Children and Juvenile books:

 

Teresa of Calcutta: a pictorial biography by Robert Serrou 

Mother Teresa worked with the poorest of the poor.

 

One World, One Day by Barbara Kerley

It shows how children in all parts of the world spend a day.

 

Mother Teresa by Jennifer A Miller

A remarkable children’s book bout Mother Teresa’s work with the poor.

 

Listen to the Wind: The story of Dr. Greg and Three Cups of Tea

By Greg Mortenson and Susan L. Roth

Despite danger Greg Mortenson built schools for girls in Pakistan

 

World Hunger by Liza N. Burby

Hunger is considered a global problem; over forty-one thousand deaths a day are caused by hunger.

Hope for Children in Poverty: Profiles and Possibilities

By Ronald J. Sider, Heidi Unruh, Marian Wright Edelman

 

Beatrice’s Goat By Page Mc Brier

Based on the true account of one family who received aid from the Heifer Project.

 

One Hen-How One Small Loan Made a Big Difference

By Katie Smith Milway

 

Give a Goat By Jan West Schrock

A family is changed by the gift of a goat.

Four Feet, Two Sandals by K. L. Williams, K. Mohammand

A refugee girl who asked why there were no books about children like her inspired this story.

 

Faith the Cow

Susan Bame Hoover

 

A Kids Guide to Hunger and Hopelessness: How To Take Action

By Cathryn Berger Kaye

Kids explore what others in the world have done to address the issues.

 

Home Is Where We Live: Life At A Shelter Through A Young Girl’s Eyes

By Jane Hertensten

The story is based on a 10-year-old girl in a shelter.

My Name is Sangoel

by Karen Lynn Wiliams

Sangoel is a refugee leaving behind his homeland of Sudan.

A Kids' Guide to Hunger & Homelessness

How to take Action!

by Cathryn Berger Kaye, M.A.

Gardens, hunger banquets, Art with children, emergency kits, food pantries

Adult Books

Companion to the Poor: Christ in the Urban Slum by Viv Grigg

Mountains Upon Mountains by Tracy Kidder

Cry Of The Urban Poor by Viv Grigg

Reaching the slums of today's mega-cities

The urban poor now constitute an unreached people group that is the third largest in the world--one that is doubling every decade and among the most responsive to the gospel.

Dispossessed Life in Our World's Urban Slums by Mark Kramer

Dispossessed relates the very human, and very moving, stories of families living today on the fringes of Manila, Nairobi, Mexico City, Bangkok and Cairo. The people tell about their lives and struggles, their hopes and fears.

Left To Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rawandan Holocaust by Immaculee IIlibagiza

Through hard work and determination, Immaculee survived the Holocaust. She has established a foundation to help others heal from the long-term effects of genocide and war.

 

There Is No Me Without You by Melissa Fay Greene

Teferra transformed her home into an orphanage and began facilitating adoptions to homes all over the world.

 

The Waiting Child by Cindy Champnella 

This is a story about how the faith and love of one orphan saved the life of another.

Through determination and persistence, this orphan was able to bring another child home for adoption.

 

Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin

One man’s mission to promote peace one school at a time.

Mortenson built fifty-three schools –especially for girls- in impoverished Pakistan

This book is an inspiration.  One person can make a difference in the world. Mortenson fueled the hopes and dreams of many children.

Stones into Schools by Greg Mortenson

Promoting Peace with Books, not bombs, in Afganistan and Pakistan. An African proverb: If you teach a boy, you educate an individual; but if you teach a girl, you educate a community."

 

World Hunger by E. M. Young

This book explores the nature and extent of contemporary world hunger.

 

Saving Levi by Lisa Misraje Bentley

Lisa Bentley and her husband co-founded Harmony Outreach, an orphanage and outreach to orphans in China.

 

Love in the Driest Season by Neely Tucker

Tucker and his wife adopt an abandoned child in Zimbabwe

Shadow Cities: A Billion Squatters, A New Urban World by Robert Neuwirth

Shootback , Editor Lana Wang

Photos by kids in the Nairobi Slums