Help Us Refresh North Wind Manor’s Children’s Library!

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This month, we’re embarking on an overdue mission to refresh the North Wind Manor Library—and it’s all about our younger Rabbit Room readers.

It’s been nearly four years since we opened the doors of North Wind Manor to the community. Since then, we’ve welcomed folks around hot cups of coffee, conversations, events of every kind, and more than a few thousand scones (thanks, Rachel). One of the things we love most about the Manor is its wide welcome—people come from all over the world, bringing their stories, questions, laughter, and joyous little ones.

While these little ones are joyous, they often have . . . grubby little hands. We here at the Rabbit Room believe that grubbiness is a crucial part of childhood, as is the reckless abandon with which these children have enjoyed (read: lovingly destroyed) their books. Our copies of The Chronicles of Narnia have been so well-loved that some pages are paper-clipped together. There are crinkled, dog-eared pages adorned with crayon doodles from burgeoning illustrators, and it’s possible the cover page of Prince Caspian was recently used as a tissue.

We take pride in these well-worn books, but it’s time our book nook got a refresh—and we are inviting you to be a part of it.

Here’s How: Join the Rabbit Room Membership

For every new Rabbit Room Membership from April 21 to May 5, we’ll add a new book to the children’s Book Nook and place a commemorative bookplate inside that book with your name on it.

By joining the Rabbit Room Membership, you’ll not only give the gift of books to our young readers, but your continued commitment will impact all programs here at the Rabbit Room. Whether it be funding the creation of beautiful books like Every Moment Holy or An Axe for the Frozen Sea, podcast production, events like the Local Show, or theatre productions like The Hiding Place, your Rabbit Room Membership will make this work an accessible and enjoyable place for Christ-centered art and communities to flourish.

In pursuit of refreshing some of our older favorites on the shelf with some new recommendations, we polled our Rabbit Room Members to discover their must-have picks for our shelves. Here are a few of their favorites:

Early Readers (0-7)

• Mercy Watson series – Written by Kate DiCamillo

• The Seven Silly Eaters – Written by Mary Ann Hoberman, illustrated by Marla Frazee

• Sir Badalot and the Cranky Danky Dragon – Written by Jeremy Billups

• Finding Narnia: The Story of C. S. Lewis and His Brother – Written by Caroline McAlister, illustrated by Jessica Lanan

Middle Grade (8-12)

• The Penderwicks series – Jeanne Birdsall

• Peter and the Starcatchers – Dave Barry & Ridley Pearson

• The Mysterious Benedict Society – Trenton Lee Stewart

• A Place to Hang the Moon – Kate Albus

Young Adult (13-18)

• The Book Thief – Markus Zusak

• Jane Eyre – Charlotte Brontë

• Salt to the Sea – Ruta Sepetys

• Eragon (The Inheritance Cycle series #1) – Christopher Paolini

Join the Membership today through May 5 to add books like these and countless others to our North Wind Manor Library. Become a member and explore what it means to support the work of the Rabbit Room!

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