The Great Shalom

This book along with the sequel, "Shalom At Last" are two of the most wonderful animal/environment books I have read. As touching as "Charlotte's Web" the reader ends up truly caring about the animals. The authors love for Gods magnificent creation and creatures is evident yet the story does not have any "religious" wording that would make it unreadable in my public school classroom. My second grade students especially loved the picture of Mr. Dyck at the end of the book in front of the recycled materials playhouse he and his grandchildren built.