Elementary - World Peace
Sorted by Call Number / Author.
303.6 GIL
Gilley, Jeremy. Peace one day. New York : Putnam, c2005.
Jeremy Gilley describes his efforts to gather support for the creation of World Peace Day, a plan adopted by the United Nations which set aside September 21 as an annual plea for a global ceasefire and day of nonviolence.
305.2 OBR
O'Brien, Tony, 1971-. Afghan dreams : young voices of Afghanistan. 1st U.S. ed. New York : Bloomsbury Children's Books, 2008.
Presents stories of young people in Afghanistan, including street workers, students, and pickpockets, who long for peace in their neighborhoods.
323.3 Serres, Alain, 1956-. I have the right to be a child. Toronto ; : Groundwood Book, 2012.
A young narrator describes the rights of every child as outlined by the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
327.1 WIL
Wilson, Janet, 1952-. One peace : true stories of young activists. Victoria, BC ; : Orca Book Publishers, 2008.
Profiles the work of children activists who are working for peace, including Craig Kielburger from Free the Children, Farlis Calle from the Colombian Children's Movement for Peace, and Kimmie Weeks from Voices of the Future.
362.1 COE
Coerr, Eleanor. Sadako. New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, c1993.
Hospitalized with the dreaded atom bomb disease, leukemia, a child in Hiroshima races against time to fold one thousand paper cranes to verify the legend that by doing so a sick person will become healthy.
398.2 DAU
Daugherty, James, 1889-1974. Andy and the lion : a tale of kindness remembered or the power of gratitude. New York : Puffin Books, 1989, c1938.
In this retelling of Androcles and the Lion, Andy meets a lion on the way to school and wins his friendship for life by removing a thorn from his paw.
398.2 PIN
Pinkney, Jerry. The lion & the mouse. 1st ed. New York : Little, Brown and Co. Books for Young Readers, 2009.
In this wordless retelling of an Aesop fable, an adventuresome mouse proves that even small creatures are capable of great deeds when he rescues the King of the Jungle.
782.4 NEA
Near, Holly. The great peace march. 1st ed. New York : Henry Holt, 1993.
An illustrated version of a song celebrating the brotherhood of humanity and the possibility of world peace.
811.54
Hines, Anna Grossnickle. Peaceful pieces : poems and quilts about peace. 1st ed. New York : Henry Holt, 2011.
A collection of poems that explores different forms of peace, illustrated with handmade quilts.
970 END
Enduring wisdom : sayings from Native Americans. 1st ed. New York : Holiday House, c2003.
An illustrated collection of sayings from a number of Native American tribes about Earth, the people, war and peace, spirit life, and enduring wisdom.
B MAA
Napoli, Donna Jo, 1948-. Mama Miti : Wangari Maathai and the trees of Kenya. 1st ed. New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, c2010.
Wangari Maathai, known as Mama Miti, mother of trees, shares her wisdom with other women by advising them to plant trees native to Kenya to solve their many problems.
B MAATHAI
Winter, Jeanette. Wangari's trees of peace : a true story of Africa. 1st ed. Orlando, Fla. : Harcourt, c2008.
Tells the story of Wangari Maathai, a Nobel Prize-winning environmentalist who, shocked to see entire forests being cut down in her native country of Kenya, decides to take action, beginning with the planting of nine seedlings in her own backyard.
B SASAKI
Coerr, Eleanor. Sadako and the thousand paper cranes. New York : Puffin, 1999, c1977.
Hospitalized with the dreaded atom bomb disease, leukemia, a child in Hiroshima races against time to fold one thousand paper cranes to verify the legend that by doing so a sick person will become healthy.
B TUT
Tutu, Desmond. Desmond and the very mean word : a story of forgiveness. 1st ed. Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2013.
While riding his new bicycle Desmond is hurt by the mean word yelled at him by a group of boys, but he soon learns that hurting back will not make him feel any better.
E BYN
Bynum, Eboni. Jamari's drum. Toronto ; : Groundwood Books ;, c2004.
Little Jamari loves the sound of the great village drum and often sits at drummer Baba's feet. "Why do you play every day?" he asks. "The drum is the keeper of peace in the village," Baba replies.
E CAL
Cali, Davide. The enemy : a book about peace. 1st ed. New York : Schwartz & Wade Books, c2009.
After watching an enemy for a very long time during an endless war, a soldier finally creeps out into the night to the other man's hole and is surprised by what he finds there.
E GAR
Garland, Sarah. Azzi in between. London : Frances Lincoln Children's Books, 2013, c2012.
A little girl named Azzi must leave her country due to a war, and in her new country she must learn a new language, find a new home, and start a new school.
E KAT
Katz, Karen. Can you say peace? 1st ed. New York : Holt, 2006.
Every September 21 on the International Day of Peace, children around the world wish in many different languages for peace.
E OLM
Olmos, Gabriela. I dreamt-- : a book about hope. Toronto, Ont. : Groundwood Books, 2013.
Encourages children to talk about their experiences with violence and find hope through a story in which a child dreams of peace.
E PEN
Pennypacker, Sara, 1951-. Sparrow girl. 1st ed. New York : Disney/Hyperion Books, c2009.
Ming-Li vows to save as many sparrows as she can after her country's leader called sparrows the enemy of the farmer and banished them all from China.
E THO
Thompson, Lauren. The forgiveness garden. 1st ed. New York : Feiwel and Friends, 2012.
A parable about hate and revenge in which a girl tries to do something different after years of families and communities not getting along because of an incident involving a boy throwing a stone at a girl.
E TUR
Turner, Priscilla. The war between the vowels and the consonants. 1st ed. New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1996.
The vowels and the consonants fight each other until they realize that if they work together they can create marvelous poems, plays, and memoirs.
F LAT
Lattimore, Deborah Nourse. The flame of peace : a tale of the Aztecs. 1st ed. New York : Harper & Row, c1987.
To prevent the outbreak of war, a young Aztec boy must outwit nine evil lords of the night to obtain the flame of peace from Lord Morning Star.
303.6 GIL
Gilley, Jeremy. Peace one day. New York : Putnam, c2005.
Jeremy Gilley describes his efforts to gather support for the creation of World Peace Day, a plan adopted by the United Nations which set aside September 21 as an annual plea for a global ceasefire and day of nonviolence.
305.2 OBR
O'Brien, Tony, 1971-. Afghan dreams : young voices of Afghanistan. 1st U.S. ed. New York : Bloomsbury Children's Books, 2008.
Presents stories of young people in Afghanistan, including street workers, students, and pickpockets, who long for peace in their neighborhoods.
323.3 Serres, Alain, 1956-. I have the right to be a child. Toronto ; : Groundwood Book, 2012.
A young narrator describes the rights of every child as outlined by the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
327.1 WIL
Wilson, Janet, 1952-. One peace : true stories of young activists. Victoria, BC ; : Orca Book Publishers, 2008.
Profiles the work of children activists who are working for peace, including Craig Kielburger from Free the Children, Farlis Calle from the Colombian Children's Movement for Peace, and Kimmie Weeks from Voices of the Future.
362.1 COE
Coerr, Eleanor. Sadako. New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, c1993.
Hospitalized with the dreaded atom bomb disease, leukemia, a child in Hiroshima races against time to fold one thousand paper cranes to verify the legend that by doing so a sick person will become healthy.
398.2 DAU
Daugherty, James, 1889-1974. Andy and the lion : a tale of kindness remembered or the power of gratitude. New York : Puffin Books, 1989, c1938.
In this retelling of Androcles and the Lion, Andy meets a lion on the way to school and wins his friendship for life by removing a thorn from his paw.
398.2 PIN
Pinkney, Jerry. The lion & the mouse. 1st ed. New York : Little, Brown and Co. Books for Young Readers, 2009.
In this wordless retelling of an Aesop fable, an adventuresome mouse proves that even small creatures are capable of great deeds when he rescues the King of the Jungle.
782.4 NEA
Near, Holly. The great peace march. 1st ed. New York : Henry Holt, 1993.
An illustrated version of a song celebrating the brotherhood of humanity and the possibility of world peace.
811.54
Hines, Anna Grossnickle. Peaceful pieces : poems and quilts about peace. 1st ed. New York : Henry Holt, 2011.
A collection of poems that explores different forms of peace, illustrated with handmade quilts.
970 END
Enduring wisdom : sayings from Native Americans. 1st ed. New York : Holiday House, c2003.
An illustrated collection of sayings from a number of Native American tribes about Earth, the people, war and peace, spirit life, and enduring wisdom.
B MAA
Napoli, Donna Jo, 1948-. Mama Miti : Wangari Maathai and the trees of Kenya. 1st ed. New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, c2010.
Wangari Maathai, known as Mama Miti, mother of trees, shares her wisdom with other women by advising them to plant trees native to Kenya to solve their many problems.
B MAATHAI
Winter, Jeanette. Wangari's trees of peace : a true story of Africa. 1st ed. Orlando, Fla. : Harcourt, c2008.
Tells the story of Wangari Maathai, a Nobel Prize-winning environmentalist who, shocked to see entire forests being cut down in her native country of Kenya, decides to take action, beginning with the planting of nine seedlings in her own backyard.
B SASAKI
Coerr, Eleanor. Sadako and the thousand paper cranes. New York : Puffin, 1999, c1977.
Hospitalized with the dreaded atom bomb disease, leukemia, a child in Hiroshima races against time to fold one thousand paper cranes to verify the legend that by doing so a sick person will become healthy.
B TUT
Tutu, Desmond. Desmond and the very mean word : a story of forgiveness. 1st ed. Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2013.
While riding his new bicycle Desmond is hurt by the mean word yelled at him by a group of boys, but he soon learns that hurting back will not make him feel any better.
E BYN
Bynum, Eboni. Jamari's drum. Toronto ; : Groundwood Books ;, c2004.
Little Jamari loves the sound of the great village drum and often sits at drummer Baba's feet. "Why do you play every day?" he asks. "The drum is the keeper of peace in the village," Baba replies.
E CAL
Cali, Davide. The enemy : a book about peace. 1st ed. New York : Schwartz & Wade Books, c2009.
After watching an enemy for a very long time during an endless war, a soldier finally creeps out into the night to the other man's hole and is surprised by what he finds there.
E GAR
Garland, Sarah. Azzi in between. London : Frances Lincoln Children's Books, 2013, c2012.
A little girl named Azzi must leave her country due to a war, and in her new country she must learn a new language, find a new home, and start a new school.
E KAT
Katz, Karen. Can you say peace? 1st ed. New York : Holt, 2006.
Every September 21 on the International Day of Peace, children around the world wish in many different languages for peace.
E OLM
Olmos, Gabriela. I dreamt-- : a book about hope. Toronto, Ont. : Groundwood Books, 2013.
Encourages children to talk about their experiences with violence and find hope through a story in which a child dreams of peace.
E PEN
Pennypacker, Sara, 1951-. Sparrow girl. 1st ed. New York : Disney/Hyperion Books, c2009.
Ming-Li vows to save as many sparrows as she can after her country's leader called sparrows the enemy of the farmer and banished them all from China.
E THO
Thompson, Lauren. The forgiveness garden. 1st ed. New York : Feiwel and Friends, 2012.
A parable about hate and revenge in which a girl tries to do something different after years of families and communities not getting along because of an incident involving a boy throwing a stone at a girl.
E TUR
Turner, Priscilla. The war between the vowels and the consonants. 1st ed. New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1996.
The vowels and the consonants fight each other until they realize that if they work together they can create marvelous poems, plays, and memoirs.
F LAT
Lattimore, Deborah Nourse. The flame of peace : a tale of the Aztecs. 1st ed. New York : Harper & Row, c1987.
To prevent the outbreak of war, a young Aztec boy must outwit nine evil lords of the night to obtain the flame of peace from Lord Morning Star.