Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo Alto

Selected Titles for Families
and Children

Our church bookstore offers titles that are of interest and value to families, parents, and children.  We also carry entertaining picture storybooks for young children and a selection of worthwhile current literature for older children and teens.

FOR FAMILIES:

A series published by Beacon Press designed to be read together:
Hide and Seek with God (stories for ages 6-9 that present God in a variety of  multicultural, non-sexist ways)
What If Nobody Forgave? (stories for all ages that bring to life the seven UU Principles)
A Lamp in Every Corner (for ages 6 and up, stories about UU history and tradition, and famous UU men and women)
Aisha’s Moonlit Walk (for ages 5-12 featuring a modern family as they celebrate eight pagan holidays during the year)
UU & Me! (for ages 5-10, with stories from the first five years of the UU & ME kids’ magazine.

Evensong for Families
Circle Round: Raising Children in Goddess Traditions
Talking About Death: Dialogues Between Parent and Child:

Bullying

A helpful collection dealing with the problem of bullying:
Say Something (for ages 7-11, with resources for discussions about how to stop teasing and bullying at school)
Bullies Are a Pain in the Brain (for ages 8-13)
Bully, the Bullied, and the Bystander (a handbook for parents and educators)

FOR TEENS: 

Coming of Age: A Treasure of Poems, Quotations and Readings on  Growing Up
Too Old for This, Too Young for That (the middle school years)
What Do You Stand For? For Teens (ages 11 and up, guided exploration of values, such as honesty, empathy, integrity, and respect)
The Kids’ Guide to Working Out Conflict: How to Keep Cool, Stay Safe, and Get Along (ages 10-14)
Humanism: What’s That? (ages 9 and up)

FOR CHILDREN:

It’s Perfectly Normal (part of the OWL series with honest answers to nearly every imaginable question about sexuality, ages 9-12)
What Do You Stand For? For Kids  (for ages 7-10, emphasis on character traits like caring, citizenship, cooperation, courage, fairness, respect, and responsibility)
Unitarian Universalism Is a Really Long Name (ages 5-9)
And Tango Makes Three (ages 4-8, a penguin in the Central Park Zoo has two fathers)
The Everything Seed (ages 3-7, a beautifully illustrated story of beginnings by a UU minister)