Child Spirituality & Theology Books
Here is a list of available books at £5 for each individual book or negotiable bulk buy for researchers and students. I am also happy to provide cover photos and copyright details. If you are interested in purchasing please email irene@irenesmale.co.uk
Child Spirituality Theology and Church History Books
Author | Title | Publisher | Date | Condition | Subject |
Aiken, John & Barbauld, Anna Letitia | Evenings At Home | Milner & Co | 1898? | Fragile Primary Source | Child Spirituality |
Anthony, Michael and Michelle | A Theology for Family Ministries | B & H Publishing | 2011 | New | Child Theology |
Backhouse, Robert (Ed) | The Journals of George Whitefield | Hodder & Stoughton | 1993 | Fair | Church History |
Backhouse, Robert (Ed) | The Autobiography of Charles Spurgeon | Hodder & Stoughton | 1993 | Fair | Church History |
Baker, Jenny & Ratnayake, Moya | Tune In Chill Out: Contemplative Prayer in Youth Work | Christian Education | 2004 | Fair | Youth Spirituality |
Bakke, O. M. | When Children Became People | Augsburg Fortress Press | 2005 | Good – writing in margins | History of Childhood |
Barnard, H C | A History of English Education from 1760 | University of London Press Ltd | 1961 | Good | Religious Education |
Bebbington, David | The Dominance of Evangelicalism | IVP | 2005 | As New | Church History |
Beckwith, Ivy | Postmodern Children’s Ministry | Zondervan | 2004 | As New | Child Spirituality |
Berryman, Jerome | Godly Play: An Imaginative Approach to Religious Education | Augsburg Fortress Press | 1991 | Good – some writing in margins | Child Spirituality |
Berryman, Jerome | Teaching Godly Play | Morehouse Publishing | 2009 | Good | Child Spirituality |
Berryman, Jerome & Stewart, Sonja | Young Children and Worship | Westminster John Knox Press | 1989 | Good | Child Spirituality |
Berryman, Jerome | Teaching Godly Play: The Sunday Morning Handbook | Abingdon Press | 1995 | Good – some writing in margins | Child Spirituality |
Bonner, Carey | The Christ The Church and The Child: The Ridley Lectures | The Kingsgate Press | 1921 | Fair | Child Theology |
Borgman, Dean | When Kumbaya Is Not Enough: Practical Theology for Youth Ministry | Hendrickson Publishers | 1997 | Good | Youth Theology |
Bridger, Francis | Children Finding Faith | CPAS | 2000 | Fair | Child Spirituality |
Brierley, Danny | What Every Volunteer Youth Worker Should Know | Authentic Lifestyle | 2003 | Good | Youth Spirituality |
Brierley, Dr Peter | Steps to the Future | Scripture Union | 2000 | Good | Child Evangelism |
Bristow, Amelia (Ed) | The Christian Lady’s Friend and Family Repository | Holdsworth & Ball | 1832 | Fragile Primary Source | Church History |
British Council of Churches | The Child in the Church: Understanding Christian Nurture | BCC | 1984 | Fair | Child Spirituality |
Brown, Elizabeth B | Surviving the Loss of a Child | Baker Publishing Group | 2010 | Good | Adult Spirituality |
Bunyan, John | The Holy War | George Virtue | 1846 | Fair | Illustrated History |
Burton, Ernest D W & Mathews, Shailer | Principles and Ideals for the Sunday School | University Chicago Press | 1907 | Fragile Primary Source | Religious Education |
Caffyn, John | Sussex Schools in the 18th Century: Schools Teachers and Scholars | Sussex Record Society | 1998 | As New | Social History |
Charlesworth, Maria Louisa | Ministering Children A Sequel | S W Partridge & Co | 1866 | Fragile Primary Source | Child Evangelism |
Children’s Special Service Mission | CSSM Choruses No. 1 | CSSM | 1936 | Fair | Worship |
Children’s Special Service Mission | Our Own Magazine | CSSM | 1885 | Fragile Primary Source | Religious Education |
Collingridge, W H & L | Old Jonathan: The District and Parish Helper | W H & L Collingridge | 1892 | Fragile Primary Source | Victorian Periodical |
De Mause, Lloyd (Ed) | The History of Childhood | Souvenir Press | 1974 | Fair | History of Childhood |
DeVries, Leonard | Bygone Days | Hamlyn | 1984 | Fair | Illustrated Victorian Fiction |
DeVries, Leonard | Flowers of Delight | Dobson Books Ltd | 1965 | Good | History of Childhood |
DeVries, Leonard | Little Wide Awake | Arthur Barker Ltd | 1967 | Fair | Illustrated Victorian Fiction |
Edgeworth, Maria | The Parent’s Assistant | C. Baldwin | 1834 | Fragile Primary Source | History of Childhood |
Ewing, Juliana Horatia | The Story of a Short Life | SPCK | 1886 | Fragile Primary Source | Evangelical Victorian Fiction |
Ewing, Juliana Horatia | Jackanapes | SPCK | 1884 | Fragile Primary Source | Evangelical Victorian Fiction |
Ewing, Juliana Horatia | Daddy Darwin’s Dovecot | SPCK | 1880 | Fragile Primary Source | Evangelical Victorian Fiction |
Ewing, Juliana Horatia | A Flat Iron for a Farthing | 1903 | Fragile Primary Source | Evangelical Victorian Fiction | |
Ewing, Juliana Horatia | Mary’s Meadow and Letters From A Little Garden | SPCK | 1886 | Fragile Primary Source | Evangelical Victorian Fiction |
Ewing, Juliana Horatia | Lob Lie-By-The-Fire | SPCK | 1886 | Fragile Primary Source | Evangelical Victorian Fiction |
Farrar, Frederic W | Eric or Little by Little a Tale of Roslyn School | S W Partridge & co | 1911? | Fragile Primary Source | Evangelical Victorian Fiction |
Fowler, James W | Stages of Faith | Harper Collins | 1995 | Fair | Child Spirituality |
Francis, Leslie | His Spirit Is With us | Collins Liturgical Publications | 1984 | Good | Child Spirituality |
Francis, Mrs C D | The Children’s Book of Old Testament Story | SPCK | 1913 | Fair | Religious Education |
Frank, Penny | Every Child a Chance to Choose | CPAS | 2002 | Good | Child Evangelism |
Golden, Mark | Children and Childhood in Classical Athens | John Hopkins University Press | 1990 | Good | History of Childhood |
Groser, William | Illustrative Teaching or Practical Hints to Sunday School Teachers | The Sunday School Union | 1865 | Fragile Primary Source | Child Evangelism |
Harvey, Ruth | Ready or Not: Children, Spirituality and Journeying Together | Wild Goose Publications | 2012 | Good | Child Spirituality |
Horn, Pamela | The Victorian Country Child | Roundwood Press | 1974 | Fair | History of Childhood |
Houghton, John | A Closer Look at Harry Potter | Kingsway | 2001 | Good | Child Spirituality |
Houlston & Sons | The Little Gleaner Vol 1 | Houlston & Sons | 1879 | Fragile Primary Source | Child Evangelism |
Hughes, Mary | Jenny’s Waterproof and Nelly’s Home | Religious Tract Society | 1874 | Fragile Primary Source | Child Evangelism |
Jackson, Lee | Effective Schools Work | Kingsway | 2003 | Fair | Child Evangelism |
Kelly, Gerard | Get a Grip on the Future | Monarch | 1999 | Fair | Youth Evangelism |
Lasdun, Susan | Making Victorians: The Drummond Children’s World 1827-1832 | Victor Gollanz Ltd | 1983 | Good | Social History |
Lawson, Kevin E | Understanding Children’s Spirituality (Ed) | Wipf and Stock Publishers | 2012 | Good – some writing in margins | Child Spirituality |
Le Feuvre, Amy | Probable Sons | Religious Tract Society | 1895 | Fair | Child Evangelism |
LeFever, Marlene | Learning Styles | David C Cook | 1995 | Fair | Child Evangelism |
Leicester, Mal. Modgil, Celia and Sohan | Education Culture and Values Vol 5 Spiritual and Religious Education | Routledge | 2000 | As New – few ticks in margins | Religious Education |
Lochhead, Marion | Their First Ten Years: Victorian Childhood | John Murray | 1956 | Fair | History of Childhood |
Macsorley, Catherine Mary | Goodbye Summer | SPCK | 1910? | Fragile Primary Source | Child Evangelism |
McEntee, Sean | Preaching and Teaching the Gospels to Children | The Columba Press | 1992 | Fair | Child Evangelism |
Meek, Margaret | Information and Book Learning | Thimble Press | 1997 | Good | Child Development |
Menzies, Mrs Stephen | The Travellers Guide from Death to Life | Religious Tract Society | 1920? | Fragile Primary Source | Periodical of Tracts |
Mercer, Joyce Ann | Welcoming Children: A Practical Theology of Childhood | Chalice Press | 2005 | New | Child Theology |
Mintz, Steven | Huck’s Raft: A History of American Childhood | Harvard University Press | 2006 | Good | History of Childhood |
Molesworth, Ennis Graham | Carrots – Just a Little Boy | Macmillan and Co Ltd | 1896 | Fragile Primary Source | Victorian Fiction |
Monk, William Henry | Hymns Ancient and Modern | William Clowes and Sons | 1875 | Fragile Primary Source | Worship |
Montague, C J | Sixty Years in Waifdom or the Ragged School Movement in English History | Augustus Kelley Publishers | 1969 | Good | Social History |
Moore, Lucy | Messy Hospitality | Bible Reading Fellowship | 2016 | As New | Child Evangelism |
Moore, Paul | Making Disciples in Messy Church | Bible Reading Fellowship | 2013 | Good | Child Evangelism |
Morrison, Thomas | The Sabbath School Teachers Handbook | Sunday School Union | 1892 | Fragile Primary Source | Religious Education |
Mortimer, Favell Lee | The Peep of Day: A Series of The Earliest Religious Instruction | Hatchards | 1873 | Fragile Primary Source | Child Spirituality |
Newland, Mary Reed | The Year and Our Children | Longmans Green & Co | 1957 | Fair | Religious Education |
Newton, Rev Richard | The King’s Highway | James Nisbet & Co Ltd | 1860 | Fragile Primary Source | Child Evangelism |
Old, Margaret V & Stephenson, Elspeth M | Sing to God | Scripture Union | 1974 | Fragile Primary Source | Child Evangelism |
Owen, David | English Philanthropy 1660-1960 | Harvard College | 1964 | Fair | Social History |
Peacock, Roger S | Pioneer of Boyhood Story of Founder of Boys Brigade | Abbey House Westminster | 1961 | Fair | History of Childhood |
Presbyterian Church of England | School Praise: A Hymn Book for the Young | James Nesbit & Co | 1912 | Fragile Primary Source | Worship |
Price, Alan | Children in Renewal | Hodder & Stoughton | 1996 | Fair | Child Evangelism |
Pritchard, Marian | The Helper: A Handbook for SS Teachers and Parents | Sunday School Association | 1900 | Fair | Religious Education |
Richards, Anne | Children in the Bible | SPCK | 2013 | Good | Child Theology |
Riddell, Michael | Threshold of the Future | SPCK | 1999 | Good | Youth Spirituality |
Rigg, Ellen Ross | The Pearly Gates | S W Partridge & Co | 1876 | Fragile Primary Source | Child Evangelism |
Root, Andrew | Bonhoeffer as Youth Worker | Baker Academic | 2014 | As New | Child Theology |
Rousseau, Jean Jaques (Tr. Barbara Foxley) | Emile | Dent: Everyman’s Library | 1963 | Good | History of Childhood |
Schorsch, Anita | Images of Childhood: An Illustrated Social History | Mayflower Books | 1979 | Fair | Social History |
Scull, Harold & Evans, Treyer | The Golden Book of Children’s Hymns | Blandford Press | 1952 | Fair | Worship |
Shaw, S B | Touching Incidents and Remarkable Answers to Prayer for Children | Faith Publishing House | 1895? | Fair | Child Spirituality |
Silber, Kate | Pestalozzi: The Man and His Work | Routledge and Kegan Paul Ltd | 1965 | Good | Religious Education |
Smith, William | A Smaller Dictionary of the Bible for the Use of Schools and Young Persons | John Murray | 1866 | Fair | Religious Education |
SPCK | A Child’s Guide to Morning Prayer (Illustrated by Margaret Chester) | SPCK | 1958 | Fair | Child Spirituality |
Steedman, Amy | In God’s Garden: Stories of the Saints for Little Children | T C & E C Jack | 1906 | Fragile Primary Source | Religious Education |
Stephenson, Eliza Tabor | When I Was A Little Girl | Macmillan and Co Ltd | 1896 | Fragile Primary Source | Child Evangelism |
Stretton, Hesba | How Apple-Tree Court Was Won | Religious Tract Society | 1890? | Fragile Primary Source | Child Evangelism |
Stretton, Hesba | Little Meg’s Children | Johnson Reprint | 1868 | Good Reprint 1970 | Child Evangelism |
Stretton, Hesba | Lost Gip | Religious Tract Society | 1917 | Fragile Primary Source | Child Evangelism |
Sturge, M Carta | Some Little Quakers in Their Nursery | Simpkin Marshall Ltd | 1929 | Fragile Primary Source | History of Childhood |
Temple, Nigel | Seen and Not Heard: Garland of Fancies for Victorian Children | Hutchinson of London | 1970 | Fair | Victorian Fiction |
The Book Society | The Christian Parent | The Book Society | 1789 | Fragile Primary Source | Child Evangelism |
The National Society | How Faith Grows | The Church of England | 1991 | Good | Child Spirituality |
The Sunday School Union | The Silver Link: Monthly Magazine for Home and School | The Sunday School Union | 1896 | Fair | Children’s Periodicals |
The Way, Heythrope College | The Spirituality of Children Vol 86 Summer 1996 | Heythrope College | 1996 | Fair | Child Spirituality |
Thomas Nelson and Sons | The Story of John Smeaton and the Eddystone Lighthouse | T Nelson and Sons | 1873 | Fragile Primary Source | Child Evangelism |
Trease, Geoffrey | Tales Out of School: A Survey of Children’s Fiction | William Heinemann Ltd | 1949 | Fair | Social History |
Vaughan, Rev James | The Children’s Sermons Preached in Christ Church Brighton | Houlston & Wright | 1867 | Fragile Primary Source | Child Evangelism |
Vincent, Adrian | Victorian Watercolours of Children | Michael Joseph Ltd | 1987 | Good | Social History |
Walton, Mrs O F & C Wright | A Peep Behind the Scenes (Revised Ed) | Bridge Publishing Ltd | 1982 | Fair | Child Evangelism |
Watford, Jack | Yesterday and Today: A History of Crusaders | Crusaders | 1995 | Good | History of Childhood |
Wells Gardner Darton & Co Ltd | Sunday Reading for the Young Vol. 35 | Wells Gardner Darton & Co Ltd | 1907 | Fair | Children’s Periodicals |
White, John | The Child’s Mind | Routledge | 2002 | Good | Philosophy of Education |
Williams, John G | Worship and the Modern Child: A Book for Parents Clergy and Teachers | SPCK | 1962 | Fair | Child Spirituality |
Willmer, Haddon & White, Keith J | Entry Point: Towards Child Theology With Matthew 18 | WTL Publications | 2013 | Fair | Child Theology |
Wilson, William Carus | The Teacher’s Visitor | Seeley Burnside and Seeley | 1847 | Fragile Primary Source | Religious Education |
Withers, Margaret & Pinchin, Tony | Celebrating for All God’s Family | Gracewing | 1996 | Fair | Child Spirituality |
Wynne-Jones, Pat | Children Death and Bereavement | Scripture Union | 1986 | Fair | Religious Education |
Yonge, Charlotte Mary | The Little Duke | Blackie & Son Ltd | 1908 | Fair | Victorian Fiction |