Welcome to the SSUC Children’s Book Blog! When SSUC gathers on Sundays, a popular and important part of the morning is our “Time for All Ages”. Most times, we engage with a picture book and the ideas, values journeys that this literature takes us on! This is a place where you can find some of Christopher’s favourite and featured books over the years. 

The Stuff of Stars

Marion Dane Bauer, Illustrated by Ekua HolmesCandlewick Press, 2018   From the Publisher: Before the universe was formed, before time and space existed, there was…nothing. But then…BANG! Stars caught fire […]

A Stone Sat Still

Brendan WenzelChronicle Books, 2019. From the Publisher: A Stone Sat Still tells the story of a seemingly ordinary rock – but to the animals that use it, it is a […]

All the World

Liz Garton Scanlon, Illustrated by Marla FrazeeSimon and Schuster, 2015. From the Publisher: All the world is here. It is there. It is everywhere. All the world is right where you […]

A Little Book About Justice

Ashwin ChackoPenguin Random House, 2025. From the Publisher: This book gives kids “a head start on the conversation and helps them see what the core of justice is and what […]

I Am Gravity

Henry Herz, Merce LopezTilbury House, 2024 From the Publisher: What reaches everywhere and never tires? Pulling on feathers and galaxies alike? Holding the mighty Milky Way together? Gravity, of course!  […]

The Other Way to Listen

Byrd Baylor and Peter ParnallAlladin, 1997. From the Publisher: With a lot of practice, a young boy learns from his old teacher how to listen to the sounds and songs […]