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Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Hiawatha, a Mohawk, is plotting revenge for the murder of his wife and daughters by the evil Onondaga Chief, Tadodaho, when he meets the Great Peacemaker, who enlists his help in bringing the nations together to share his vision of a new way of life marked by peace, love, and unity rather than war, hate, and fear. Includes historical notes.
2) Peaceful me
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
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...
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Formats
Description
An old owl tells the Christmas story to the community of birds as he has done so many times before, but when he tells of the special message from the Baby Jesus, a little bird questions why they no longer sing the message. "People no longer listen," is the sad realization. The birds decide to share the message once more, but this time to the children of the world. And what unfolds is surely a Christmas wonder.
6) Peace
Author
Publisher
NorthSouth
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
1st edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
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
Chronicle Books
Language
English
Formats
Description
Every Little Thing brings Bob Marley's beloved song to life for a new generation. Every family will relate to this universal story of a boy who won't let anything get him down, as long as he has the help of three special little birds.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Physical Desc
93 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A strange creature stalks the land, eating barbed wire and devouring tractors and plows. The farmers are mystified--and afraid. And then they glimpse him in the night: the Iron Giant, taller than a house, with glowing headlight eyes and an insatiable taste for metal. The hungry giant must be stopped at any cost. Only a young boy named Hogarth is brave enough to befriend the Iron Giant and lead him to a safe home. And only Hogarth knows where to...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 28 cm
Language
English
Description
Co-authored by one of Mahatma Gandhi's grandsons, who draws from both Gandhi's philosophies and those of Maria Montessori, this primer encourages children to celebrate the peace that can be found in us all.
13) Tintinnabula
Author
Publisher
Little Hare Books, an imprint of Hardie Grant Egmont
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly color illustrations ; 32 cm
Language
English
Description
In wild times and in wartime, in times of fear and illness, I goto Tintinnabula, where soft rains fall. Tintinnabula is a story about moving from discomfort to peace, from violence and uncertainty to a still, sure place. It reminds us that our best friend in hard times can often be ourselves.
Author
Publisher
Kane Miller
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"The otters and the badgers live on either side of the river, but they have never seen eye to eye. Neither group can cross to the opposite riverbank. But one day shy otter-baker Francie accidentally ventures into the badger lands in search of a new ingredient. As the two sides begin arguing again, she has unwittingly set off a new chapter in their ongoing feud. But maybe Francie's stunning new cookies-otter-baked but with badger-territory ingredients-may...
16) War is over
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
115 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"It's 1918, and war is everywhere. John's father is fighting in the trenches far away in France, while his mother works in a menacing munitions factory just along the road. His teacher says that John is fighting, too, that he is at war with enemy children in Germany. One day, in the wild woods outside town, John has an impossible moment: a dreamlike meeting with a German boy named Jan. John catches a glimpse of a better world, in which children like...
17) World pizza
Author
Publisher
Sterling Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Mama wished for world peace--and then a pizza fell from the sky and landed gently on her lap.
18) Peacemaker
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Formats
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"--
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