Male Privilege (Being Female in America)
by Duchess, Ph.D. Harris
The perfect picture book celebrating friendship, compassion, diversity and togetherness in the world. Our friends are all different, but one thing is true, each one is quite precious and that includes YOU! Award-winning Caryl Hart and Ali Pye have created a beautifully fun-filled and vibrant picture book showing children forming friendships and displaying kindness and compassion. The perfect rhyming read-aloud with joyou...
Affirmative Action (Celebration of the Civil Rights Movement)
by Mary-Lane Kamberg
"Since the 1960s, the United States government has issued executive orders and passed legislation aimed at achieving fair workplace hiring practices. Critics maintain that, in an attempt to ameliorate past injustices, the government has gone too far by practicing affirmative action--what opponents call "reverse discrimination." Students can use this book as a guide to the history of affirmative action, crucial moments in the timeline of this cause, and a better understanding of what affirmative...
Do you get books from a public library in your town or even in your school library? In many remote areas of the world, there are no library buildings. In many countries, books are delivered in unusual way: by bus, boat, elephant, donkey, train, even by wheelbarrow. Why would librarians go to the trouble of packing books on the backs of elephants or driving miles to deliver books by bus? Because, as one librarian in Azerbaijan says, "Books are as important to us as air or water!" This is the intr...
Essential Library of Social Change (Set) (Essential Library of Social Change)
Kenny is on a journey of discovery! He likes riding his bike, the colour purple and, best of all, his dog, Ketchup. Is there anyone else in the world like him? Making friends, favourite foods, dreaming big – Kenny thinks about all the things he likes, and on the way he meets lots of friends and discovers fun things about them. Full of interesting details about today’s world, A Book of People Like Me is told in a naturally inclusive way with richly coloured illustrations from...
Be Kind (Mongolian-English) (Language Lizard Bilingual Living in Harmony)
by Livia Lemgruber
Sexism at Work (Being Female in America)
by Duchess Harris and Gail Radley
The House by the Lake: The True Story of a House, Its History, and the Four Families Who Made It Home
by Thomas Harding
History comes home in a deeply moving, exquisitely illustrated tale of a small house, taken by the Nazis, that harbors a succession of families—and becomes a quiet witness to a tumultuous century. The days went around like a wheel. The sun rose, warming the walls of the house. On the outskirts of Berlin, Germany, a wooden cottage stands on the shore of a lake. Over the course of a hundred years, this little house played host to a kind Jewish doctor and his family, a successful Nazi composer, w...
The March on Washington and Its Legacy (Freedom's Promise)
by Duchess Harris
Respecting Our Differences (Spotlight on a Fair and Equal Society)
by Danielle Haynes
Sophia and Alex Visit their Grandparents (Sofia Y Alejandro, #9) (Sophia and Alex, #9)
by Denise Bourgeois-Vance
Details the history of the Underground Railroad from the roots of slavery through the post-Emancipation era by focusing on the lives of the participants.
Be Kind (Turkish-English) (Language Lizard Bilingual Living in Harmony)
by Livia Lemgruber
Celebrating All Abilities (Celebrating Our Communities)
by Abby Colich
Deserts (Traditional Chinese-English) (Language Lizard Bilingual Explore)
by Anita McCormick
Joy loves her big brother, Noah. He's the best brother, skateboarder and cookie baker there is! So, when Noah is teased for being gay, Joy wants to help. But how?Joy decides to become an ally - someone who supports others through their words and actions. With her best friend, Elliott, Joy takes action, baking 'Pride and Joy' cookies to raise money for the local LGBTQIA+ center. But when the bully tries to put an end to the bake sale, Joy learns that being an ally means using your words, too.Writ...