Rabbit Hill
Recommended. Age: 9+. A Catholic review of this book for parents.
Our review
The animals of Rabbit Hill are hungry, and new people have moved into the big house. The animals fear the newcomers will be cruel. Little Georgie is hurt and taken inside, but the new family turns out to be kind, and they leave out food for all. It is a gentle Newbery winner about trading fear for trust, and a statue of St. Francis watches over the food. Age 9+, set by Plugged In's 9-12 range; no Common Sense Media book review was found.
For parents
Age 9+, set by Plugged In's stated 9-12 range. Lumen would read it aloud from 6. Plugged In found no profanity or sexual content. A car strikes Georgie, and Uncle Analdas jokes about gallows; neither is graphic per Plugged In. Plugged In files the St. Francis statue under other belief systems, but he is a Catholic saint, and the statue's words, as Wikipedia gives them, are "There Is Enough for All." Ask: when did the animals' fear turn out to be wrong?