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Series
Publisher
KidHaven Publishing
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Examines the concept of diversity, exploring the various ways in which people can be different from each other and how those differences can be celebrated. Includes a glossary, resources for further information, and color photographs.
Language
English
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Description
"From award-winning actress and political activist America Ferrera comes a vibrant and varied collection of first person accounts from prominent figures about the experience of growing up between cultures. America Ferrera has always felt wholly American, and yet, her identity is inextricably linked to her parents' homeland and Honduran culture. Speaking Spanish at home, having Saturday-morning-salsa-dance-parties in the kitchen, and eating tamales...
4) We belong
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Language
English
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"Explore and celebrate who you are and who others are too! Rhyming verse by Laura Purdie Salas invites others to notice the diversity of our world and affirm that we all belong, just as we are. Bright illustrations by Carlos Vélez Aquilera feature a diverse group of children, playing and learning in an urban setting."-- Amazon.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Classrooms are training grounds for students to learn how to respond positively to diverse environments. Every day, they interact with people who look different, come from different places, and have different preferences. This program explores the many types of diversity and the perils of stereotyping, prejudice, and discrimination. We also discuss ways to express curiosity in others while respecting the differences that make every person interesting,...
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English
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Every culture is a unique answer to a fundamental question: What does it mean to be human and alive? In The Wayfinders, renowned anthropologist, winner of the prestigious Samuel Johnson Prize, and National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Wade Davis leads us on a thrilling journey to celebrate the wisdom of the world's indigenous cultures. In Polynesia we set sail with navigators whose ancestors settled the Pacific ten centuries before Christ. In...
7) Yo! Yes?
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Language
English
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Description
Two lonely characters, one black and one white, meet on the street and become friends.
Author
Publisher
Puppy Dogs & Ice Cream, Inc
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"All People Are Beautiful is a joyfully illustrated and simply told lesson for little learners: that we live in a great, big world full of people who are so different from us, and that our differences are what make us beautiful. Sometimes, unfamiliar faces and places can be scary to children (and adults!), so it's crucial to teach them at a young age that differences are not to be feared, but to be celebrated. Not only will the lessons in this book...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
We often feel uncomfortable dealing with people who are different. Who is "different?" People from other cultures or social classes, other generations, or people with physical disabilities. This program shows how to overcome this communication barrier.
Author
Publisher
House of Tomorrow
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Face masks on or off? This book flips to be read either way. It's a topsy-turvy world children live in, but adventures must safely return. This book has the ups and downs of a balance bike, a stuffed bunny is temporarily lost, and a community found.
16) Indian summers
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Set against the sweeping grandeur of the Himalayas and tea plantations of Northern India, this epic drama tells the rich and explosive story of the decline of the British Empire and the birth of modern India, from both sides of the experience.
Author
Language
English
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Description
"Learn how to welcome new neighbors into your community, particularly when they might be far from home, in this uplifting and diverse picture book that champions human connection and inclusivity. After all, the world is everyone's home and we're one big family!" -- Amazon.
Demonstrates the importance of welcoming people from all over the world into the community with love, compassion, and acceptance.
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
It is 1935. Three years have passed, and as the seasons turn, so too do the machinations of a rising revolution. As a new summer falls upon the foothills of India's Little England, Simla, political tensions reach fever point. With help from the scheming Cynthia, Ralph faces the most pivotal year of his career. Alice's husband has followed her to India, and Aafrin's ascending career may be in jeopardy.
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English
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Tess Goodwin's life in rural Iowa is sheltered and uncomplicated. Although she chooses to spend most of her free time playing chess with her best friend Zander, the farm-boy from next door, her skills as a bovine midwife and tractor mechanic ensure that she fits in with the other kids at East Chester High. But when her veteran father reenlists in the Army, moving her family halfway across the country to North Carolina, Tess is forced out of her comfort...
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