Looking for some great books to gift the children in your lives? Here are some TPN recommended books:
Books for Holiday Gift Giving
Peace: A Teach Peace Now Book Review
Peace by Miranda (Illustrator) and Baptiste Paul (Author) is a picture book for lower elementary school students. The simple rhyming text provides a series of ways, both small and large, to foster peace that even the youngest child can understand and carry out.
Marisol McDonald Doesn’t Match: A Book Review
This bilingual book about mixing up combinations of things shows just how silly it is to think that everything, including families, have to match. A great read for children everywhere.
Martin Luther King’s Story
The Story of Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Biography Book for New Readers is a new book, published in 2020, about Martin Luther King’s life, and written for young elementary school readers.
The Wall in the Middle of the Book: TPN Book Review
The Wall in the Middle of the Book The Wall in the Middle of the Book is an example of how limited text and simple visuals can be profound. Written by well-known and award-winning children’s author Jon Agee, this book speaks with the innocence of a child and delivers a lesson in what bias is […]
Words Matter: The Value of Character Education
Character education is more important than ever. As we begin our second decade, Teach Peace Now remains committed to building peaceful values in our world in 2021.
4 Children’s Books for Human Rights Day
Human Rights Day has been observed on December 10th. This year is no exception, and is certainly, in light of the global pandemic, one of the most important years in which to reflect on the status of justice and fairness in our communities, our countries and in the world.
Questions to Ask about Freedom in Book Discussions
If we see true freedom as being free from being harmed by others, it changes everything we do. Ask these questions about the books you read.
Two books for International Peace Day by Brendan Wensel
Seeing things from the perspective of others is the first step toward becoming a more empathetic person. We review 2 books by Brendan Wensel.
Awe-Struck: Another Way to Find Peace & Community
Awe-inspiring experiences maybe one of the best ways to find peace.
Remember Hiroshima & Nagasaki
The people of Hiroshima and Nagasaki who were in the city at the time the bombs fell are getting old. Their average age is in the eighties. Once they are gone, who will remember the horror of that day? We will! We will remember Hiroshima and Nagasaki because the destruction was so horrible, the loss […]
Remembering the Dead
Imagine there’s no countries It isn’t hard to do Nothing to kill or die for And no religion, too Imagine all the people Living life in peace. John Lennon, Imagine Memorial Day is a day set aside to remember the dead. It began after the American Civil War as a day set aside to decorate […]
