Somewhere Today: A Book of Peace (Albert Whitman Prairie Books) [Paperback]

Shelley Moore Thomas (Author), Eric Futran (Photographer)

Book Description

Grade Level: K and up | Series: Albert Whitman Prairie Books

Somewhere in the world each day, people just like you are acting in kind, peaceful, loving ways. Perhaps they are visiting someone who is old, teaching a little sister to ride a bike, or sharing an experience with a friend from a different culture.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

"This affirming prose poem asserts that peace begins with simple gestures. The author wisely averts didacticism through her use of cogent, everyday examples," said PW. Ages 5-9.
Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

From School Library Journal

PreSchool-Grade 2?A greeting card of a book illustrated with full-color photographs of multiethnic children and adults. The premise is that all over the world, people are helping one another, and in doing so, they are bringing about peace: "Somewhere today...someone is being a friend instead of fighting" or "someone is fixing old toys to give to new friends." Each double-page spread provides an example of a positive action in large type, along with several candid photographs of the individuals involved in bringing it about. A doctor cares for an infant, a boy teaches his sister to ride a bike, two youngsters visit an elderly woman, a family plants trees, etc. The book is visually appealing and offers a proactive, if somewhat simplistic, approach to creating a better world.?Lisa Von Drasek, Bank Street College Library, New York City
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 24 pages
• Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company (January 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0807575445
• ISBN-13: 978-0807575444
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 7.9 x 0.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #401,808 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Makes the concept of nonviolence accessible to young kids., June 16, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Somewhere Today: A Book of Peace (Hardcover)

This is an excellent and accessible book for young readers which makes the concept of nonviolence a personal thing. Given the recent frightening episodes of violence in our schools and communities, this book contains a valuable lesson for us all, and has a thought-provoking ending which gives the text a real immediacy. The photographs are beautifully done and fully complement and extend the text. What a good job the author and photographer have done in bringing us this gentle and useful book!

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A wonderful book for children and their parents to read!, January 19, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Somewhere Today: A Book of Peace (Hardcover)

It is time that we got back to teaching our children the basics of life -- love and kindness! This is a great book for parents to read WITH their children. What a better way to teach your children about life, than to read and learn with them.

You should read her first book -- "Putting the World to Sleep"

This is a wonderful author!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Somewhere today ..... what did you and your child do today?, May 22, 2009

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This review is from: Somewhere Today: A Book of Peace (Albert Whitman Prairie Books) (Paperback)

To make World Peace Day - September 21 easier to understand for our young ones and our future is to make it easy for them to understand what peace, friendship and kindness are and how they can do their part. Even one person can make a change by what they do. Can you be nice instead of fighting? Can you write a letter, help your sibling do something, plant a tree and recycle toys & clothes. When you learn about peaceful ways, how to be peaceful it helps and if we can raise the future to be more understanding and have compassion maybe they'll live in a Peaceful world..... we can only hope.

I like the photos as well and I think this would be a good book to use in the classroom for World Peace Day and I think this would be good for younger children.