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Grades K - 2

 

Grades 3 - 4

Grades 5 -6

Grades 7 - 8

Secondary

Teacher Support Material Primary

Includes Godly Play Books and DVD's

 

Godly Play: Volumes 1 - 7

Godly Play Volume 8 not available until 2009

Godly Play DVD's Fall, Winter, Spring

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Puppets + Kids + Bible Stories

By Anne E. Neuberger

Illustrated By Tessie Bunbick

OUT OF PRINT

 

The Big Book of Catholic Customs and Traditions

Edited by Beth Branigan McNamara with Sue Robinson and Anne E. Neuberger

$56.95

 

Candle Atlas of the Bible

By Tim Dowley

79 full-colour maps of Bible lands with photos, charts and diagrams.

$17.95

 

Animals of the Bible

By Mary Hoffman and Jackie Morris

$17.95

 

 

Highly recommendered for Sydney Guidelines

Young Children and Worship

By Sonja M Stewart

and Jerome W Berryman

ISBN 0-664-25040-8

215 pages plus patterns and instructions

$44.95/Out of Print (see Godly Play)

 

Following Jesus
More about Young Children and Worship

By Sonja M Stewart

ISBN 0-664-50123-0

276 pages including patterns and instructions

$39.95

   

       

Grades K - 2

 

 

GOD AND ME

365 daily devotions

By Penny Boshoff

Hardcover / 1-905051-14-X $0.00

LIMITED STOCK/now out of stock/is currently being reprinted/will advise when ready

 

God and me helps children to find out all about God: what he is like, how he cares for them, and how he wants them to live in his world.

Familiar situations encourage children to think about Christian values. A short Bible passage supports the day's message, and a prayer helps children to develop their relationship with God.

   

Each Living Thing

By Joanne Ryder - Illustrated by Ashley Wolff

Hardcover / 0-15-201989-0/ $29.95

This poetic celebration of animals large and small remind us that we need to be considerate of all animals. Themes: creation, environment, gratitude, wonder.

Everywhere Babies

By Susan Meyers - Illustrated by Marla Frazee

Hardcover / 0-15-202226-0  $29.95

 

Everyday, everywhere, babies are born. This book celebrates the playing, sleeping, crawling, and other wonderful things babies do best. Themes: Life, family, love.

   

In the Space of the Sky

By Richard Lewis - Illustrated by Debra Frasier

Hardcover /0-15-253150-5/  $29.95

A poetic journey through the spaces surrounding us in the natural world - and to the inner spaces of our imaginations.

Themes: creation, wonder, world.

Like a Windy Day

By Frank Asch and Devin Asch

Hardcover / 0-15-216376-x/ $29.95

In this magical story, the wind comes to life and sends a young girl soaring, tumbling, and twirling on her own exciting windy-day adventure.

Themes: creation, life, wonder

   

The First Thing My Mama Told Me

By Susan Marie Swanson

Illustrated By Christine Davenier

Hardcover / 0-15-201075-0/ $29.95

Lucy loves her name - and she loves Mama and Dad, who chose it just for her.

Themes: love, family, acceptance, self esteem.

What Do You Love?

By Jonathan London

Illustrated by Karen Lee Schmidt

Hardcover / 0-15-201919-7/ $28.95

When you’re with someone you love, every moment of the day is extra special. Join one mother and her little one as they share the day together.

Themes: caring, family, feelings, love.

In My World

By Lois Ehlert

Hardcover/ 0-15-216269-0/  $29.95

A celebration book of nature’s many wonders. This gentle book of discovery will inspire readers of all ages to share their love for nature - and look at the world in a whole new way.

Themes: nature, creation, world.

 

   
   

Bless This House:

A Bedtime Prayer for the World

By Leslie Staub

Hardcover /0-15-201984-7/ $29.95

This story offers a simple, tender, and gently humorous bedtime prayer that will find a lasting place in the hearts of children of any denomination.

Themes: God, family, forgiveness, prayer.

The Ticky- Tacky Doll

By Cynthia Rylant -

Illustrated by Harvey Stevenson

Hardcover /0-15-201078-5/ $29.95

The ticky-tacky doll has been one little girl’s best friend ever since Grandmama sewed it for her. They do everything together. Then school starts, and the little girl has to leave her beloved companion. Without the ticky-tacky doll by her side, she grows more sad-eyed and lonely each day. Luckily, Grandmama knows just what to do.

Themes: acceptance, friendship, getting older, love.

Waiting for Wings

By Lois Ehlert

Hardcover /0-15-202608-8/  $29.95

The life cycle of four common caterpillars is followed from their beginnings to full-grown butterflies.

Themes: creation, nature, life.

Whoever You Are

By Mem Fox

Illustrated by Leslie Staub

Hardcover/ 0-15-200787-3/  $29.95

Paperback /0-15-216406-5/  $12.95

Children all over the world may not look the same or speak the same language. Their lives may be quite different. But inside, they are all alike.

Themes: acceptance, cultural diversity, friendship, life, peace.

Mrs Spitzer’s Garden

By Edith Pattou

Illustrated by Tricia Tusa

Hardcover /0-15-201978-2/  $29.95

This moving story celebrates all that teachers do, year after year, to help children grow and blossom.

Themes: acceptance, creation, life, teaching.

My Two Grandmothers

By Effin Older

Illustrated by Nancy Hayashi

Hardcover / 0-15-200785-7/   $29.95

Lily loves spending Christmas with Grammy Lane and Hanukkah with Bubbe Silver. Both families have certain traditions. But Lily decides to start a new tradition with both of her grandmothers.

Themes: acceptance, celebration, family, love.

Harriet, You’ll Drive Me Wild!

By Mem Fox

Illustrated by Marla Frazee

Paperback /0-7336-1312-8/ $14.95

Harriet doesn’t mean to be pesky, and her mom doesn’t mean to lose her temper. Even when they do things they wish they hadn’t, they still love each other very much.

Themes: family, love, conflict, feelings.

No Mirrors In My Nana’s House

By Ysaye M. Barnwell

Illustrated by Synthia Saint James

Hardcover / 0-15-201825-5/   $31.95

A little girl discovers the beauty in herself, and the beauty of the world around her, not by looking in the mirror, but by looking in her Nana’s eyes. An accompanying CD includes performances by Sweet Honey in the Rock.

Themes: cultural diversity, family, identity, life, love.

Sophie

By Mem Fox

Illustrated by Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson

Hardcover /0-15-277160-3/  $29.95

Paperback /0-15-201598-1/  $12.95

Sophie and her grandpa are best friends. And then one day there is no Grandpa...family love and the natural cycle of birth, life, and death are tenderly portrayed in this moving story.

Themes: cultural diversity, death, family,life.

Grades 3 - 4

A Mountain of Blintzes

By Barbara Diamond Goldin

Illustrated By Anik Scannell McGrory

Hardcover /0-15-201902-2/  $29.95

A big-hearted family prepares for Shavuot, The Jewish holiday celebrating the day Moses received the Ten Commandments, and also discover the true meaning of cooperation.

Themes: family, holiday, cooperation, love, sacrifice, God, cultural diversity.

All God’s Children: A Book of Prayers

By Lee Bennett Hopkins

Editor - Illustrated by Amanda Schaffer

Hardcover /0-15-201499-3/  $29.95

Twenty-two prayers, some traditional, some brand-new, are compiled in one lovely volume.

Themes: creation, family, friendship, God, gratitude, love.

Appalachla: The Voices of Sleeping Birds

By Cynthia Rylant

Illustrated by Barry Moser

Hardcover /0-15-201605-8/  $29.95

Paperback /0-15-201893-x/    $12.95

Two award winning artist have teamed to create a quietly powerful and beautifully crafted portrait of their life in Appalachia,

Themes: acceptance, cultural diversity, friendship, identity, life.

Feathers and Fools

By Mem Fox

Illustrated by Nicholas Wilton

Hardcover /0-15-200473-4/    $29.95

Paperback /0-15-202365-8/    $12.95

This modern fable reminds readers that with each generation there is renewed hope for understanding and lasting peace.

Themes: acceptance, cultural diversity, forgiveness, friendship, peace.

Goal

By Robert Burleigh

Illustrated by Stephen T. Johnson

Hardcover / 0-15-201789-5/   $29.95

It’s the last soccer game of the season, and the score is tied. A big win is made possible by one force alone - teamwork.

Themes: community, friendship, identity, self esteem.

Grandfather's Christmas Tree

By Keith Strand

Illustrated by Thomas Locker

Hardcover /0-15-201821-2 $29.95

Grandfather's Christmas Tree is a story of hope and family. In the fall of 1886, their hearts filled with love, a young couple begin their life together in the Colorado wilderness. As they make a life in the wilderness choices have to be made in order to survive.

Themes: Christmas, family, sharing, life, love.

The Great Kapok Tree

A Tale of the Amazon Rain Forest

By Lynne Cherry

Hardcover /0-15-200520-x/  $29.95

Paperback /0-15-202614-2/  $14.95

Big Book /0-15-201818-2/     $39.95

In this modern fable, a worker, exhausted from his labors, sleeps. As he does, the animals who live in the tree plead with him not to destroy their world.

Themes: creation, environment, morality, wonder.

The Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Gray Bridge

By Hildegarde H Swift

Illustrated by Lynd Ward

Hardcover /0-15-204571-6/    $29.95

Paperback /0-15-204573-2/    $16.95

Built in 1921, the red lighthouse was made famous by virtue of its bravery and faithfulness. It will teach children the importance of all things, big and small.

Themes: identity, acceptance, feelings.

Zero Grandparents

By Michelle Edwards

Hardcover  /0-15-202083-7/   $28.95

Paperback /0-15-216309-3/    $10.95

It’s Grandparents’ Day at school, but what happens if you don’t have a grandparents? The book provides an honest and insightful look at the challenges faced by children every day.

Themes: family, feelings, acceptance, self esteem, identity.

Grades 5 -6

A River Ran Wild

By Lynne Cherry

Hardcover /0-15-200542-0/    $29.95

Paperback  /0-15-216372-7/   $14.95

Modern-day descendants of the Nashua Indians and European settlers combat pollution and restore the beauty of the Nashua River in Massachusetts in this story of restoration and renewal.

Themes: nature. cultural diversity, environment, stewardship. history.

That Summer

By Tony Johnston

Illustrated by Barry Moser

Hardcover /0-15-201585-x/      $29.95

A story of courage and family love as one brother copes with his dying brother. What do they do when they know Joey is leaving them?

Themes: death, family, love, feelings.

The Bells of Christmas

By Virgina Hamilton

Illustrated by Lambert Davis

Hardcover /0-15-206450-8 $29.95

Here is a traditional story that shares with us Christmas, 1890, and celebrates the continuing joy of Christmas as we know it today. Let us rejoice with this loving family when relatives come to visit on a Great Day long ago.

Themes: Christmas, family, sharing, life, love.

The Lotus Seed

By Sherry Garland

Illustrated by Tatsuro Kiuchi

Hardcover /0-15-249465-0/    $29.95

Paperback/ 0-15-201483-7/    $14.95

When she is forced to leave Vietnam, a young girl brings a lotus seed with her to America in remembrance of her homeland.

Themes: creation, family, immigration, life, love, war.

The Prince of Butterflies

By Bruce Coville

Illustrated by John Clapp

Hardcover  /0-15-201454-3/   $29.95

One summer morning, a flock of butterflies alight on John Farrington’s house and change his life forever. Passionate, moving and inspiring, this glorious flight of fantasy is a timely fable about the difficulties and the rewards of staying true to one’s heart.

Themes: caring, creation, environment, life, wonder.

   
   

The Shaman’s Apprentice:

A Tale of the Amazon Rain Forest

By Lynne Cherry and Mark I Plotkin

Illustrated by Lynne Cherry

Hardcover /0-15-201281-8/    $29.95

Paperback / 0-15-202486-7/   $12.95

Tirio, an Indian boy, dreams of one day being the tribe shaman. He and his people learn about the healing properties of the Amazon rain forest.

Themes: nature, environment, cultural diversity, missionaries.

Grades 7 - 8

Fiona’s Private Pages

By Robin Cruise

Paperback /0-15-216572-x/    $12.95

Being a good friend is hard work. Fiona learns about the loyalty, trust, and love that are at the heart of every true friendship.

Themes: friendship, trust, love, loyalty.

Hannah’s Journal

The Story of an Immigrant Girl

By Marissa Moss

Hardcover / 0-15-202155-8/     $29.95

Paperback /0-15-216329-8/      $14.95

Hannah leaves the persecution in a small European village aboard a ship bound for New York, America!

Themes, immigration, feelings, love, family, acceptance, writing.

To Hell with Dying

By Alice Walker

Illustrated by Catherine Deeter

Paperback /0-15-289074-2/    $16.95

The old man was one whose life erased boundaries between adults and children, whose faults engendered compassion, and whose praise encouraged people to be who they were meant to be.

Themes: acceptance, death, friendship, self-esteem, stereotypes.

When the Beginning Began:

Stories about God, the Creatures and Us.

By Julius Lester

Illustrated by Emily Lisker

Hardcover /0-15-201238-8/    $29.95

This lively collection of stories, inspired by the Hebrew writings, will delight readers of all faiths. These tales are at the same time funny and serious, poignant and profound.

Themes: creation, God, life, mortality.

The Clown of God

By Tomie de Paola

Hardcover /0-15-219175-5/    $29.95

Paperback /0-15-618192-4/    $14.95

In this retelling of the old French legend(The Juggler of Notre Dame), a juggler offers to the Christ Child the only Christmas gift he has.

Themes: Christmas, Church, death, identity, love, Mary.

The Tortilla Factory

By Gary Paulsen

Illustrated by Ruth Wright Paulsen

Hardcover /0-15-292876-6/  $29.95

Paperback  /0-15-201698-8/   $14.95

In clear and eloquent language, this story tells of a cycle of life, from seed to plant to tortilla.

Themes: celebration, cultural diversity, Eucharist.

The Little Prince

 By Antoine deSaint-Exupery

Translated by Richard Howard

Hardcover /0-15-202398-4/    $35.95

Paperback /0-15-601207-3/    $21.95

This is a new translation of the beloved classic, complete with restored original art.

Themes: creation, friendship, life, values, wonder.

Merry as a Cricket

By Lynn Kelley

Hardcover /09657218-3-3/   $29.95

A companion volume to A Peek Into My Church, Merry as a Cricket presents two stories from St. Anne's Parish, where participation in parish life brings faith into the hearts of parishioners in unexpected ways. Readers will meet new characters and rediscover their already familiar friends, Liddy and Mark Bennett, and their orange marmalade cat, Mickey.

On the Day You Were Born

By Debra Frasier

Hardcover /0-15-257995-8/    $29.95

This book celebrates the natural miracles of the earth and extends an exuberant welcome to each member of our human family

Themes creation, identity, life, love, wonder.

***Specials for Primary***

Tale of Three Trees 0745946496  P/B

Three little trees hope and dream of what they will become. The fulfillment of their wishes is strangely linked to one extraordinary life

Appeal to all ages.

Now $16.95

Paperback version only available

 

 

God’s Paintbrush

By Sandy Elsenberg Sasso

1879045222

These special books offer beautiful imagery that engage children in discovery of their relationship with God.

NOW $32.95

 

 

In God’s Name   1879045265

NOW $29.95

 

 

Secondary Books

LIVING RELIGION 3rd Ed. Morrissey et. al.

Completely rewritten and updated edition written to meet the requirements of the revised Stage 6 (NSW) Studies of Religion syllabus which is to be implemented in 2006.

R.R.P. $65.00

 

STUDIES OF RELIGION Lovat, McGrath et.al.

This new text emphasises the holistic study of religious traditions and provides substantial material on the 3 new studies included in the syllabus. Five major religious traditions are introduced in the first half of the text and are explored in greater depth in the second half. The writing team has had extensive experience in the planning and teaching of Religious Studies at secondary school and higher education levels.

R.R.P. $48.95

 

All prices in Australian$ and include GST

 

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