Annotated Peace Resource List

By the Cooperative Children’s Book Center: "Books by and about people of color: African and African Americans, American Indians, Asian/Pacific and Asian Pacific Americans, and Latinos. This listing introduces 50 essential books and a range of authors and illustrators for children."

reviews.www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/books/detailListBooks.asp?idBookLists=42

Books, games, resources on celebrations, Christmas, consumerism. The mission of Alternatives for Simple Living is "to equip people of faith to challenge consumerism, live justly and celebrate responsibly." ." Resource guide available at: www.simpleliving.org/Default.aspx?tabid=413

This project prepares annual lists of feminist books for young readers starting in 2002. Includes fiction and non-fiction with short annotations, dividing titles into those for beginning readers, middle readers (grades 3-6), and young adult (grades 7-12).

Books, newsletters, congregational resources to “build a culture of peace and justice.”

Read reviews of picture books, chapter books, and young adult novels that you can use to boost social and emotional skills. We also review books on prevention, bullying, and other topics for teachers and parents.

DAWCL has over 4,000 records from 50 awards across five English-speaking countries (United States,Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom). Particularly useful is how you can limit your searches by ethnicity/nationality of protagonist or tale, suggested age of reader, gender of protagonist, and whether or not the book includes two cultures interacting, and more.

Compiled by Ginny Moore Kruse and Kathleen T. Horning. (Cooperative Children's Book Center--CCBC, School of Education, University of Wisconsin)

Divided by ages--preschool, 5-7, 7-9, 9-12.

From the Cooperative Children's Book Center--CCBC, School of Education, University of Wisconsin. Includes sections: Paths to Peace: Ideas and Actions for Change (picture books, fiction, and non-fiction) and Road of Heartbreak: The Costs of Conflict and Injustice (picture books, fiction, and non-fiction). Gives age ranges and thorough annotations.
www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/books/detailListBooks.asp?idBookLists=77

Resources available by subject: Children, Conciliation, Immigration, Indigenous Issues, Peace, Racism....  Most available for the cost of shipping.

"promoting excellence in early childhood education"

Compiled by Kathleen T. Horning. (Cooperative Children's Book Center--CCBC, School of Education, University of Wisconsin) Includes thorough annotations.

www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/books/detailListBooks.asp?idBookLists=143

I have confidence in the titles recommended by this group, and also recommend their website and magazine. They state: “The best tolerance-related resources, from publishers large and small, recommended and reviewed by the Teaching Tolerance staff.”

From the Cooperative Children’s Book Center, books listed by age group and perspective of the target, the aggressor, the observer, from multiple perspectives, and "being different."

This list was built from the contributions of librarians, educators, parents, and young readers. Scope: With few exceptions, every book in the English-language portion of this list involves war or its consequences. Much as we love many of the great children's books that address themes such as bullying and conflict resolution, we shaped this list around themes of war as waged by nations and other large violent groups. The most frequent exceptions are found among books for very young readers. Such books often deal with war through metaphors and parables; we feel there are many titles for this age group that, though not explicitly about war, are entirely consonant with the thrust of this list. Includes some Spanish titles, and four age ranges. List is not annotated.