Trees can't tell jokes, but they can certainly tell stories. . . .Red is an oak tree who is many rings old. Red is the neighborhood "wishtree"--People write their wishes on pieces of cloth and tie them to Red's...
Toleration
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Author:Applegate, KatherineSummary: -
Author:Roberts, JillianSummary:A nonfiction picture book that introduces very young children to the concept of diversity in a way that is uplifting and approachable. This edition combines both written and spoken words.
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Author:Roberts, Dr. Jillian, Revell, CindySummary:When it comes to explaining physical, cultural and religious differences to children, it can be difficult to know where to begin. What Makes Us Unique? provides an accessible introduction to the concept of diversity, teaching children...
- Author:Carnes, JimSummary:
Carnes illuminates the dark corners of our nation's past and traces our ongoing efforts to live up to the American ideals of equality and justice. Fourteen case studies bring readers a first-hand account of the history and psychology of...
- Author:Lyga, BarrySummary:
Four teens have dug up the time capsule that their parents buried in 1986 and never bothered to recover. But in addition to the expected ephemera of mixtapes, Walkmans, photographs, letters, toys, and assorted junk, Elayah, Liam, Marcie...
- Author:Greig, SteveSummary:
What makes a family? Is it sharing favorite foods, cuddling up for snuggle time, loving each other no matter what you look like in the morning? For Steve Greig's oddly wonderful, real-life family of senior dogs, chickens, rabbits,...
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Author:Manguel, AlbertoSummary:In the 2007 CBC Massey Lectures, Alberto Manguel leads us back into our literary tradition to find insight about one of the most contentious issues of our time: the rise of ethnic nationalism. The end of ethnic nationalism -- building...
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Author:Dumont, Jean-FrancoisSummary:When a friendly hedgehog visits the farm, the chickens build an enormous wall to keep out "prickly invaders."
- Author:Headlee, CelesteSummary:
A Boston Globe Most Anticipated Fall Book In this urgently needed guide, the PBS host, award-winning journalist, and author of We Need to Talk teaches us how to have productive conversations about race, offering insights, advice, and...
- Author:Roberts, Dr. JillianSummary:
On the Playground: Our First Talk About Prejudice focuses on introducing children to the complex topic of prejudice. Crafted around a narrative between a grade-school-aged child and an adult, this inquiry-focused book will help children...
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Author:Peterson, LoisSummary:Life is hard enough for Tansy with her depressed mom away indefinitely and her dad making a mess of things at home. But then Dad sends her down the hall to a wrinkly old babysitter named Miss Stella, who Tansy hates on sight. Miss...
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Author:Lee, HarperSummary:"Originally written in the mid-1950s, "Go Set a Watchman" was the novel Harper Lee first submitted to her publishers before "To Kill a Mockingbird". Assumed to have been lost, the manuscript was discovered in late 2014. "Go Set a...
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Author:Baker, BrendaSummary:Shannon is thrilled when her mom becomes pregnant. After years of hoping and praying, Shannon will be a big sister. They will be a normal, happy family. Shannon likes being normal. But when her baby brother is born, things do not go...
- Author:Sanschagrin, Joceline, Brignaud, PierreSummary:
Ce n’est pas facile d’être un grand frère. Caillou fait ses premiers pas vers la tolérance.
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This collection challenges misconceptions that rural Canada is a bastion of intolerance. While examining the extent and nature of contemporary cultural and religious discrimination in rural Canadian communities, the editors and...
