Describes peace as making new friends, sharing a meal, feeling good about yourself, and more.

The 1936 classic tale of the great big bull who didn't want to fight and be fierce but wanted to sit and smell the flowers!

This true story of Wangari Maathai, environmentalist and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, is a shining example of how one woman's passion, vision, and determination inspired great change.

This Sesame Street song embraces the notion that no matter where children live, what they look like, or what they do, they are all the same where it counts--at heart.

"This is the great Kapiti plain, all fresh and green from the African rains" begins this chantable story poem. But one year the drought comes, dries up the plains and threatens the animals until a herder boy named Ki-pat brings down the rains with an arrow tipped with an eagles feather. This is an exquisite book with wonderful illustrations. Children will memorize it after the second reading!

This beautiful book shows photographs of people all over the world and their relationship with WATER. Wonderful discussion book.

The story of how the Nashua people and English settlers lived off the river, and how later it was polluted to the point of being ecologically dead. The book ends with the revitalization of the river so that it again runs fresh and wild.

A young Haidu boy goes fishing and hopes to catch a salmon. After hours of fishing, he doesn't catch anything. So he decides to dig for clams. While doing so, an eagle catches a salmon. The young boy is so excited he jumps up and down which causes the eagle to drop the fish. The young boy saves the fish by digging a trench so it can swim back to the ocean.

A young girl notices a red canoe for sale. She and her mom, aunt Rosie and cousin Sam all put their money together and buy the canoe and prepare for a trip together. Pencil and pastel colored illustrations depict details of the planning, supplies and travel involved for their women-only adventure.

As ever-growing numbers of animals visit a watering hole, introducing the numbers from one to ten, the water dwindles. Each page represents a different part of the world, such as: Africa, India and South America. Exquisitely and vividly illustrated.

We join Arusha and friends on a safari, counting animals found in Tanzania. Each number up to ten is translated into Swahili. Additional pages included describe the animals of Tanzania, the Maasai people who live in northern Tanzania, meanings of Swahili names of characters in the book, and various facts about Tanzania. This is so much fun to read!

Introduces the alphabet with whimsical illustrations portraying gay and lesbian parents and racial diversity.

Discusses differences in today's society, and what makes each family special.

At New York City's Central Park Zoo, two male penguins fall in love and start a family by taking turns sitting on an abandoned egg until it hatches.

Parents and children discuss how their families came to be, covering birth families, adoptive families, two-parent families, and single-parent families.

"I once knew two Mrs. Gibsons" begins this true story in which a child compares her African American grandmother with her Japanese American mother. One Mrs. Gibson cooks pots of rice, the other cooks pots of greens. One catches fireflys with the girl, the other makes paper cranes. A lovely, well written story about family life, the book ends with "I once knew two Mrs. Gibsons. They were very different, but they had a lot in common. They both loved my Daddy, and they both loved me."

Poetic, beautifully illustrated book about children being \"all the colors of the land and the sea\". Includes multi-racial families, nicely non-stereotypical gender play. One of the few \"message\" books that really works. Absolutely lovely.

This is the story of Carmen Lomas Garza's girlhood. These day-to-day experiences are told through fourteen vignettes of art and a descriptive narrative, each focusing on a different aspect of traditional Mexican American culture. The English-Spanish text and vivid illustrations reflect the author's strong sense of family and community.

The story cloth made for her by her aunt and uncle chronicles the life of the author and her family in their native Laos and their eventual emigration to the United States.

A young Asian American girl living in Hawaii tries to make dumplings for her family's New Year's celebration.

Each photo of the process of making a piñata is accompanied with a brief description of the piñata making process. The story ends with a photograph of a piñata party.

In a poor Mexican village, Erandi surprises her mother by offering to sell her long, beautiful hair in order to raise enough money to buy a new fishing net.

A homemade quilt ties together the lives of four generations of an immigrant Jewish family, remaining a symbol of their enduring love and faith.

Describes six-year-old Ernie Wan's preparations, at home and in school, for the Chinese New Year celebrations and his first public performance of the lion dance.

A boy observes the Muslim holy month of Ramadan with his family.

Starting with a single seed in a child's hand and leading right through to a warm, nourishing meal, a counting book, which includes information about the life and culture of South Africa, offers up a story of the fruits of a communal effort.