There is no way to peace….peace is the way!
There is no way to peace….peace is the way!
Cooperative Board Games for Kidshttp://www.parentingscience.com/cooperative-board-games.html
Campaign for a Commercial Free Childhood
http://www.commercialfreechildhood.org
Media Violence and Children’s Play http://www.childaction.org/families/publications/docs/guidance/Handout27-MediaViolenceChildrensPlay.pdf
Help! My Child is addicted to screens (Yikes! so am I.)
http://blog.positivediscipline.com/2012/04/limit-screen-time.html
Guidelines for Helping Children Deal with News Violence http://www.brandeis.edu/lemberg/resources/docs/guidelines.pdf
The Children’s Peace Education & Anti-Bias Library
http://www.childpeacebooks.org/cpb/Protect/search.php
Jane Addams Peace Association Children’s Book Awards
http://www.janeaddamspeace.org/jacba/docs/JACBAawards.pdf
Teaching for Change Books http://www.tfcbooks.org
Not long ago, picture books were thought to be useful only for teaching preschool and early elementary students. Fortunately, their power is now recognized by many educators, even those teaching secondary classes. The combination of compelling artwork, and a focused storyline makes the picture book a wonderful tool to introduce the concepts of peace, justice and sustainability.
The following lists have been compiled for educators and others who want to stimulate young people’s thinking in areas that may be new to them. We have chosen books that illuminate stories reflecting our mission. We believe that you’ll find in this list, not only inspiration, but compelling illustrations and stories. Some books have been published only recently, while others, we feel, have stood the test of time. Links are provided for those books which are featured on Youtube as read-alouds and book trailers.
For more information about using picture books, visit Pete Schoch’s Picture Books Across the Curriculum http://teachingreadingandla.pbworks.com/f/Picture%20Books%20Across%20the%20Curriculum%202011%20revised.pdf
If you choose to purchase books, we encourage you to consider patronizing independent booksellers. We have the power to build our communities, not only socially, but economically.
The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf – a bull is taken to the bullring, but chooses not to fight
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJNOyJH9EkY
My Secret Bully by Trudy Ludwig
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xFoR2fiv4s
One by Katherine Otoshi – bullying behavior is confronted, but the perpetrator is included in the end
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbgsR0SP0y0
The Recess Queen by: Alexis O’Neill – bullying behavior is confronted, but the perpetrator is included in the end
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obMuxpBKVrI
Each Kindness by Jacqueline Woodson
ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSTbLZqGGSc
For Every Child by Caroline Castle, UNICEF – outlines the 14 of the 54 points of the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child
Hands Are Not for Hitting by: Martine Agassi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3j1s1EAkOc
Is It Right to Fight? by Pat Thomas
Peace by Wendy Anderson Halperin
Pink is a Girl Color… and Other Silly Things People Say by Stacy Drageset
The Lemonade Hurricane: A Story of Mindfulness and Meditation by Licia Morelli
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_13571av2U
We Are All Born Free by Amnesty International
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3ozxrdD30s
An Apple for Harriet Tubman by Glennette Tilley Turner
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQyT9fgJOrQ
Be the Change: A Grandfather Gandhi Story by Arun Gandhi & Bethany Hegedus
Eleanor, Quiet No More by Doreen Rappaport – the story of Eleanor Roosevelt
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNMIxkHEN5g
Grandfather Gandhi By: Arun Gandhi & Bethany Hegedus
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rCe0uxZVB8
Henry’s Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad by Ellen Levine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5F5JkvXuaQ
Hiawatha and the Peacemaker by Robbie Robertson – as told to the author in an Iroquois longhouse
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4eEy0sWAHs
Let Your Voice Be Heard: The Life and Times of Pete Seeger by Anita Silvey
Malala Yousafzai: Warrior with Words by Karen Leggett Abouraya
Marching with Aunt Susan by Claire Rudolf Murphy – story of woman’s suffrage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qI8AMLu7pYM
Martin’s Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by Doreen Rappaport
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rc39Ka8ut6k
Ron’s Big Mission by Rose Blue – story of Ron McNair, who as a child was prevented from taking out library books in South Carolina, and his stand for fairness. As an adult, McNair was lost to us in the Challenger disaster.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8AVrNn7opM
Rosa by Nikki Giovanni – story of Rosa Parks and the bus boycott
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POjC2TE5CMw
Sadako by Eleanor Coerr & Ed Young – story of a little girl who had leukemia as a result of the H Bomb
Samantha Smith: Young Ambassador by Patricia Stone Martin & Bernard Doctor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9k36qpQqGh8
Sonia Sotomayor: A Judge Grows in the Bronx by Jonah Winter (in English and Spanish)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swAnRW9noEI
Teammates by Peter Golenbock &Paul Bacon – Jackie Robinson’s story
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swAnRW9noEI
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba – story of an African boy who brought water and electricity to his village
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdwvJRE375Y
The Watcher: Jane Goodall’s Life with the Chimps by Jeanette Winter
Back of the Bus by Aaron Reynolds- the Rosa Parks Story from the point of view of a fictionalized young boy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMTvTJ2rJxU
Baseball Saved Us by Ken Mochizuki – how baseball provided a distraction at a Japanese Internment Camp https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zX0rsEb3qds
Crossing Bok Chitto by Tim Tingle and Jeanne Rorex Bridges – a young Choctaw girl helps a Mississippi slave family to escape
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFp8iO8bMQs
Finding Lincoln by Ann Malaspina- a boy can’t borrow a library book because of Jim Crow laws
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWvHqlxgdZY
Shin-Chi’s Canoe by Nicola I. Campbell – the story of Native American children taken from their families to attend a boarding school
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9b4XkO3xTis
Shi-shi-etko by Nicola I. Campbell – a First Nations family savors the four days before their daughter is taken away to residential school
The Other Side by Jacqueline Woodson – story of a little girl who bridges the racial divide in her town
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqKteFSLPtE
The Sneetches and other stories by Dr. Seuss – prejudice, differences
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMolzESn4oI
We March by Shane W. Evans – a child’s view of the 1963 March on Washington
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdCkBAMw6VA
One Candle by Eve Bunting – the elders remember one Hannukah in the camps
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnPU6T5W0Z4
The Butterfly by Patricia Pollacco – a young girl’s family is hiding a Jewish child from Nazi soldiers
The Grand Mosque of Paris by Karen Gray Ruelle – how Muslims rescued Jews during WWII
Mama’s Nightingale: A Story of Immigration and Separation by Edwidge Danticat
Coolies by Chris Soentpiet – young boys from China build the Union Pacific Railroad
The Lotus Seed by Sherry Garland– a seed is the one reminder of a grandmother’s home in Vietnam
Molly’s Family by Nancy Garden- Molly’s kindergarten friends question that she has two mothers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95H7lWgGvZA
All the Colors of the Earth by Sheila Hananaka – children come in “all the colors of the earth”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7oIovybaVY
I am Jazz by Jazz Jennings – story of a transgender girl
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mD_eBMIxTjo
Whoever You Are by Mem Fox
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1FbGsK5ez0
Joelito’s Big Decision/La Gran Decision de Joelito by Diana Cohn – a boy learns about the struggle for a living wage
Brave Girl: Clara and the Shirtwaist Makers’ Strike of 1909 By Michelle Markel
Dolores Heurta: A Hero to Migrant Workers by Sarah Warren and Robert Casilla
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5UZxPdAt3Q
Harvesting Hope:The Story of Cesar Chavez/Cosechando esperanza: La historia de Cesar Chavez by Kathleen Krull
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IejEIYOSPdg
!Si, Se Puede!/Yes, We Can: Janitor Strike in L.A. by Diana Cohn
Follow the Moon Home: A Tale of One Idea, Twenty Kids, and a Hundred Sea Turtles by Phillipe Cousteau and Deborah Hopkinson
Just a Dream by Chris Van Allsburg – a boy plants a tree for a more sustainable future after he has an unpleasant dream
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-9JCqMO5Wo
Prince William by Gloria Rand- a young girl rescues a seal covered with oil
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=prince+william+book+seal+gloria+rand
Thanks to the Animals by Allen J. Sockabasin
The Eagles Are Back! By Jean Craighead George – a young boy assists in saving eagles
The Lorax by Dr. Seuss
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKmbSJjXzFk
A River Ran Wild by Lynne Cherry – a river goes from pristine to polluted, but with effort recovers its original beauty
Brother Eagle Sister Sky by Susan Jeffers – Chief Seattle’s words of wisdom
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=milJHghIdII
Eye of the Whale: A Rescue Story by Jennifer O’Connell
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEovaA0WQl4
Luna & Me: The True Story of a Girl Who Lived in a Tree to Save a Forest by Jenny Sue Kostecki-Shaw
Rachel Carson and her Book that Changed the World by Laurie Lawlor
Redwoods by Jason Chin
The Great Kapok Tree by Lynee Cherry – animals whisper to a sleeping man who had started to cut down a tree in the rainforest
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gw0arFtHeVw
Wangari’s Trees of Peace: A True Story from Africa by Jeanette Winter – about the Nobel Prize Winner’s greening of Kenya
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YId88oYpyMM
