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The guides and activities below help families and churches share picture books with children, offering prayers, questions to wonder about, and engagement activities that bring the story to life!
apple and magnolia Apple and Magnolia
By Laura Gehl & Patricia Metola
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arthur Arthur and the Forgetful Elephant
By Maria Giron
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Babbit and Joan, a Rabbit and a Phone
By Denise Turu
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coat cover The Coat
By Severine Vidal
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 - Discussion and Activity Guide
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dress The Dress in the Window
By Robert Tregoning & Pippa Curnick
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fbbb For Beautiful Black Boys Who Believe in a Better World
By Michael W. Waters & Keisha Morris
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gbp cover God's Big Plan
By Elizabeth F. Caldwell, Theodore Hiebert, & Katie Yamasaki
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god's coming to visit God's Coming to Visit
By Franz Hubner
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grandpas window Grandpa's Window
By Laura Gehl & Udayana Lugo
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tgfnt cover The Good for Nothing Tree
By Amy-Jill Levine, Sandy Eisenberg Sasso, & Annie Bowler
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moses cover Hiding Baby Moses
By Judith L. Roth & Melanie Cataldo
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hbaw Home by Another Way
By Barbara Brown Taylor & Melanie Cataldo
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ilyb I Love You, Blue
By Barroux
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crab cover I'm Fabulous Crab
By Nicki Greenberg
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liberty Liberty's Civil Rights Road Trip
By Michael Waters & Nicole Tadgell
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tmms cover The Marvelous Mustard Seed
By Amy-Jill Levine, Sandy Eisenberg Sasso, & Margaux Meganck
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(also available in Spanish and Korean)

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max cover Max and the Purple Worry
By Kitty Black & Jess Rose
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My Elephant Is Blue
By Melinda Szymanik
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tnohb

The Night of His Birth
By Katherine Paterson & Lisa Aisato
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One Thursday Afternoon
By Barbara DiLorenzo
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Psalms of Wonder
By Carey Wallace & Khoa Le
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(also available in Spanish)

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 - Church & Home Guide (guía en español)

delicia Saving Delicia
By Laura Gehl & Patricia Metola
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sidney cover Sidney the Lonely Cloud
By Tim Hopgood
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Three Lines in a Circle
By Michael G. Long & Carlos Velez
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A Very Big Problem
By Amy-Jill Levine, Sandy Eisenberg Sasso, & Annie Bowler
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Walking toward Peace
By Kathleen Krull & Annie Bowler
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crow cover What the Crow Saw Below
By Robert Tregoning
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who counts cover Who Counts?
100 Sheep, 10 Coins, and 2 Sons
By Amy-Jill Levine, Sandy Eisenberg Sasso, & Margaux Meganck
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(also available in Spanish and Korean)

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  - Coloring Pages
WIMN cover Who Is My Neighbor?
By Amy-Jill Levine, Sandy Eisenberg Sasso, & Denise Turu
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 - Coloring Page
Read * Pray * Wonder * Play guides are created in partnership with PC(USA)'s initiative "Around the Table."