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An important book for early readers that highlights the beauty of our differences. All people are beautiful. All cultures are beautiful. All languages are beautiful. Celebrating our differences is beautiful. What better way to talk about diversity and acceptance than with bright colors, fun artwork, and interactive ways children can enjoy while they read. Enjoy learning a few new words in different languages and even use your creativity in some of...
282) Drzewo życzeń
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"Może drzewa nie umieją żartować, ale bez wątpienia potrafią opowiadać historie. Tę opowiada pewien dwustuletni dąb. Ma na imię Dąb i jest drzewem życzeń - co roku ludzie ozdabiają go skrawkami papieru, szmatkami, czasem nawet skarpetkami. Każda taka ozdoba to czyjeś marzenie. Razem ze swoją przyjaciółką wroną Bongo i innymi zwierzętami, które żyją w jego dziuplach i gałęziach, Dąb czuwa nad okolicą. Mogłoby się wydawać,...
283) Imagine =: Imagina
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Únete a esta palomita en su viaje por el mundo para difundir un mensaje de paz y amistad entre las aves de todo el planeta, de todos los tamaños y colores. Con la letra de la inmortal canción de John Lennon y creado en colaboración con Amnistía Internacional, este libro conmovedor se atreve a imaginar un mundo en paz. Este libro es muy especial para mí. Las palabras fueron escritas por John, mi marido, y me hace muy feliz verlas ilustradas en...
284) Ves al revés!
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When Bat moves to a new home, her wild young neighbors are convinced she is daft because she sees things so differently than they do, until Owl asks some questions that reveal the truth to all.
285) Susie Q fights back
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"As a New York-to-Missouri transplant in 1943, ten-year-old Susan Marcus discovers a world of prejudice right in her own backyard and makes a small but courageous stand toward equality"--
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This remarkable story from the past is especially timely today. Filmed in Cordoba, Granada, Seville, and Toledo, this film retraces the 800 years in medieval Spain when Muslims, Christians, and Jews forged a common cultural identity that frequently transcended their religious differences, revealing what made this rare and fruitful collaboration possible, and what ultimately tore it apart.
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"Diversity is what makes the world such a beautiful and interesting place. When you open your life to it, you learn to respect and celebrate those differences that make everyone special-- including your own. This book was made to help kids understand what diversity is and how to actively embrace diversity in every aspect of their lives."--
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"When everything is easily crushable under well-meaning feet, how can a Humongo ever fit in in such a little world? From the creator of "The Night of the Living Dead" and the Zombie movement that permeates our culture today, comes a sarcastic and cynical children's tale of different creatures trying to coexist in a benign, yet power-hungry environment. In line with Antoine de Saint-Exupery's Little Prince, The Little World of Humongo Bongo is a beautiful...
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In a world troubled by religious strife and division, Lowney's book takes us back to a medieval Iberia that prefigured the Renaissance, offering a hopeful historical reminder: Muslims, Christians, and Jews once lived together in Spain, creating a centuries-long flowering of commerce, culture, art, and architecture. In 711, a ragtag army of Muslim North Africans conquered Spain and launched Western Europe's first (and to date only) Islamic state. In...
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Takes viewer on a tour of five early childhood programs in which teachers and children are building classroom communities that promise a brighter future for all of us. Through documentary footage, teacher interviews and commentary from child-development experts, viewers will learn why more and more early childhood educators have come to recognize that teaching tolerance outright in the curriculum is as fundamental and far-reaching as teaching children...
296) The rainbow bee
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The Rainbow Bee book is a sweet and thoughtfully-illustrated story about a bee who is born looking quite different (with rainbow stripes) into a hive that has never dealt with "Diversity" among its members. -- Amazon.com
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"In the tiny village of Aria, there are only nine houses. But in each of them, there is a whole universe. From Sofiane, whose grandparents don't stop dancing, to Lulu, whose dad was in the body of a little girl when he was a child, via Julie, who never knew her mom and whose two dads take great care, Aria shows us all the particularities that a family can have. And your family, what is its magic?"--
299) Quaking
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In a Pennsylvania town where anti-war sentiments are treated with contempt and violence, Matt, a fourteen-year-old girl living with a Quaker family, deals with the demons of her past as she battles bullies of the present, eventually learning to trust in others as well as herself.
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The diverse residents of an apartment house get along fine, but when they try to rent a vacant room, each prospective tenant finds fault with one of them.
Los residentes de una casa de apartamentos se llevan bien, pero cuando intentan alquilar un cuarto vacío, cada inquilino encuentra fallas en uno de ellos.
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