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Children's Literature

Picture Books
Look for these at your local bookstore or on the Internet. If a book runs out of print, you may be able to find it in your public library or search it through www.amazon.com.

  • On the Day You Were Born
    by Debra Frasier
    Winner of the 1991 Parent's Choice Award

    In elegant simplicity, this picture-book celebrates the essential heart of life and lives. All of creation takes part in welcoming its newest member, from the elements and the stars to the people and animals. Bold artwork and vivid colors illustrate the balance of nature and its principal forces, including tides, migration, and the passing of night into day. A festivity waiting to happen again and again.
     
  • On the Day I Was Born
    by Debbi Chocolate
    Illustrated by Melodye Rosales

    A beautiful work celebrating birth as it extends family heritage from the past into the future. When this particular first-born son comes into the world, he is received with the traditions and gifts of his African-American ancestry, while each member of his extended family plays a personal role. He is reverently welcomed into this life, this family, this human existence. The illustrations beautifully capture the essence of family relationships, and each page is embellished with  Adinkra symbols of Ghana's Asante people.
     
  • Just in Case You Ever Wonder
    by Max Lucado
    Illustrated by Toni Goffe

    For all the things you've meant to say to your children, the things you hope they'll know in their life, the truths you'd like to leave with them...this simple picture book takes the opportunity to express thoughts for which we often cannot find words...the invisible, tangible bond we feel for them, the inexplicable way they are tied to our heartstrings...it even introduces the concept of God, simply, clearly, unobtrusively.  An ideal bedtime story to celebrate the gift your child is in your life.
     
  • Grandma According to Me
    by Karen Magnuson Beil
    Illustrated by Ted Rand

    Endearing from beginning to end! This illustrated bit of prose cherishes "Grandma" as only a child can do, making every detail of her personae just one more reason to adore her. It seeps with sentiment sure to touch the whole family, but Grandma herself may need a tissue before it's through! Every grandparent ought to be remembered so warmly...
     
  • The Grapes Grow Sweet
    by Lynne Tuft & Tessa DeCarlo
    Recipient of the Benjamin Franklin Award

    Vivid watercolors and a knee-high point of view reveal the seasons of the vineyard through the eyes of a five-year-old. The excitement of the harvest is the culmination of a year's anticipation, watching cycles unfold in nature's grand scheme. An exquisitely illustrated story, fondly told.

 

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