Grace Day 1:
God loves us so much!!!
The grace to rejoice in God’s
(abiding/eternal/everlasting) love.
o
Just in case You Ever Wonder by Max Lucado
(parent’s
unconditional
love)
o
I’ll Promise I’ll Find You by Heather Patricia Ward
(Parents/God always searches for us when we are lost) short
o
No Matter What by Debi Gliori (unconditional love,
even when “Little” turns into an alligator) nice & short!!
o
Without You by Sarah Weeks (baby Penguin relies on
dad for safety & protection) short
o
I love You Like Crazy Cakes by Rose Lewis (adoptive
unconditional love)
o
Always my Dad by Sharon Dennis Wyeth (fathers love
though he is not always around)
o
I’ll Always Love You by Hans Wilhelm (boy will
always love dog even when it dies) short
o
Angels watching over me: a song of God’s love, by
Lynn Hodges
o
Because I love you, by Max Lucado
o
Joey runs away, by Jack Kent
o
Kissing Hand, by Audrey Penn
o
Love you forever, by Robert Munsch
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Mama, do you love me by Barbara Joose
o
Mother for Choco, by Keiko Kasza
o
On mother’s lap, by Ann Herbert Scott
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Runaway Bunny, by Margaret Wise Brown
o
Miss Malarkey leaves no reader behind, by Judy
Finchler
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Without you, by Sarah Weeks
Grace Day 2:
God forgives us when we ask!!!
God invites us to forgiveness &
reconciliation; his forgiveness is infinite.
The grace to desire God’s healing touch
Picture books on forgiveness
& true friendship
- The Friend by Sarah Stewart (little girl’s
nanny plays with her & stays with her until one day she sneaks down
to the beach & then the nanny saves her & forgives her) short
- Mr. Lincoln’s Way by Patricia Polacco
(principal teaches bully about how to treat others & respecting
differences through loving diverse birds) ¾ & up -longer but fabulous
- Because I Love You by Max Lucado (stone
builder/father type will always forgive & search for us when we
stray) longer
- You are Special by Max Lucado (wooden boy
learns to forgive self by loving self as God loves us & so black
dots-put downs- no longer stick) longer
- The Crippled Lamb by Max Lucado (crippled
lamb saddened by limitation learns of God’s special plan) medium length
- Papa, Do You Love Me & Mama Do You Love Me by
Barbara Joosse (parent loves and forgves despite child’s poor
(Hypothetical- what if?) decisions) short
- Abby’s chairs, by Barbara Santucci
- The Babe and I, by David Adler
- Enemy Pie, by Derek Munson [on
Tumblebooks]
- Friends, by Helme Heine
- I’ll be with you always, by Earekson Jon
Tada
- The other side, by Jacqueline Woodson
- The pearl, by Helme Heine
- Stone soup – title by several authors: Jon
Muth,
- Superdog, the heart of a champion, by
Caralyn Buehner
Grace Day 3:
God wants all of us to be free!
God invites us into relationship-like a
parent/child-wise elder/loving friend
Freedom comes from knowing that we are fully
loved & lovable
The grace to hear God’s call of freedom – to
be our true selves
Picture books that express: God
calls us to freedom through relationship and acceptance
- The Big Box by Toni Morrison (3 children
are put in a box filled with the best things after they break the rules
but yearn for freedom) medium
- Quentin Fenton Herter III by Amy MacDonald
(two boys both learn we are a balance of good & bad) medium
- Library Lion by Michelle Knudsen (lion
breaks rule in library for good reason, is sent away but then the rule
changes so he can return)
- The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein (Tree
keeps giving as boy keeps asking for more)
- Also see books re love & friendship !!!!
Grace Day 4:
God calls us to make good decisions
The grace to know the difference between
right and wrong and to make life-giving choices
Picture Book Suggestions: God
calls us to make good life-giving choices: listen to what is right & be
peacemakers
- The Other Way to Listen by Byrd Baylor and
Peter Parnall (learn to listen by slowing down and getting to know
something very well) medium
- Miss Malarkey Leaves no Reader Behind by
Judy Finchler & Kevin O’Malley (teacher finds a perfect book for each
child by listening to his/her interests in order to help the school read
1000 books) medium
- Angels Watching Over Me by Lynn Hodges
& Sue Buchanan (angels follow a girl throughout her day to keep her
safe) – short -tie to conscience
- Knuffle Bunny by Mo Willems (child leaves
stuffed animal at Laundromat & parents race back to hunt for it)
short – right choices take time & commitment
- Something from Nothing by Phoebe Gilman
(from blanket to coat to vest to button to story- creative choices help
others & build community) short
- God’s Quiet Things by Nancy Sweetland (boy
finds God in nature by slowing down to look & listen
- The Other Side by Jacqueline Woodson (girl
chooses to sit on fence that divides 2 sides of the town white/black)
medium
Grace Day 5:
God calls us
The grace to embrace our truth before our God
– be true to self, self confidence
- Bad case of stripes, by David Shannon
- Cosmo zooms, by Arthur Howard
- Dumpy LaRue, by Elizabeth Winthrop
- Each one special, by Frieda Wishinsky
- Ella Sarah gets dressed, by Margaret
Chodos-Irvine
- Fancy Nancy, by Jane O’Connor
- Finklehopper Frog, by Livingston
- Giraffes can’t dance, by Andrea Giles
- Goose, by Bang
- Lilly’s purple plastic purse, by Keven
Henkes
- Odd Velvet, by Mary Whitcomb [on
Tumblebooks]
- Owliver, by Krause
- Pinduli, by Cannon
- Rag coat, by Lauren Mills
- Sebastian’s roller skates, by Joan de Deu
- Suki’s komono, by Chieri Uegaki
- Sylvia Jean, drama queen, by Lisa Campbell
Ernst
- Unhurry Harry, by Eve Merriam
- Weslandia, by Paul Fleischman
- Widget, by Lyn Rossiter McFraland
- Wings, by Walter Dean Myers
Grace Day 6:
God calls us
The grace to trust in our commitment to
Christ
Grace Day 7:
God calls us
The grace to believe in God’s promise and
faithfulness to us
- Abby’s chairs, by Barbara Santucci
- Annie and the old one, by Miska Miles
- Bear’s eggs, by Ingrid Shubert
- Chair for my mother, by Vera B. Williams
- Cherry tree, by Ruskin Bonds
- Dear children of the earth, by Schim
Schimmel
- Grannyman, by Judith Bryon Schachner
- Jubal’s wish, by Audrey Wood
- Just enough and not too much, by Kaethe
Zemach-Bersin
- Mole music, by David McPhail
- One smile, by Cindy McKinley
- The pearl, by Helme Heine
- Rain came down, by David Shannon
- Roberto the insect architect, by Laden [on
Tumblebooks]
- Somebody loves you Mr. Hatch, by Eileen
Spinelli
- Sophie’s masterpiece, by Eileen Spinelli
- Sosu’s call, by Jon Muth
- Stone soup, by Jon Muth – and the same
title by Forest Heather and others
- Wilfred Gordon McDonald Partridge, by Mem
Fox
- Wolf’s favor, by Testa Fulvio
Grace Day 8:
God calls us
The grace to be restored to wholeness
Grace Day 4:
God calls us
The grace for wisdom to know that “God’s love
and grace are enough for us”