Peace Begins With You (Paperback)

~ Katharine Scholes (Author), Sierra Club Books (Author), Robert Ingpen (Illustrator) "Peace can feel warm, bright, and strong-or calm, cool, and gentle..." (more)

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Product Description

Explains, in simple terms, the concept of peace, why conflicts occur, how they can be resolved in positive ways, and how to protect peace.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4-8
  
• Paperback: 40 pages
• Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers (May 1, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0316774405
• ISBN-13: 978-0316774406
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 8.1 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #89,200 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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34 of 40 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful book on Peace!, January 18, 2002

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I used this book to tie up the values and ideas that Martin Luther King Jr. represented. The students then painted pictures of peaceful situations. This led to a discussion about peace. A boy from Eritrea said that Ethiopians were bad and didn't want to be peaceful. He was shocked when he learned that one of his best friends in the class was Ethiopian. He learned that some Ethiopians are good and peaceful. I as an American, apologized to a Vietnamese student and pledged peace as he swore to be peaceful also. Other students were surprized that the US and Vietnam had fought. We learned a lot about peace from this book.

5.0 out of 5 stars What a smart way to explain Peace!, September 24, 2009

By	A. Menendez (Miami, FL United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Yes, this book is for both children and grown-ups who are interested in the subject of Peace. The book is to the point and precise in explaining how conflict comes about and how it is possible to resolve it and bring about peace. It is a very simple and still really profound book. If you are using it for very young children, you will have to further illustrate the points that are made by the author but this book is excellent in explaining in detail how conflict happens and teaching exactly what needs to be done to achieve peace. It teaches children (and adults) to take responsibility for oneself, for others and for peace in our world. It also addresses children maturely as it explains real situations when peace is impossible to be achieved without everyone's cooperation. An excellent book for those who are truly seeking to understand and teach peace!

1 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars this is no a book for children, , September 14, 2007

By	Stella in (Manhattan,NYC) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

A book NO for children, full of distubing illustrations .
World is FUll of beauty, art , music, ideas, and more,that is the real world that children need to know about.
Wars,plagues, fake intellectuals and the so , fly around us for thousand of years.That IS too a real world.
Make disturbing illustrations for a children book, surely give prizes and fame to illustrators but do not make chidren lifes any better
And a thousand flies around something do not means that 'something'is good.Critics and fake intellectuals are anytime flying around something.