Whimsy’s Heavy Things
Whimsy’s Heavy Things | by Julie Kraulis
Ideal for: Mental Health Awareness Week October, World Mental Health Day October 10, Bell Let's Talk Day January 22, 2025, National Child and Youth Mental Health Week May.
Biblical and Theological Themes: difficult feelings (sadness, grief, worry, anxiety), finding peace, consolation and comfort
No More Plastic
No More Plastic | by Alma Fullertons
Ideal for: Take Me Outside Day October 20, Earth Month and Earth Day April 22, Canadian Environment Week June, World Environment Day June 5.
Biblical and Theological Themes: creation care, human responsibility to look after God’s precious world which teems with life in many forms, the goodness of the natural world which sustains us and every other living thing, community, justice, grief, lament, holy anger
My Beautiful Birds
My Beautiful Birds | by Suzanne Del Rizzo
Ideal for: International Day of Peace Sept. 21, Human Rights Day Dec. 10, International Migrants Day December 18, International Day of Education Jan. 24, International Women's Day and United Nations Day for Women's Rights and International Peace March 8, World Refugee Day June 20, Canadian Multiculturalism Day June 27.
Biblical and Theological Themes: war and conflict, peace, exile, homelessness, grief and lament, the experience of being a refugee, relationship with the natural world, kindness, safety, refuge, shelter, freedom, hope, peace, promise, compassion, welcome, hospital