Peace: A Teach Peace Now Book Review

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.

Two Mrs. Gibsons: TPN Book Review

Two Mrs. Gibsons: TPN Book Review

In this simply stated book a young girl describes her mother and grandmother, both named Mrs. Gibson. One woman is African American, the other is Japanese American.

Martin Luther King’s Story

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: 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 […]

Martin Luther King Jr. Day: A Book for Young Children

Martin Luther King Jr. Day: A Book for Young Children

Martin Luther King Jr. Day Author Linda Lowery  Illustrator Hetty Mitchell This title fits these categories: Racial awareness: Shows diverse people living their lives in realistic ways. Racial pride: Provides strong, positive role model for children Racial issue: Shows historical or contemporary inequality based on race. Activism Shows ways we can make a difference. Acceptable grade levels Preschool through 3rd […]

Book Review – Nonviolence: The History of a Dangerous Idea

Book Review – Nonviolence: The History of a Dangerous Idea

Solving Conflicts through Nonviolence  Nonviolence seems like a harmless idea rooted in compassionate and peaceful interests. Why is it then that practitioners of nonviolence are often seen as enemies of the state? Mark Kurlansky’s book  Nonviolence: The History of a Dangerous Idea illuminates that dark corner where economic, religious and state power often collude to […]