I love books that promote inclusiveness rather than tolerance. here is a lovely picture book about the different ways people practice religions. Very short text. Wonderful message. Beautiful photos of children and families from around the world. Includes information about the photographs at the end. Here’s another book I love.
Posts Tagged ‘diversity’
Inclusiveness
Posted in nonfiction, tagged diversity on April 6, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
The Giving Tree & Jenneli’s Dance
Posted in Aboriginal Resources, discussion, information storybook, picture book, Uncategorized, tagged culture, diversity, Metis, tradition on November 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
We are excited to add two new books to Strathcona’s Aboriginal Collection. Both books were given to each library in the VSB from The Aboriginal Education Department. The Giving Tree: A retelling of a traditional Metis story by Leah Dorion, is the story of a Manitoba maple with a large hollow in the trunk. When [...]
Families
Posted in nonfiction, read aloud, start with a book, tagged diversity, families on October 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Gone are the books about nuclear families, with the annoyingly ‘normal’ mom, dad, brother, sister and dog, all of the same ethnic background living in a nice house with a fenced yard. Books about families should celebrate a diversity of families. When I buy books about families I always look for: single parent families, mulit-ethnic [...]
Popularity Papers
Posted in humour, lit circles/book club, realistic fiction, tagged diverse families, diversity on October 7, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Lydia and Julie, two best friends in fifth grade are dying to be popular so they begin to study what the popular girls do, keeping all their notes in a journal. Both girls write in the journal: Julie in nice printing and Lydia in loopy handwriting, in a kind of back-and-forth ongoing written conversation. In [...]
