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1) World pizza
Author
Publisher
Sterling Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Mama wished for world peace--and then a pizza fell from the sky and landed gently on her lap.
2) Peacemaker
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
"A twelve-year-old Iroquois boy rethinks his calling after witnessing the arrival of a mystical figure with a message of peace in this historical novel based on the creation of the Iroquois Confederacy"--
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Children's Books, a division of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
As a star rises higher and higher in the sky, Bear finds the perfect tree, gathers animals to decorate it, and summons people from around the world to join in a special celebration.
Author
Publisher
Blume
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
Español
Description
¡Lo rojo a un lado! Lo azul, ¡al otro! Los príncipes Gastón y Gedeón se reparten el reino mandando construir dos sólidos muros. Esta frontera prohíbe todo contacto entre los habitantes de ambos lados. Sin embargo, los niños no están dispuestos a aceptar que sus familiares y amigos queden divididos, y gracias a ellos hallan la solución para reunirse de nuevo. Una bonita historia con moraleja para el mundo actual: con las piedras de los muros...
6) Paz
Author
Publisher
NorthSouth
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Español
Description
Desde el cómo saludar y pronunciar correctamente el nombre de tu amigo hasta el dar más de lo que tomamos y decir lo siento, este sencillo libro conceptual explora definiciones de paz y acciones pequeñas y grandes que la fomentan.
From how to greet and pronounce your friend's name correctly to giving more than we take and saying sorry, this simple concept book explores definitions of peace and the small and large actions that encourage it.
7) Peaceful me
Author
Publisher
Groundwood Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"A young child tells us about the different times when he feels peaceful, as well as how he copes when he needs to find a peaceful state again. Acclaimed picture-book creators Sandra V. Feder and Rahele Jomepour Bell have teamed up once again to create a thoughtful and beautifully illustrated exploration of peacefulness. "I like feeling peaceful," the young narrator tells us, then describes the times when he is filled with this emotion. When he is...
8) Peace
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"From saying hello and pronouncing your friend's name correctly to giving more than you take and saying I'm sorry, this simple concept book explores definitions of peace and actions small and big that foster it"--
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"In a new picture book presented by the Peace Studio and its cofounder Maya Soetoro-Ng, author Todd Shuster and illustrator Tatiana Gardel offer a moving modern parable highlighting the wondrous power of kindness and sharing. Season after season, the mountain people give life to their crops with water from the river, while the valley people use water from a nearby lake to nourish their fields. Despite their similarities, neither allows the other to...
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Through letters to his little sister, who is living in a different foster home, sixth-grader Lonnie, also known as "Locomotion," keeps a record of their lives while they are apart, describing his own foster family, including his foster brother who returns home after losing a leg in the Iraq War.
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