Webster Bible Church and Webster Christian School Library Blog

Little White Rabbit is curious. He wonders many things as he explores his world. What would it be like to be . . . green like tall grass . . . or tall like fir trees . . . or unable to move like a rock . . . ? When a cat frightens Little [...]

  Tomorrow ten-year-old Sasha will join the Young Pioneers, showing  devotion to his beloved leader, Comrade Stalin, and the Soviet government.   How thrilling! And what is more–his very own father, an important Communist, will tie his Pioneers scarf at the  induction ceremony.   That is the plan anyway, before his father gets arrested as a spy during [...]

  Follett Titlewave As November draws near, water horses rise from the rough seas that surround Thisby Island.  Some islanders capture and tame the bloodthirsty animals. Always some people die.   The annual Scorpio Races are held along the beach each November 1st.   19-year-old Sean Kendrick and 16-year-old Kate (Puck) Connolly both have their [...]

This picture-book biography of Jane Goodall begins with Jane as a young child, carrying her beloved stuffed chimpanzee wherever she goes.   As she grows, Jane learns all she can about nature through books and her own observations.    She loves being out-of-doors. Climbing her favorite tree, she reads Tarzan of the Apes and dreams of someday [...]

Follett Titlewave Herbert Timberteeth begins to conduct a choir of animals singing his rhyming song about what animals like when suddenly some of the anmals change his lyrics and sing about what they REALLY like. Mr. Timberteeth (a beaver) becomes flustered. He stops and restarts the song only to have more and more animals sing their true preferences rather [...]

Using just a few words per double-page illustration, Shane Evans depicts slaves escaping with the help of the Underground Railroad.   Conveying the feelings of the slaves, the illustrations begin dark as night and gradually lighten as the fugitives reach freedom.   Because our kindergarten teacher covers the Underground Railroad with her class, I asked her to evaluate [...]

When his father is promoted to Commandant of Auschwitz Concentration Camp, Follett Titlewave nine-year-old Bruno moves with his family from Berlin to “Out-With” . Their new home overlooks the camp, so Bruno and his sister ask themselves, “Who are all those people wearing striped pajamas, and what are they doing there?”   Without his family’s knowledge, [...]