury Childrens, 2018. 

The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth George Speare. Houghton Mifflin, 1961. 

*The Christmas Surprise by Ruth Nulton Moore. Herald Press, 1989. I

The Circuit by Francisco Jimenez. Houghton Mifflin, 1999. 

*Color Me Dark by Patricia McKissack. Scholastic, 2000. 

Counting by 7’s by Holly Goldberg Sloan, Puffin Books, reprint 2014. 

Crash by Jerry Spinelli. Knopf Books for Young Readers. 1996.

*Dakota Sons by Audrey Distad. Harper & Row, 1972. 

Darby by Jonathon Scott Fuqua. Candlewick Press, 2002. 

*The Day Pearl Harbor was Bombed—a Photo History of WWII by George Sullivan. Scholastic Books, 1991. 

Dinged by Tommy Greenwald, Amulet Books, 2022. 

Enchanted Air: Two Cultures, Two Wings, A Memoir by Margarita Engle. Atheneum, 2015. 

Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan. Scholastic, 2000. 

Everything Sad is Untrue: (A True Story) by Daniel Nayeri, Levine Querido, 2020.

Farther Than the Moon by Lindsay Lackey, Square Fish, 2025.

The Fighting Ground by Avi. Harper & Row, 1984. 

Finding Anna Bee by Cindy Snider. Herald Press, c2007. 

Fish by L. S. Matthews. Delacorte, 2004. 

Fish in a Tree by Lynda Mullaly Hunt. Penguin Random House c2015

The Fox Girl and the White Gazelle by Victoria Williamson, Kelpies, 2018. 

*The Fragile Flag by Jane Langton. Harper Collins, 1984. 

*Friends and Enemies by Luann Gaeddart. Antheneum Books, 2000. 

*Gideon’s People by Carolyn Meyer. Gulliver Books, 1996.

Global: One Fragile World. An Epic Fight for Survival by Eoin Colfer, Andrew Donkin, Illust. by Giovanni Rigano, Sourcebooks, 2023. 

*Grab Hands and Run by Francis Temple. Orchard Books, 1993. 

Hattie Big Sky by Kirby Larson. Delacorte, 2004. 

Henry's Red Sea by Barbara Smucker. Herald Press, 1955. 

House Arrest by K. A. Holt, Chronicle Books, 2016.  

How Many Days to America? by Eve Bunting. Houghton Mifflin, 1990. 

I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai with Patricia McCormick. Young Readers Edition. Little Brown 2014.

Illegal by Eoin Colfer and Andrew Donkin. Illustrated by Giovanni Rigano. Sourcebooks Young Readers, 2018. 
*Jim Thorpe, 20th Century Jock by Robert Lisyte. Harper Collins, 1993. 

Journey to Jo'burg by Beverly Naidoo. Harper & Row, 1986. 

The Land I Lost; Adventures of a Boy in Vietnam by Huynh Quang Nhuong. Harper Collins, 1982. 

Linked by Gordon Korman, Scholastic, 2021. 

Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy by Gary D. Schmidt. Clarion, c2004.

*A Long Way from Home by Marueen Crane Wartski. Westminster, 1982. 

Louder than Hunger by John Schu, Candlewick Press, 2024.

A Mango-shaped Space by Wendy Mass. Little Brown, 2005. 

Maniac McGee by Jerry Spinelli. Little Brown & Co. 1990. 

March Forward by Girl: From Young Warrior to Little Rock Nine by Melba Pattillo Beals. Illustrated by Frank Morrison. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2018. 

Night Diary by Veera Hiranandani, Puffin Books, c2019. 

Nowhere Boy by Katherine Marsh, Square Fish, reprint 2020. 

Number the Stars by Lois Lowry. Dell, 1992.

*Oasis of Peace by Laurie and Ben Dolphin. Scholastic, 1993. 

Off to War: Voices of Soldiers' Children by Deborah Ellis. Groundwood Books, 2008. 

On Fire For Christ by Dave and Neta Jackson. Herald Press, 1989. 

The Only Road by Alexandra Diaz, Simon & Schuster, 2016. 

Out of the Dust by Karen Hess c. 1997, 2005 Scholastic Inc. 

Petey by Ben Mikaelsen. Hyperion, 1998. 

Plant a Seed of Peace by Rebecca Seiling. Herald Press, c2007. 

Project Mulberry by Linda Sue Park. Clarion, 2005. 

Radical Jesus: A Graphic History of Faith edited by Paul Buhle et. al. c. 2013 Herald Press. 

*The Ramsay Scallop by Francis Temple. Orchard Books, 1994. 

Refugee by Alan Gratz, Scholastic Press, 2017. 

Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry by Mildred Taylor. Dial Books 1991. 

Rules by Cynthia Lord. Scholastic 2006. 

*Runaway to Freedom, a story of the Underground Railroad by Barbara Smucker. Harper Collins, 1979. 

*Running on Eggs by Anna Levine. Front Street/Cricket Books, 1999. 

*Sarah’s Summer by Naomi R. Stucky. Herald Press, 1990.

*The Second Bend in the River by Ann Rinaldi. Scholastic Press, 1997. 

Shades of Gray by Carolyn Reeder. Macmillan, 1989. 

The Shepherd’s Grand-daughter by Anne Laurel Carter. Groundwood Books, 2008.  

Silver People: Voices From the Panama Canal by Margarita Engle. Houghton Mifflin, c2014. 

Six Million Paper Clips: The Making Of A Children's Holocaust Memorial by Dagmar Schroeder-Hildebrand and Peter W. Schroeder. Kar-Ben Copies Ltd. c2004 

So B. It by Sarah Weeks. Laura Geringer Books, 2004. 

Sounder by William H. Armstrong. Harper & Row, 1969. 

Squint by Chad Morris and Shelly Brown. Shadow Mountain, c2018.

Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli. Scholastic c2000.

*The Storyteller’s Beads by Jane Kurtz. Harcourt Brace, 1998. 

*The Story of My Life: An Afghan Girl on the Other Side of the Sky by Farah Ahmedi. 

Sugar by Jewell Parker Rhodes. Little Brown, c 2013. 

Summer of My German Soldier by Bette Greene. Dial Press, 1973. 

Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti by Frances Temple. Orchard Books, 1992. 

Thin Wood Walls by David Patneaude. Houghton Mifflin, 2004. 

Threads by Ami Polonsky. Chicken House c2009. 

Three Cups of Tea: Young Reader's Edition by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin. Dial, 2009. 

Trouble by Gary D. Schmidt. Clarion, 2008. 

The Trouble with Heroes by Kate Messner, Bloomsbury Children's, 2025. 

*To Life by Ruth Minsky Sender. Puffin, 1990. 

*Tree Tall and the Whiteskins by Shirlee Evans. Herald Press, 1985.

Under the Same Sky by Cynthia DeFelice. Farrar Straus & Girous, 2003. 

Views from Our Shoes: Growing Up with a Brother or Sister with Special Needs; edited by Donald J. Meyer, illustrator Cary Pillo c. 1997 

The Voice that Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights by Russell Freedman. Clarion Books 2004. 

*Waiting for the Rain: A Novel of South Africa by Sheila Gordon. Orchard Books, 1987. 

The War Game by Michael Foreman. Arcade Publishing, 1993. 

The Well: David's Story by Mildred Taylor. Dial Books, 1995. 

*Winnie Mandela, the Soul of South Africa by Milton Meltzer. Viking, 1986.

White Rose by Kip Wilson. Versify, c2019.

With the Might of Angels: The Diary of Dawnie Rae Johnson Hadley, Virginia 1954 by Andrea Davis Pinkney. Scholastic, 2011. 

The Witness by Karen Hesse. Scholastic Press, 2001.

Wonder by R.J. Palacio. Knopf 2012. 

Words by Heart by Ouida Sebestyan. Bantam Books, 1981. 

Zlata's Diary, A Child's Life in Sarajevo by Zlata Filipovic. Viking, 1994.