Katherine Newman

Created for Quaker children and their First Day School teachers, First Day Stories with Lessons for Friends' Children consists of 12 illustrated stories to read to 3- to 5-year-olds, along with two lessons per story about contemporary Friends' practices and community in unprogrammed meetings. The stories portray a Quaker family at home and in Meeting-for example, shaking hands after Meeting, holding others in the Light, comforting a sad Friend, and aiding persons without homes. The lessons at the back of the book may be used without additional materials and without extensive teacher preparation.

The first study to examine violence in small towns and suburbs uses interviews with more than two hundred people to challenge the "loner theory" and illuminate the role of parents, communities, and schools in missing the warning signs.