Grace
Day 1: God loves us so much!!!
The grace to
rejoice in God’s (abiding/eternal/everlasting) love.
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Just in case You Ever Wonder by Max Lucado (parent’s
unconditional love)
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I’ll Promise I’ll Find You by Heather Patricia Ward
(Parents/God always searches for us when we are lost) short
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No Matter What by Debi Gliori (unconditional love,
even when “Little” turns into an alligator) nice & short!!
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Without You by Sarah Weeks (baby Penguin relies on
dad for safety & protection) short
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I love You Like Crazy Cakes by Rose Lewis (adoptive
unconditional love)
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Always my Dad by Sharon Dennis Wyeth (fathers love
though he is not always around)
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I’ll Always Love You by Hans Wilhelm (boy will always
love dog even when it dies) short
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Angels watching over me: a song of God’s love, by
Lynn Hodges
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Because I love you, by Max Lucado
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Joey runs away, by Jack Kent
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Kissing Hand, by Audrey Penn
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Love you forever, by Robert Munsch
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Mama, do you love me by Barbara Joose
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Mother for Choco, by Keiko Kasza
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On mother’s lap, by Ann Herbert Scott
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Runaway Bunny, by Margaret Wise Brown
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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”