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Book: Peace Begins With You
$12.00 $7.95 On Sale!
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by Katherine Scholes. The concept of peace can be difficult for children to grasp, but award-winning author Katherine Scholes succeeds in explaining clearly and simply how and why peace has a place in all of our lives. The book begins at a personal level, looking at why different people's needs and wants don't always fit together easily, and how this can become a source of conflict. It then explores the many ways in which conflicts can be resolved, including the positive ways that avoid a winner/loser outcome.
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Book: Why War Is Never a Good Idea
$16.99
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by Alice Walker, Stefano Vitale (Illustrator), Stefano Vitale (Illustrator) hardcover.
Though War is Old
It has not
Become wise.
Poet and activist Alice Walker personifies the power and wanton devastation of war in this evocative poem.
Stefano Vitale’s compelling paintings illustrate this unflinching look at war’s destructive nature and unforeseen consequences.
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Book: Todd Parr's The Peace Book
$16.00
Book: The Peace Book
by Todd Parr.
Like Parr's bestseller "It's Okay to Be Different," this primer about peace gives parents and teachers a valuable tool in talking about this challenging subject to younger children. Peace is described as making new friends, sharing a meal, feeling good about yourself, and more.
Another book we carry has the same title, but is not related to this book. It is by Louise Diamond.
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Book: The Fight for Peace: A History of Antiwar Movements in America
$32.00 $27.00 On Sale!
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Ted Gottfried • 136 pages • 2006
Reinforced sturdy library binding • A book to donate to your local elementary, middle, high school or public library, in this era of tight budgets for public education. Reading level: Grade 7; Interest range: Grades 5 - 12.
There is no other book specifically on this subject avaiable for young and teen readers.
"A readable, engaging resource for reports that will also appeal to general readers." – Starred, Booklist
• "A well-organized, well-documented resource." – School Library Journal
Throughout U.S. history. antiwar activists have gathered and lobbied to prevent armed conflict. Often their work put them at odds with the majority population. Sometimes their antiwar positions gave their opponents reason to question the activist' loyalty to the U.S.
THE FIGHT FOR PEACE traces the work of antiwar activists from the Revoluionary War (1776-1783) to the conflict in Iraq in the 2000's. This book shines light on the U.S. peace movements and organizations that developed in the 1800's, as well as the international pacifist groups that bucked the majority in the 1900's. No other books present this history (besides Howard Zinn's classic 1980 "A People's History of the United States") The book also gives voice to those who argue that some causes are worth fighting for. In so doing, The Fight For Peace makes us face the ongoing tension between those who fight wars and those who fight to preserve peace.
• Click on title for two full reviews from School Library Journal and Booklist.
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Book: The Mishomis Book: The Voice of the Ojibway
$18.00
by Edward Benton Banai. The major intent of the Mishomis Book is to provide to the reader an accurate and undistorted account of the culture, history and philosophy of the Ojibway Nation so that people of all nations can also benefit from these teachings which have endured from antiquity. Eddie explains that this is the first book written in this manner, "from oral tradition, and I hope it is only the beginning. I firmly believe it is time for Indian people to come forward with teachings, prophecies and insight. It is time to talk with our Brothers and Sisters of other nations, colors and beliefs. The world family is at a time when ideas and philosophies of yesterday may be the key to the family future." Ages 8-14, 114 pages.
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Book: Talking Walls
$18.00
by Margy Burns Knight. Talking Walls is a unique addition to the field of children's literature: it introduces young readers to different cultures by exploring walls around the world, showing the impact of walls on the people who build and are divided or unified by these partitions. In Talking Walls, vibrantly colored pastel illustraions portray the way children live with these walls. We wander into a dark cave with four French children to discover the amazing Lascaux cave paintings. An Australian aboriginal youth shows us how each generation in his family has added images of their hands to a wall of paintings going back thousands of years. A child tucks his folded prayer between the stones of the Western Wall in Jerusalem listenig for a an answer.
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Book: Amazing Grace
$16.00
by Mary Hoffman. Grace is a refreshing, imaginative girl who loves stories, and even more loves to act in starring roles. Grace is sure she can be a great Peter Pan in her class play, even when kids tell her that Peter is neither black nor female. Beautifully illustrated. Picture book, ages, 5-10. 26 pages, full color.
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Book: Boundless Grace
$15.00
by Mary Hoffman. Sequel to Amazing Grace. In a moving new story, Grace is reunited with the father she barely remembers. He left home when she was very small and now lives in Africa with his new wife and children. Naturally Grace feels strange when he invites her to visit. Nana is with her to offer suport and advice, and Papa and his new family do their best to make her welcome. But Grace begins to feel pulled apart and wonders if she can cope with two families. When Nana tells her that "families are what you make them", it helps Grace to deal with a dilemma shared by millions of children whose parents are no longer together. Picture book, ages, 5-10. 26 pages, full color.
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Book: The People Who Hugged The Trees
$8.00
adapted by Deborah Lee Rose. A story from Rajasthan India. In the original legend Amrita Devi and several hundred villagers gave up their lives while protecting their forest, nearly three centuries ago. The Indian government has commemorated their sacrifice by naming the Rajathani village of Khejare as India's first National Environment Memorial.
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Book: The Story of Ruby Bridges
$16.00
by Robert Coles. Pulitzter Prize winning author brings his unique understanding of children in crisis to this moving, illustrated, true story about an extaordinary six year old named Ruby Bridges. It takes place in 1960 when Ruby confronts racism and hatred as the first Afrian-American to join a newly integrated New Orleans school. Angry white parents refused to allow their children to attend school, and hateful protesters harassed her daily as she was escorted to school. Cole's narrative captures the strength and courage of a child caught in a whirlwind of rage and racism. Picture Book, ages 5-12, 32 pages, full color.
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Book: Who Belongs Here: An American Story
$17.00
by Margy Burns Knight. In this probing, plain-spoken book, based a true story, Margy Burns Knight and illustrator Anne Sibley O'Brien invite young readers to explore the human implications of intolerance. Anecdotes relating the experience of other refugees and their contributions to American culture lay counter-point to the main story of Cambodian refugee Nary. A compendium at the end of the book offers more detailed information about Pol Pot, Ellis Island, and other topics in the text. What if Nary were forced to leave the U.S.? What if every American whose ancestors came from another country were forced to leave? Who would be left? Straightfoward and compellingly personal, "Who Belongs Here?" challenges young minds to seek compassionate answers to the important, and topical questions of our day.
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Book: More More More Said The Baby
$16.00
by Vera B. Williams. Caldecott Honor Book. Three love stories. Here you'll find Little Guy, Little Pumpkin and Little Bird. Their grownups love them. So will you. (Picture Book, full color, 30 pages.)
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Book: Quien es de aqui? Una historia amercana
$17.00
by Margy Burns Knight. Este libro, narrado con un lenguaje sencillo, esta basado en una historia real. Margy Burns Knight autora del aclamado libro Las paredes hablan, invitan a los jovenes lectures a explorar las implicaciones de la intolerancia en la humanidad. Junto al relato de Nary se ofrecen anecdotas relacionadas con las experienceias de otros refugiados sus contribuciones a la cultura americana. Cada pagina ha sido magnificamente ilustrada con los coloridos pasteles de Anne Sibley O'Brien. El compendio al final del libro ofrece informacion detallada sobre Pol Pot, Ellis Island Y otras topicos mencionados en este. 36 pajinas.
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Book: Las paredes hablan
$18.00
Mary Burns Knight. Las Paredes Hablan es una original contribucion a la literatura infantil. Introduce a los jovenes lectores a diferentes culturas mediante la exploracion de muros, murallas o paredes, y tambien a traves del impacto de estas paredes en la gente que las construyo, y la union o la division de las persona a causa de ellas. Las llamativa ilustraciones a pastel de Las Paredes Hablan muesrtan a los ninos que vene cerca de ellas. Nos perdemos en una oscura caverana junto a cuatro ninos franceses para descubrir las sorprendentes caverna de Lascaux. Un joven aborigen de Australia nos muestra como cada generacion de su familia fue agregando las huellas de sus manos a una pared llena de dibujos que tienen miles de anos. Un nino introduce un papelito enrollado con sus plegarias entre las piedras del Muro de los Lamentos en Jerusalen, y espera un respuesta
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Book: Everyone's Kids' Books: A Guide to Children's Literature
$16.00
by Nancy Braus and Molly Geidel. A guide to Multicutural, Socially Conscious Books for Children. A great reference of brief and informative descriptions of kids' books, including recommended age levels. A great place to start finding good books for your kids. Paperback. 231 pages.
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Book: If the World Were a Village
$16.00
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A Book about the World's People.
Written by David J. Smith,
Illustrated by Shelagh Armstrong.
"If the World Were a Village" tells us who we are, where we live, how fast we are growing, what languages we speak, what religions we practice and more. So come and learn about our global village. What you find out may surprise you! (taken from inside cover)
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Book: Real Girl/Real World
$14.95
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by Heather M. Gray and Samantha Phillips
Real Girl/Real World: Tools for Finding Your True Self provides factual information and sisterly support for girls. Written by two women in their twenties and incorporating the voices of over seventy teen girls from all backgrounds, thjis savvy guide helps girls navigate the pressures and obstacles they face every day.
Exploring a wide range of topics central to girls' lives--including beauty and the media; body image and eating disorders; sexual anatomy, safer sex and coming out as a teen; and feminism in the lives of young women--the authors dispel myths, put issues in perspective and give girls the power to make informed decisions about their lives.
With "toolboxes" that provide hundreds of resources, including books, zines, websites and organizations, Real Girl/Real World offers girls all the tools they need to build a positive sense of self.
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Book: GLBTQ: The Survival Guide for Queer & Questioning Teens
$15.95
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by Kelly Huegel
Are you queer or questioning? If you are, this book is for you. Do you know someone who might be queer or questioning? If so, this book is for you, too. Or are you someone whoe just wants to learn more about what it's like to be queer or questioning? This book is a great place to begin.
Discovering that you, or someone you love, might be GLBTQ is a revelation. Accepting it is a process. One thing that can help that process is information. This book can't answer all of you questions or counter all of the misinformation, misconceptions, myths, half-truths, and outright lies you might have heard about being GLBTQ, but its's a start. Look inside for:
• Insights and findings from experts in psychology, sociology, and health car
• Tips from people in national GLBTQ organizations
• Strategies and advice you can try (or share) about coming out, responding to homophobia, dating, staying healthy and safe, exercising your rights, life at school, building community, dealing with religion and culture, and planning for the future
• Books, organizations, and Web sites you can go to when you want to know more
• True stories of teens and young adults who've experienced or witnessed the prejudice, discrimination, harassment, and violence that are part of everyday life for many GLBTQ teens
• First-person comments from GLBTQ teens who are happy, well-adjusted, and loved and supported for who they are, the way they are
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Book: More Than a Label
$13.95
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Why What You Wear or Who You're With Doesn't Define Who You Are
by Aisha Muharrar
Preppy. Techie. Geek. Freak. Goth. Jock. These are just a few of the labels teens live with every day. And some labels are a lot nastier.
Who hands out labels? What role do labels play? Do they help or hurt? Do people sometimes like their lables, or do they always hate them? What's the truth behind all these lables?
Based on a survey of more than 1,000 teens from across America, this book eplores labeling and what it really means to teens.
• Part 1 "What's in a Label?" explains what labels are and how they come to be.
• Part 2 "How Labels Make People Feel," is about the many emotions--positive and negative--that go along with labels.
• Part 3 "What You Can Do About Labeling," includes ideas for breaking the labeling habit and ways you can help yourself and others.
Each chapter includes quotes from the Teen Labels Survey, so you can learn what other teens think and feel. You'll also read personal essays by teens about labels, cliques, and the social pressures they've faced. you'll find activities to try and resources (organizations, Websites, books, and videos) to explore. And you'll discover (if you don't know this already) that you're much more than a label. Other people don't define you. Labels don't define you. YOU define you.
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Book: Addicted To War: Why The U.S. Can't Kick Militarism
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77 pages * 161 reference notes * 8.5" x 11" graphic format * Over 300,000 in print!
An illustrated expose by Joel Andreas, "Addicted to War" takes on the most active, powerful and destructive military in the world. Hard-hitting, carefully documented and heavily illustrated, it reveals why the United States has been involved in more wars in recent years than any other country.
The book reveals the terrible fact of the U.S.'s addiction to war and militarism, as well as powerful insights into the causes. In a format accessible to kids from nine to ninety-nine. Packed with historical photos and quotes, the book explains who benefits from our wars, who pays and who dies.
The book is endorsed by Veterans For Peace. This Third Edition has been updated in 2004 and 14 more pages have been added covering the war against Iraq. It has been translated into Japanese, Korean, Thai, Danish and German. A Spanish edition is also available from us. It is being used in hundreds of high schools and colleges as a supplemental U.S. history text.
Click on title for reviews and the author's Preface to the book...
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Book: Don't Laugh at Me with CD (Audio)
$16.95
Book: Don't Laugh
by Steve Seskin
Age Level: 6-UP
With these words the chart-topping song of the same name has percolated through schools and camps across North America with its unforgettable message of acceptance and pride. The Don't Laugh at Me Project, inspired by the text of this book, asks kids to raise their voices to create ridicule-free environments. Those voices are now brought into full-color harmony through the rich, emotionally engaging illustrations of Glin Dibley.
Legions of children are eager to learn a new language and stop the cycle of teasing. Hey, aren't we all?
-- Musical score included
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We Just Want to Live Here: A Palestinian Teenager, an Israeli Teenager" an Unlikely Friendship
$11.95
Book: We just want to live here
by Amal Rifai
Palestinian Amal Rifa'i and Israeli Odelia Ainbinder are two teenage girls who live in the same city, yet worlds apart. They met on a student exchange program to Switzerland. Weeks after they returned, the latest, violent Intifada broke out in the fall of 2000.
But two years later, Middle East correspondent Sylke Tempel encouraged Amal and Odelia to develop their friendship by facilitating an exchange of their deepest feelings through letters. In their letters, Amal and Odelia discuss the Intifada, their families, traditions, suicide bombers, and military service. They write frankly of their anger, frustrations, and fear, but also of their hopes and dreams for a brighter future.
Together, Amal and Odelia give us a renewed sense of hope for peace in the Middle East.
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Book: Momo (in Spanish)
$12.00
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In Spanish. 274 pages. with 23 line drawing illustrations (not included in the English language edition) Paperback.
236 pages. Paperback.
Click title for book description and more information.
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Book: Momo
$12.00
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236 pages. Paperback. English language edition. We also have the Spanish language edition (see Books section).
Click title for book description and more information.
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Book: Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez
$17.00
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by Kathleen Krull. Illustrated by Yuyi Morales. Hardcover.
Cesar Chavez is known as one of America's greatest civil rights leaders. When he led a 340-mile peaceful protest march through California, he ignited a cause and improved the lives of thousands of migrant farmworkers. But Cesar wasn't always a leader. As a boy, he was shy and teased at school. His family slaved in the fields for barely enough money to survive.
Cesar knew things had to change, and he thought that--maybe--he could help change them. So he took charge. He spoke up. And an entire country listened.
This beautifully illustrated book is recommended for ages 6-9
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Cosechando esperanza: La historia de César Chávez (paperback)
$7.00
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This Spanish-language edition of the award-winning "Harvesting Hope" tells the story of Hispanic civil rights leader Csar Chavez.
by Kathleen Krull, Yuyi Morales, F. Isabel Campoy (Translator), Alma Flor Ada (Translator). Paperback.
Cesar Chavez is known as one of America's greatest civil rights leaders. When he led a 340-mile peaceful protest march through California, he ignited a cause and improved the lives of thousands of migrant farmworkers. But Cesar wasn't always a leader. As a boy, he was shy and teased at school. His family slaved in the fields for barely enough money to survive.
Cesar knew things had to change, and he thought that--maybe--he could help change them. So he took charge. He spoke up. And an entire country listened.
This beautifully illustrated book is recommended for ages 6-9.
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Book: The Christmas Menorahs: How A Town Fought Hate
by Janice Cohn, D.S.W. It's Hanukkah, and menorahs glow in the windows of the Schintzer home in Billings, Montana. Then suddenly, a rock crashes through the window of Isaac Schnitzer's bedroom. "But why?" Isaac wants to know. "Because we are Jews," his father tells him. Christmas lights shine in the Hanley home where Isaac's friend Teresa and her family decide to do something brave so that the Schnitzers can celebrate their holiday without fear. Janice Cohn's powerful narrative tells how two children, two families, and a community resolve to stand together against bigotry and acts of hatred. Her story is based on real events that happened in Billings in 1993. Picture book, full color, 39 pages.
DVD: The "Not in Our Town" series $99.00
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Book: A Life Like Mine
$24.99
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Foward by Harry Belafonte. How children live around the world. All over the world children are leading their lives in completely different and fascinating ways. Faced with many challenges, they all have one thing in common--a passion for life. DK and UNICEF combine their inspriational forces to give a remarkable insight into the lives children lead. You will meet many children in this book, each with a uniqe and uplifting story to tell.
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