Picture Books for Pastoral Care recommended by Penny Reeve

This collection contains the books referenced in Penny Reeve's seminar on Picture Books for Pastoral Care at the SMBC Children's Ministry Conference 2026

Faith-based picture books:

• Wow God, Thank You, Sorry, Please: A Kid's Guide to Prayer (Simon Camilleri)
• Goodbye to Goodbyes (Lauren Chandler)
  
• Nothing: Nothing Can Separate You From God's Love! (N Creech)
• The Moon Is Always Round (Jon Gibson)
• Found: Psalm 23 (Sally Lloyd-Jones)
• Near: Psalm 139 (Sally Lloyd-Jones)
• Cecil the Lost Sheep (Andrew McDonough)
• Can God See Me? (Penny Reeve)
• Fearlessly Madison (Penny Reeve)
• God Made Something Tall (Penny Reeve)
• Wonderfully Madison (Penny Reeve)
• Like Me: A Story About Disability and Discovering God's Image in Every Person (Laura Wifler)

Issues-based picture books:

• What to Say: When You Don’t Know What to Say
• I Can't Believe They're Gone: A Kid's Grief Book That Hugs, Helps, and Gives Hope. (Karen Brough)
• When Sadness Comes to Call. Anderson Press (Eva Eland)
• Through the Gate (S Fawcett)
• Good Pictures, Bad Pictures (Focus on the Family)
• Hugs Still Feel the Same (K Strong)

Story-based picture books:

• Word Trouble (V Boyadjieva)
• Sad, the Dog (S. Fussell)
• Bernie Thinks in Boxes (J Horn)
• The Other Brother (Penny Jaye)
• Same (Katrina Roe)
• The Incredibly Busy Mind of Bowen Bartholomew Crisp
• Anchored (D. Tidball)
• When I See Grandma (D. Tidball)