Title	Author(s)	Ages	Section	Description
Children's Letters to God	Eric Marshall, Stuart Hample		Christianity	Actual (short) letters that children have written to God
Christmas in the Stable	Astrid Lindgren, Harald Wiberg	Ages 4-8	Christianity	Picture book. A mother tells the story of the nativity to her baby daughter, placing the events in a contemporary setting.
Good News for Modern Man	American Bible Society		Christianity	The New Testament in "Today's" English
Lilies, Rabbits, and Painted Eggs; The Story of the Easter Symbols	Edna Barth	Grades 3-4	Christianity	Traces the history of Easter symbols from their Christian and pagan origins to such present-day additions as rabbits and new clothes.
The Children's Bible	Golden Press		Christianity	Illustrated Parables & Stories from the Bible (2 copies)
The One Year Bible Storybook	Virginia J. Muir		Christianity	A Bible story for each day of the year
Understanding the New Testament	Kee, Young	Adult	Christianity
A Coloring Book of the New Testament			Coloring/Activity Books	Coloring Pages. Illustrations from the Middle Ages.
A Coloring Book of the Old Testament			Coloring/Activity Books	Coloring Pages. Illustrations from the Middle Ages.
Butterfly Stained Glass Coloring  Book	Ed Sibbett, Jr		Coloring/Activity Books	Coloring Pages. Detailed Butterflies
Cathedral Stained Glass Coloring Book	Ed Sibbett, Jr		Coloring/Activity Books	Coloring Pages. Art from actual stained glass windows
Crazy Mazes USA			Coloring/Activity Books	State-shaped mazes
Designs for Coloring; The Far East	Ruth Heller	Ages 10 and up	Coloring/Activity Books	Coloring Pages. Geometric and abstract designs. Lots of interlocks and details
Everyone's Mandala Coloring Book	Monique Mandali	Ages 8 and up	Coloring/Activity Books	Coloring Pages.
Mandalas of the Celts	Klaus Holitzka	Ages 10 and up	Coloring/Activity Books	Coloring Pages. Abstract and interlocking designs. Great for older children to adults.
My Food Chain Diary	Scholastic		Coloring/Activity Books	Explanations of the food chain for young readers. Illustrations of all food types. Blank areas (copyable pages) to keep eating habits recorded.
Stained Glass Windows Coloring Book	Paul E. Kennedy		Coloring/Activity Books	Coloring Pages. Art from actual stained glass windows
The Anti-Coloring Book of Celebrations	Susan Striker		Coloring/Activity Books	Coloring/Activity Pages for various holidays & birthdays. Encourages creativity more than standard coloring
The Far Far East Creatures Coloring Book 1	Liem Tran	Ages 8-12	Coloring/Activity Books	Coloring Pages. Imaginary creatures with Asian feel
50 Nifty Things to Do After School	Beth Kneeland Pickett	Ages 4-8	Crafts & Activities	instructions for an assortment of games, craft projects, activities, and recipes, including "Family Fridge Faces," "Dinosaur Tag," and "Munchable Moon Rocks."
Celebrating Diversity with Art; Thematic Projects for Every Month of the Year	Willet Ryde	Grades 3-8	Crafts & Activities
Celebrations - Idea Book for Grades K-6	Toni Bauman, June Zinkgraf	Grades K-6	Crafts & Activities	Teacher reference (K)
Face Painting	Klutz Press		Crafts & Activities	83 designs for face painting, with pictures & instructions
Folk Crafts for World Friendship	Florence Temko		Crafts & Activities	Teacher reference (K)
Great Parties for Young Children	Cheryl Carter Barron, Cathy Carmichael Scherzer	Adult	Crafts & Activities	Parties for 2-9 year olds. Games, recipes, craft recipes, decorations
Party Ideas with Crafts Kids Can Make	Highlights	Adult	Crafts & Activities	Teacher Reference. Games, Refreshments, Decorations, etc. for holidays and special themes
Penny Warner's Giant Book of Kid's Year-Round Activities & Fun			Crafts & Activities	A teacher resource with activity ideas
Physical Activities for Elementary Schools	Board of Education, NYC		Crafts & Activities	Teacher reference (K)
Projects for Autumn	Joan Jones		Crafts & Activities	Projects and activities on autumn weather, wildlife, Harvest festivals, Thanksgiving, Diwali (2 copies)
Projects for Summer	Celia McInnes		Crafts & Activities	Projects and activities on summer including growing, Whitsuntide, water, sundials, midsummer, Lammas (2 copies)
The Incredible Indoor Games Book	Bob Gregson	Adult	Crafts & Activities	Teacher Reference
The Unbelievable Bubble Book	John Cassidy	Adult	Crafts & Activities	Crafts. Recipes and techniques for making giant soap bubbles
A Coloring Book of American Indians			Indian	Coloring Book
Handbook of American Indian Games	Allan & Paulette Macfarlan		Indian
Pueblo Boy	Sylvia Starr, Joseph B. Wertz		Indian	An Indian Picture book
Southwestern Indian Ceremonials	Tom Bahti	Adult or YA	Indian
Southwestern Indian Tribes	Tom Bahti	Adult or YA	Indian
The Hopi Way	Laura Thompson, Alice Joseph	Adult	Indian
The Indians' Book	Natalie Curtis	Adult	Indian	Authentic Native American Legends, Lore, and Music
The Navajo of the Painted Desert	Walter L. Bateman		Indian	Teacher reference book? Describes the history, legends, ceremonies, and way of life of the Navajo before 1890. (2 copies)
The NY Public Library Amazing Native American History  A Book of Answers	Liz Sonneborn	Grades 6-8	Indian	Using a question and answer format, sidebars, photos and reproductions, ten different Native American regions and cultures are explored.
They Put on Masks	Byrd Baylor	Grades Preschool - K	Indian	Picture Book, Southwestern Indians. Drawings and text present the many kinds of American Indian masks and their use with dances and songs to speak to the gods.
A Children's Haggadah	Howard I Bogot, Robert J Orkand		Judaism
A Passover Haggadah; The New Union Haggadah	Herbert Bronstein	Adult	Judaism
Celebrate, A Book of Jewish Holidays	Judith Gross	Ages 4-8	Judaism	A picture book with 1 page about each of many Jewish holidays (2 copies)
Hanukkah Fun; Crafts and Games	Andrea R. Weiss	Ages 4-8	Judaism
Hanukkah The Festival of Lights	Barbara Soloff-Levy	Ages 4-8	Judaism	A storybook with coloring and activity pages
Jewish Holiday Fun	Judith Hoffman Corwin		Judaism	An activity book for celebrating Jewish holidays by cooking, doing crafts, and learning things.
Jewish Holidays and Traditions Coloring Book	Chaya Burstein		Judaism	Coloring Book
Make Noise, Make Merry; The Story and Meaning of Purim	Miriam Chaikin		Judaism	A good teacher resource with background and activities about the Jewish holiday Purim (2 copies)
My Very Own Haggadah	Judyth Robbins Saypol, Madeline Wikler	Ages 4-8	Judaism	Passover story, coloring pages, and crafts
Passover Haggadah	Maxwell House Coffee	Adult	Judaism
Shake a Palm Branch; The Story and Meaning of Sukkot	Miriam Chaikin		Judaism	A good teacher resource with background and activities about the Jewish holiday Sukkot (2 copies)
The Kregel Pictorial Guide to The Temple	Robert Backhouse		Judaism	Picture book about a Jewish Temple
Favorite Poems of Childhood	Philip Smith		Poetry	Poetry
Poems for Growing Times	Margaret K Gooding		Poetry	(K)
Selections from A Child's Garden of Verses	Robert Louis Stevenson		Poetry	Poetry
For the Birds	Margaret Atwood	Ages 9-12	Science	Stories and information about birds
Gobble Up Science	Carol A. Johmann, Elizabeth J. Rieth	Grades 1-4	Science	Fun Activities to Complete and Eat for Kids in Grades 1-4
I'm A Seed	Jean Marzollo	Preschool-Grade 1	Science	Hello Reader simple picture book about a seed's life cycle and individuality
Let's Look at the Seasons: Wintertime	Ann Schweninger	Grades Preschool-1	Science	Picture book about Winter. Pieces for Solstice, Groundhog Day, New Year, Valentines Day, Making a Bird Feeder, and more
Science Fun; Discovering the World Around You	Imogene Forte		Science	Science Activities
Self-Working Table Magic	Karl Fulves		Science	Teacher reference (K)
Simple Science Experiments	Andrea McLoughlin	Ages 4-8	Science	liquids, kitchen science, weather, plants, and animals
The Planets in Our Solar System	Franklyn M. Branley	Grades K-2	Science	Picture book.
Urban Roosts; Where Birds Nest in the City	Barbara Bash	Grades 2-6	Science	Picture book. How birds have adapted to city life.
You Can with Beakman & Jax	Jok Church	Ages 4-8	Science	Science Questions, Experiments, and Demonstrations
50 Simple Things Kids Can Do to Save the Earth	The Earthworks Group	Ages 4-8
A Picture Book of Abraham Lincoln	David A. Adler	Grades K-3		Picture book. History, slavery, freedom.
A Picture Book of Martin Luther King Jr	David A. Adler	Grades K-2		Picture book. Themes of racism, civil rights.
A Rainbow All Around Me	Sandra L. Pinkney	Ages 2-5		A simple picture book about colors
All I See is Part of Me	Chara M. Curtis	Ages 5-10		Picturebook; Message about all things being part of the same universe; Interconnected web of existence
Ashanti to Zulu, African Traditions	Margaret Musgrove	Ages 4-8		Picture book with 1 page each for African tribes  (K)
Being Your Best; Character Building for Kids 7-10	Barbara A. Lewis	Ages 7-10		Teacher Resource. Quizzes, Stories, "What If" Questions, Activities, and References. Topics: Safety, Responsibility, Respect, Relationships, Honesty, Forgiveness, Fairness, Cooperation, Citizenship, Caring
Best of the Best for Children	Denise Perry Donovan	Adult		Librarians' recommendations for books, magazines, videos, audio, software, toys, and travel
Creative Conflict Resolution; More than 200 Activities for Keeping Peace in the Classroom	William J. Kreidler	Grades K-6		Teacher reference
Daddy Doesn't Live Here Anymore. A Book About Divorce	Betty Boeghold	Ages 4-8		Picture book
Developing Concepts of God With Children	Sophia L. Fahs	Adult		Teacher Reference. Pamphlet (3 copies)
Faith That Moves Mountains	Idabelle Yeiser
From Long Ago and Many Lands, Stories for Children Told Anew	Sophia L. Fahs	Ages 9-12		A collection of about 20 folk tales, legends, fables, and religious stories from around the world
Get Growing	Candance Savage	Ages 4-8		How the Earth Feeds Us. 2 copies
Giving Thanks; The 1621 Harvest Feast	Kate Waters	Ages 7 - 10		Picture Book from Plimoth Plantation with a more realistic story of the First Thanksgiving. Historic notes at the rear.
Going Green, A Kids Handbook to Saving the Planet	John Elkington, Julia Hailes, Douglas Hill, Joel Makower	Grades 4-8		Background on ecological problems and A-Z list of activities, mostly simple ones. Good teacher reference.
Grover's 10 Terrific Ways to Help Our Wonderful World	Anna Ross	Ages 3-8		Picture book about caring for the Earth
Hansel and Gretel	The Brothers Grimm, Lisbeth Zwerger	Ages 4-8		Picture book.
Hercules & other Tales from Greek Myths	Olivia E. Coolidge	Grades 9-12
Holi	Uma Krishnaswami	Grades K-3		Picture book about Holi, Hindu festival that celebrates spring and triumph of good over evil
Holidays Around the World	Joseph Gaer	Ages 4-8
Humanism for Kids	Family of Humanists			A good teacher resource; not in story form
Imani's Gift at Kwanzaa	Denise Burden-Patman	Ages 4-10		A picture book about Kwanza. Includes meaning of Kwanza, symbols, and terminology.
It's Perfectly Normal; Changing Bodies, Growing Up, Sex & Sexual Health	Robie H. Harris	Ages 10 and up	OWL	OWL reference?
Legendary Animals	Bryna & Louis Untermeyer			Aesops Fables, Brothers Grimm, and other animal stories
Lord of Dreams	Michael Foreman			Picture book
Martin's Big Words, The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr	Doreen Rappaport	Ages 5-9		A picture book about Martin Luther King Jr. Themes of anti-discrimination and Peace
Material World; A Global Family Portrait	Peter Menzel			Photographs of "average families" around the world, with all their possessions. A lesson in economics and geography, reminding us of the world's inequities, but also of humanity's common threads
Moses, Egyptian Prince, Nomad Sheikh, Lawgiver	John W Flight
My First Book of Biographies - Great Men & Women Every Child Should Know	Jean Marzollo			(K)
One God, The Ways We Worship Him	Florence Mary Fitch
People	Peter Spier	Grades K-4		A picture book about diversity and overpopulation.
People of the Lie; The Hope For Healing Human Evil	M Scott Peck, MD	Adult
Perfect Crane	Anne Laurin	Ages 6-9		Picture book. A lonely magician brings a paper crane to life and learns how to love and be loved by his neighbors
Pink and Say	Patricia Polacco	Ages 6-10		Picture book. Themes of Civil War, slavery, friendship, racism, heroes. Mature/intense themes.
Relating to Our World	Hugo J. Holleroth	Adult		The philosophy of RE undergirding the multimedia curriculum series of the UUA (2 copies)
Seashore Story	Yashima			Picture book. In this story within the story, a fisherman saves the life of a sea turtle, which takes him on an underwater journey to live blissfully in a palace in the sea. After missing his family, he asks to return and finds that so much time has passed that no one recognizes him and his family is all gone. The story concludes as the children discuss the story, debating the moral.
Somebody Loves You, Mr. Hitch	Eileen Spinelli			Picture book
Teaching Tolerance Magazine
The Ant and the Grasshopper and Other Favorite Fables	Vernon Goldsmith			Picture book. 4 of Aesops Fables
The Children's Book of America	William J. Bennett	Grades 3-6		Stories of American Places, People, & Things including First Thanksgiving, Father Junipero Serra, Abigail Adams, Lewis & Clark, Paul Bunyan, Johnny Appleseed, Abe Lincoln, Margaret of New Orleans, Thomas Edison, Martin Luther King Jr, Moon Landing
The Earth and You: Eating for Two	April Moore	Adult		A guide to eating to protect the Earth, your health and your pocketbook at the grocery store, in the kitchen, & even when eating out
The Fall of Freddie the Leaf; A Story of Life for All Ages	Leo Buscaglia, Ph. D	Ages 4-8		A story about death and lifecycles; Picture Book; A little long-winded
The Heat is On; Facing Our Energy Problem	Shelley Tanaka	Ages 9-12		Energy Conservation
The Lion and the Mouse and Other Favorite Fables	Helen Kandel Human			Picture book. 4 of Aesops Fables
The Muffin Muncher	Stephen Cosgrove			Picture book with a moral about greed and sharing
The Paper Bag Princess	Robert Munsch	Ages 4-8		Picture book featuring a princess who can take care of herself.
The Prophet	Kahlil Gibran	Teen/adult		Poetry & philosophy
The Story of Ruby Bridges	Robert Coles	Ages 5-9		Picture book telling the story of the first African American child to attend an all-white elementary school in New Orleans in 1960.
The Three Questions	Jon J. Muth	Ages 6 and up		Picture Book. "There is only one important time, and that time is now. The most important one is always the one you are with. And the most important thing is to do good for the one who is standing at your side."  Based on story by Leo Tolstoy
The Unitarians	Elgin			Reference. History of Unitarianism
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights - An Adaptation for Children	Ruth Rocha, Octavio Roth	Ages 5-8		Picturebook; Adaptation of UN Human Rights Declaration for young children
These Live Tomorrow; Twenty UU Lives	Clinton Lee Scott			Stories of 20 famous Unitarian Universalists
Tickle's Tale	Stephen Cosgrove			Picture book; Moral: Sometimes too much curiosity can get you into trouble
Trash Attack	Candace Savage	Ages 9-12		Garbage and what we can do about it
Understanding Other Cultures	Ina Corinne Brown
UNICEF Calendars / Daybooks				Pictures and Quotes from around the world
Wanted Dead or Alive; The True Story of Harriet Tubman	Ann McGovern	Grades 1-4		True story of how Harriet Tubman escaped from slavery and led 300 other slaves with her.
We Sing of Life, Songs for Children, Young People, Adults	Vincent Silliman			Teacher reference (K)
What is Mr. Winkle?	Lara Jo Regan
Zen in the Art of Helping	David Brandon	Adult
Zomo the Rabbit	Gerald McDermott	Ages 4-8		Picture book. African folk story featuring a trickster rabbit looking for wisdom
Heather Has Two Mommies	Lesea Newman	Ages 4-8		Picture book. Heather learns that there are lots of different kinds of families and the most important thing is that all the people love each other. Shows lesbian and gay parents, stepfamilies, and adopted children.