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Understanding
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Appreciating
A Vietnamese girl struggles to adjust to life in America without her mother, while facing the prejudice of other children. Heartwarming ending in which the one who was first so prejudiced and unkind becomes her staunchest advocate. A great way to introduce the topic of prejudice and for building empathy for immigrants.
Ages 9-12
Children
Just Like Me I love this book. Photos of children around the world, where they live, what they do. To children, and adults, it will speak volumes about the diversity in our world.
"This story's narrator begins with his parent's divorce and continues with the arrival of "someone new at Daddy's house." The new arrival is male. This new concept is explained to the child as "just one more kind of love." The text is suitably straightforward, and the format--single lines of copy beneath full-page illustrations--easily accessible to the intended audience. " -- editorial synopsis. Ages 4-8
Different
Just Like Me Written by the author in response to her own child's need to understand why she was different from other children, Different Just Like Me depicts a range of human differences .
This gorgeous, lyrical book is a must-read for adults and children of all ethnicities -- it is only through appreciating each other and celebrating the gifts of our diverse journeys that we will find peace with each other and with ourselves. The Myers have a genius for showing us value in a place so often synonymous with poverty and unpleasantness. (Caldecott Honor Book)
Soon to be reprinted! Controversial when first published in 1989/90, this story of a little girl raised by her mother and her mother's female partner has become a classic.
Oliver
Button Is A Sissy "Oliver Button would rather read, dance, and draw pictures than play football like the other boys. His classmates' taunts don't stop him from doing what he likes best, and his practice and persistence pay off in the end--when Oliver Button is a star." -- editorial synopsis
Mrs. Katz and Tush Young Larnel and the elderly, recently widowed Mrs. Katz become close friends after Larnel gives her a stray kitten to keep her company. Larnel comes to love Mrs. Katz as his own grandmother and discovers the commonalities of the Jewish and Black peoples, commonalities such as strength and joy in the face of great suffering and oppression.
Wilfrid
Gordon McDonald Partridge Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge "lived next to an old people's home and he knew all the people who lived there", and they were all quite different and enjoyable. "But Miss Nancy was his favorite and he told her all his secrets." Miss Nancy had four names just like him. Then, Miss Nancy begins losing her memory. In this charming tale, Wilfrid helps Miss Nancy recover precious memories from her childhood.
Books For Parents & Teachers
The
Anti Bias Curriculum: Tools For Empowering Young Children An excellent book put out by the NAEYC.
Starting
Small: Teaching Tolerance and Acceptance in Preschool and the Early Grades Excellent discussion and fun examples of how to teach children about fairness, tolerance, gender equity, compassion, and more. Contains an excellent, and extensive listing of recommended books.
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