| Preface | 1 |
| Creation Connections | |
| One Flake at a Time (Snowflake Bentley by Jacqueline Briggs Martin illustrated by Mary Azarian) | 5 |
| Black Stands for Warmth (Appalachia: The Voices of Sleeping Birds by Cynthia Rylant illustrated by Barry Moser) | 9 |
| From Dust to Life (Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse) | 14 |
| An Outdoor Comfort Zone (When Sophie Gets Angry--Really, Really Angry by Molly Bang) | 18 |
| Let's Hear It For... (Joseph Had a Little Overcoat by Simms Taback) | 21 |
| Hierarchy of Fear (Chato's Kitchen by Gary Soto illustrated by Susan Guevara) | 25 |
| The Potter's Secret (A Single Chard by Linda Sue Park) | 29 |
| God's Care and Forgiveness | |
| The Hound of Heaven (Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor) | 35 |
| When Roots Grew from Rocks (Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis) | 40 |
| Always on Her Mind (Wemberley Worried by Kevin Henkes) | 45 |
| Temporary Atheism (Preacher's Boy by Katherine Paterson) | 48 |
| The Cat Person (Mrs. Katz and Tush by Patricia Polacco) | 52 |
| Justice for All | |
| Living in a Dream World (Tar Beach by Faith Ringgold) | 57 |
| The Power of Words and Pictures (Martin's Big Words by Doreen Rappaport illustrated by Bryan Collier) | 61 |
| Fishy Handkerchiefs (Number the Stars by Lois Lowry) | 65 |
| What's in a Name? (Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman illustrated by Caroline Binch) | 70 |
| The House a Goat Built (Beatrice's Goat by Page McBrier illustrated by Lori Lohstoeter) | 74 |
| World Religions | |
| The Big Picture (Seven Blind Mice by Ed Young) | 79 |
| Echoes from the Elephant (Religions Explained by Anita Ganeri) | 84 |
| A Symbol of Indian Sentiment (and Still the Turtle Watched by Sheila MacGill-Callahan illustrated by Barry Moser) | 89 |
| Christ and Karma (Mother Teresa: Sister to the Poor by Patricia Reilly Giff) | 92 |
| Music | |
| "Know Thyself"--He Did (Handel, Who Knew What He Liked by M. T. Anderson illustrated by Kevin Hawkes) | 99 |
| Notes in a Tree (Mole Music by David McPhail) | 103 |
| A Musical Brain Wave (Beethoven Lives Upstairs by Barbara Nichol illustrated by Scott Cameron) | 107 |
| Telltale Steps (Sing to the Stars by Mary Brigid Barrett illustrated by Sandra Speidel) | 111 |
