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Teaching For Peace Bibliography of Peace Books |
| Books for Teaching Peace Compiled by Cathleen Haskins Teaching For Peace I & T/Infant-Toddler (ages birth-2) CH/Children’s House (ages 3-6) E/Elementary (ages 6-12) Books for Inner Peace Awareness of and Nurturing the Spirit Within)We help children develop inner peace by cultivating an awareness of inner self; appreciation of slowing down, stillness and silence; mindfulness; and gratitude. I Want to Hear the Quiet, Aline Wolf. (Quiet and inner self), I/T, CH, E When I Make Silence, Jennifer Howard. (Silence), I/T, CH, E I Live in the Universe, Aline Wolf. (Being a part of something bigger than yourself), I/T,CH, E All Alone, Kevin Henkes. (Spending time alone, in silence and going inward), CH, E Living in Silence, Lena Young. (Silence), CH, E Living Without Fear, Lena Young. (Inner strength), CH, E The Laughing Man, Lena Young. (Finding happiness/simplicity), CH, E Remembering to Be Happy, Lena Young. (Inner happiness), CH, E A Boy and a Bear, Lori Lite (Attention to Breath), CH, E Little Yoga: A Toddler's First Book of Yoga. I/T Inquire Within, Mary Englebreit. (Listening to Your Inner voice). E Each Breath a Smile, Sister Susan. (Based on Teachings of Thich Nhat Hanh/Mindful Awareness), CH, E The Little Quiet Book, Katherine Ross. (Quiet is good), I/T Bless Us All, Cynthia Rylant. (Gratitude), I/T, CH Biscuit is Thankful, Alyssa Satin Capulli. (Gratitude) I/T, CH Guess How Much I Love You, Sam McBratney. (I am loved), I/T The Secret of the Peaceful Warrior, Don Millman. (Inner power) E Pebble for Your Pocket, Thich Nhat Hanh. (Mindfulness), E If You Listen, Charlotte Zolotow. (Ways of knowing), CH, E The Rag Coat, Lauren Mills. (Compassion), CH, E The Sun in my Belly, Sister Susan. (Forgiveness and friendship), CH, E Make Someone Smile/40 Ways to be a Peaceful Person, Judy Lalli. CH, E Rabbit in the Moon, A Jataka Tale. Dharma Publishing. (Giving of yourself) CH, E What is Love, Biscuit?, Alyssa Satin Capulli, I/T, CH Sharing: How Kindness Grows (Board book)Fran Shaw & Miki Sakamoto, I/T Mary's Extraordinary Deed, Emily Peasrson. CH The Dali Lama, Demi. E Rose Blanche, Roberto Innocenti. (Compassion), E Quiet Place, Douglas Wood. CH, E Giving Thanks, Chief Jake Swamp. CH, E The Gift of You, The Gift of Me, (Gratitude), Nila J. Webster CH, E What Joe Saw, Anna Grossnickle Hines. (Observing), T, CH, E Books to Cultivate Peace in a (Classroom) Community (Kindness, Compassion, Respect and Friendship) The Peace Rose, Alicia Jewell. (Simple conflict resolution), CH Karma: Reaping What we Sow, Lena Young. (Laws of the universe), CH, E I Offer You Peace, Aline Wolf. (Great for morning ceremonies), CH, E Swan in Love, Eve Bunting. (Love's transcendence ), CH, E The Rag Coat, Lauren Mills. (Compassion), CH, E Dalai Lama: A Life of Compassion, Sheila Rivera. CH, E Dali Lama, Demi. E Miss Rhumphius, Barara Cooney. (Giving back, beauty), CH, E Cookies: Bite Size Life Lessons, Amy Krouse Rosenthal. (Defines important concepts: trust, fairness, compassion, generosity...) CH, E Ordinary Mary Extraordinary Deed, Emily Pearson and Fumi Kosaka. (Acts of kindness cycle around)CH, E Rabbit in the Moon, A Jataka Tale. (Giving of yourself). E Secret of the Peaceful Warrior, Don Millman. (Inner strength dealing with bullies)E Make Someone Smile: 40 More Ways to be a Peaceful Person, Judy Lalli (Everyday things to make peace), CH, E The Sun in My Belly, Sister Susan. (Friendship and forgiveness), CH, E Old Henry, Joan. W. Blos. (Accepting differences), CH, E Somebody Loves You, Mr. Hatch, Eileen Spinelli. CH, E Peach and Blue. Sarah S. Kilborne. (Friendship), CH, E Books to Promote Understanding of Universal Peace How we are bound together, Universal thread of humanity We Share One World, James. E. Hoffelt. CH, E Can You Say Peace? Karen Katz. CH Whoever You Are, Mem Fox. CH, E Somewhere Today: A Book of Peace, Shelley Moore Thomas. CH, E Old Turtle, Douglas Wood. E For Every Child (UNICEF'S Rights of the Child in words and pictures), E The Great Peace March, Holly Near. (Exploring the possibility of world peace), E Sacred Places, Giles Laroche. E If the World Were a Village, Donald J. Smith (A book about the world's people), E All I See is Part of Me, Chara M. Curtis and Cynthia Aldrich. (Achild discovers his common link with all living things), CH, E The Golden Rule, Ilene Cooper and Gabi Swiatkowska. (Universality of the Golden Rule), CH, E Stars will Still Shine, Cynthia Rylant (Unversal goodness), CH, E Why War is Never A Good Idea, Alice Walker. E What is Your Language? Debra Leventhal. CH Books to Celebrate Nature's Peace (Sense of Wonder, Oneness with Nature) Pledge to the Earth, Aline Wolf. CH, E Grandfather Twighlight, Barbara Berger. CH, E All the Places to Love, Patricia MacLachlan. CH, E There Once Was a Sky Full of Stars, Bob Crelin. (Light polution), CH, E Play With Me. Marie Hallet. CH The Earth is Good: A Chant in Praise of Nature. Michael DeMunn. CH A Tree Is Nice, Marc Simont. CH, E Sky Tree. Thomas Locker. (Seeing trees as works of art), CH, E Advice from a Tree, LLan Shamir, E Long Night Moon, Cynthia Rylant. (Full moon mysteries) CH, E The Way to Start the Day, Byrd Taylor. E. The Way to Listen. Byrd Taylor. CH, E Everybody Needs a Rock, Bryd Taylor. CH, E Girl's Who Looked Under Rocks, Jeannine Atkins. (Female naturalists)Rachel Carson, Francene Sabin. (Wonder in nature-brief autobiography), E Rachel Carson, Friend of Nature. Carol Green. E Listening to Crickets: A Story about Rachel Carson Candice F. Ransom. E Who Was Aldo Leopold? Aldo Leopold Nature Center. CH Of Things Natural, Wild and Free (Aldo Leopold), Marybeth Lorbiecki. (Juvenile biography on conservationist Aldo Leopold.)E John Muir, Man of the Wild Places, Carol Green. E John Muir, Young Naturalist. Montrew Dunham. E John Muir, American Naturalist, Thomas Locket (Beautiful picture book) CH, E Henry David's House. (Thoreau). CH, E Into the Woods, John James Audubon Lives His Dream, Robert Burleigh. CH, E Saint Francis of Assisi, John F. Kennedy Jr. E |