For Children, Middle-Grade Readers, and Read-Aloud Families
Here are the books in the Geraldine Wookins and Woolkins Bookshelf series, in the recommended reading order.
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The Adventures of Geraldine Woolkins
Young Geraldine longs to have adventures as thrilling as those in the Book of Tales, the book her papa reads to her and her brother Button at night. More than that, she wants to be brave—a seemingly impossible task in a world where ravens throw black shadows over the earth and wolves prowl barren lands in search of their prey. But Geraldine is a mouse. The weakest of ground things. Why was she, who wants so much to be brave, created by God to be small and quivering?
The book’s ten stories follow the Woolkins family—Papa, Mama, Geraldine, and Button—from October to December, as they face their rather human trials and tribulations and Geraldine struggles to understand Very Very Big Hands, the creator of all, including ravens and wolves.
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More Adventures of Geraldine Woolkins
As a new mouse, Geraldine still struggles to be brave and good. And at night, when the Woolkins family gathers to listen to Papa read stories from the Book of Tales, she still tries to understand Very Very Big Hands, the creator of all—including the dreaded wolves of the Barren Land.
But will she ever stop longing to fly like a bird or to stride above the grasses like a fox? Will she learn to be thankful for the ground thing she was made to be? Ten more stories follow the Woolkins mouse family—Papa, Mama, Geraldine, and Button—from January, a time of scarcity, to March, with its first whispers of spring.
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Springtime with Geraldine Woolkins
Geraldine Woolkins has at last become a middle mouse, but navigating the waters of middle-mouse life isn’t easy. Her younger brother irritates her, her sparrow friend Penelope neglects her, and an elder mouse friend is becoming forgetful, making the entire Woolkins family anxious.
Everything is changing. And when Geraldine discovers that the best treasures of spring—fragrant spring flowers, a pond created by spring rainstorms—will one day disappear, she is heartbroken. Does nothing last forever? Does everything good change or fade?
Ten more stories follow the Woolkins mouse family—Papa, Mama, Geraldine, and Button—from April, a time of blossoming, to June, the month of long days.
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Book of Tales: Volume One
When the Woolkins mouse family gathers by the fireplace at night, they read from the family’s most treasured book, the Book of Tales. Passed down from generation to generation in the Woolkins family, the book contains stories of danger, faith, and perseverance.
Set forests, fields, ponds, and backyard butterfly gardens, Volume One contains fifteen illustrated tales in all. From a fox who must choose between his friends and his baby sister to a hedgehog facing monumental change and goldfish torn from the safety of their pet store aquarium.
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Summertime with Geraldine Woolkins
It’s summertime in the Oak Forest. School is out and long play days are in. But summer, like every other season, has its challenges and disappointments for Geraldine Woolkins, a young mouse.
She struggles with feeling different from other creatures in the Oak Forest, and with overcoming her fears—especially when she can’t understand why she’s afraid. But in the midst of her challenges, Geraldine discovers that books, family, and friends, as well as Very Very Big Hands, will carry her through.
Ten stories follow the Woolkins mouse family—Papa, Mama, Geraldine, and Button—from July, with its hot and dry days, to September, with its first whispers of autumn.
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