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Author
Series
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Formats
Description
" 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 how to respect and celebrate people's differences and that ultimately, we are all much more alike than we are different. Additional questions at the back of the book allow for further discussion." -- Amazon.com.
Author
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
In this groundbreaking book, Selina O'Grady examines how and why the post-Christian and the Islamic worlds came to be as tolerant or intolerant as they are. She asks whether tolerance can be expected to heal today's festering wound between these two worlds, or whether something deeper than tolerance is needed. Told through contemporary chronicles, stories and poems, Selina O'Grady takes the reader through the intertwined histories of the Muslim, Christian...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Jack and Alex meet almost every morning in the sandbox at the playground. Jack likes trucks -- big ones, the kind that can wreck things. Alex likes dolls -- pink ones, with sparkles. And tutus. But Jack doesn't want to play dolls, and Alex doesn't want to play trucks. Readers will smile at the quintessential playground squabble on display in this amusing, relatable tale from Ann Stott and Bob Graham. Luckily for Jack and Alex, the day is saved with...
6) Bear with me
Author
Publisher
Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"What do you do with a bear who won't leave? When a bear comes to stay, no one expects him to stay too long! But his arrival changes everything, from sleeping to shopping to hanging out with friends. If even dinosaurs and math problems can't drive him away, what are you supposed to do? Featuring quirky, energetic illustrations, this amusing tale suggests we can learn to live with even the most unbearable company." --
"When a bear arrives and won't...
7) In the dark
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"They came in the dark, and took the narrow path that only witches used. Everyone said that's what they were . . .But what if everyone was wrong? Watch what happens when one girl steps into the woods and gets to know these newcomers. The spooky black cat? Meet Mingus! The broomsticks and cloaks? Cloth and wooden handles. And those shadows in the sky? Handmade kites, fluttering in the breeze. When the breeze becomes a blustery storm, everything changes...including...
8) Use your difference to make a difference: how to connect and communicate in a cross-cultural world
Author
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Recent years have seen dramatic changes to several institutions worldwide. Our increasingly interconnected, digitized, and globalized world presents immense opportunities and unique challenges. Modern businesses and schools interact with individuals and organizations from a diverse range of cultural and national backgrounds--increasing the likelihood for miscommunication, errors in strategy, and unintended consequences in the process. This has also...
9) The River
Author
Language
English
Description
"When two sisters return home for a visit after leaving the Amish world, both are troubled by the secrets--and the people--they left behind"--Provided by publisher.
10) Ser tolerantes
Author
Series
Publisher
Jump!, Inc
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
Español
Description
"En Ser tolerantes, los lectores principiantes aprender̀n sobre todas las formas en que pueden ser tolerantes en su vida diaria. Las fotos vibrantes a todo color y el texto cuidadosamente nivelado atraen a los lectores j̤venes a medida que descubren c̤mo pueden desarrollar el car̀cter siendo tolerantes."-- provided by publisher.
"In Being Tolerant, beginning readers will learn about all the ways they can be tolerant in their daily lives. Vibrant,...
Publisher
Crown
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"The students of today tell their stories of adversity and growth in letters to the #1 New York Times bestselling authors of The Freedom Writers Diary-featuring powerful responses from the original Freedom Writers. Over twenty years ago, Erin Gruwell's first-ever class of high school students in Long Beach, California was labeled "unteachable"--but she saw past that. Instead of treating them as scores on a test, she understood that each of them had...
12) New dragon city
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Five years after dragons decimated the world, a chance encounter with a young dragon leaves twelve-year-old Noah questioning everything he thought he knew.
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A knight who feels secure on his side of the wall that divides his book discovers that his side is not as safe as he thought, and the other side is not as threatening.
Author
Publisher
Zondervan
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Offering a groundbreaking path to productive and respectful conversations, Learning to Disagree from highly regarded thought leader and law professor John Inazu equips you to have authentic dialogue and build rich relationships in a divided society . . . without compromising your convictions"--
"Are you discouraged by our divided, angry culture, where even listening to a different perspective sometimes feels impossible? If so, you're not alone,...
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