• This Child, Every Child

  This book examines the rights that children are guaranteed under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.  The author allows readers to experience the lives of children in poor countries and draws awareness to the striking disparity...

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• If The World Were A Village

  First published to wide acclaim in 2002, this eye-opening book has since become a classic, promoting "world-mindedness" by imagining the world's population, all 7+ billion of us, as a village of just 100 people. Now the book has been newly revised with...

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• One Well: The Story of Water on Earth

  "Without water, nothing can survive." The urgent conservation message in this clear, handsome, oversized picture book is rooted in the book's theme that all water on earth is connected and that "the water you drank today may have rained down on the Amazon...

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• It's Moving Day

  This picture book creatively shows that even animals recycle! In this case it is a burrow under a tree that from season to season, becomes home to a variety of different woodland creatures.  Students will be struck by how many different animals can...

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• Up We Grow!

  Up We Grow focuses on the production and human interaction that characterize small, local farms. As awareness continues to grow regarding the relationship between  health and locally-grown foods, this picture book relays the importance of ...

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• The Busy Beaver

  The beaver in this story is so busy felling trees that he puts no thought into his actions.  Consequently he causes devastation in the forest.  Finally the busy beaver's carelessness results in an accident.  From his hospital room the beaver...

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• One Hen: How One Small Loan Made a Big Difference

  This book is based on the life story of Kwabena Darko who rose from poverty to form the Sinapi Abu (Mustard Seed) Trust, which is part of the global nonprofit organization Opportunity International. Kojo has to leave school to help his mother collect...

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• Tree of Life

  This non-fiction book provides a fascinating introduction to the way we classify and sort the millions of living organisms found on our planet.  Ecological interdependence is visually represented by a single tree and students will be surprised to...

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• My Name Is Henry Bibb

  Henry Bibb became a pivotal leader in the abolitionist movement by using the power of the written word to publish Canada’s first Black newspaper, “The Voice of the Fugitive”.  This moving novel depicts Henry’s life from a...

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• Iqbal and his Ingenious Idea

  During the monsoon season, Iqbal's mother must cook over an open flame inside the family home in spite of the fact that it makes some of the family members sick.  When Iqbal hears of the district science fair and its theme of "sustainability", he...

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• Walking for Water

  Each morning Victor and Linesi meet their friends at the Kachere tree and then follow very different paths.  One school day Victor learns about equality and he realizes that his sister, who spends her days collecting water for her family, also deserves...

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• The Global Ocean

  The Global Ocean is an information-based book with beautiful illustrations. It explores the interconnectedness of the world's five oceans and their influence on the planet as a "global ocean". The book also discusses human impacts on this precious resource...

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