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72 matches found, viewing page 3 of 4, goto page < 1 2 3 4 > next page Search Again| On the Wings of Peace Hamanaka, Sheila 1995 144 p. Ages: 13-Adult | 
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- "A hard-hitting, thoughtful book about war--all wars--and its effect on the human spirit, especially our children's. Sixty authors and illustrators have donated their work to create this book, the proceeds of which will go to benefit three international peace organizations. This beautiful, yet sobering book, focusing heavily on World War II but featuring selections concerned with more contemporary wars as well, has been crafted by the well-known and the less famous, people of all colors and nationalities. Poetry, letters,short stories, and essays, interspersed with haunting artwork, combine to form one clear and poignant message: war is hell." Frances Bradburn, Booklist.
Includes Katherine Paterson's story of a Russian woman who failed for 43 years to convince the authorities that she had an unexploded bomb under her bed. Walter Dean Myers's poem, "To a Child of War," addresses contemporary urban America. Historian Greg Mitchell gives background on World War II in the Pacific. Nuclear physicist Michio Kaku writes that Einstein's "...famous equation, E=mc2, explains not only the nuclear furnace that lights up the stars; it also may someday be etched on the tombstone of the human race."
| The Path of Most Resistance Miller, Melissa 1982 239 p. Ages: 14-Adult |
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- Stories of ten Mennonite conscientious objectors who refused the draft during the Vietnam War.
| Peace Begins with You Scholes, Katherine 1990 39 p. Ages: 5-8 ISBN: 0316774405 |
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- Explains in simple terms the concept of peace, why conflicts start, how they can be resolved in positive ways, and how to protect peace.
| Peace DVD Mennonite Media 2005 Ages: 13-18 | 
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- Designed for 6 sessions, this DVD has 24 segments that look at peace with God; in the community, nation, earth, relationships; the role of service; peace between cultures; where to draw the line on conscience; and related public policies. The website and study guide supply study questions, activities, and way to put beliefs into actions. In one segment, Calling for Peace, two women with vastly different opinions and on different sides of the Iraq war conflict begin to see each other as friends even though they don't agree. Youth are challenged to brainstorm solutions for conflicts they've experienced. Website: www.PeaceDVD.com
| A Peace Reader Sider, E. Morris and Luke Keefer Jr. 2002 279 p. Ages: 18-Adult ISBN: 1928915302 |
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- "Societal pressures to accept violent solutions, to avoid the way of reconciliation, are difficult for many Christians to resist, even those in peace churches. This collection of readings joins the call to Christians to be peacemakers rather than to succumb to what is normal in the surrounding culture."
The book addresses national and international issues as well as tensions in families and congregations, and the treatment of criminals , the poor, and the unborn. Authors discuss biblical themes, church history, and practical applications and reflect on 9/11/01. Includes peacemaking stories. Each reading has an introduction with discussion questions. Authors include: JR Burkholder, G.H.C. MacGregor, Marlin Miller, Harriet Bicksler, Ronald Sider, Spencer Perkins, Chris Rice, Marlin Jeschke, Mark Twain’s The War Prayer, E. Stanley Jones, Miroslav Volf, Duane Friesen. Many chapters are pulled from other books, to represent a smattering of resource thought-provoking resources in various fields, with references for further study.
| Peace is the Way: Writings on Nonviolence from the Fellowship of Reconciliation Wink, Walter 2000 295 p. Ages: 18-Adult ISBN: 1570753156 |
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- An inspiring collection from the past 85 years that provides helpful glimpses into various peacemaking contexts, providing a sense of loving and thoughtful continuity for peacemakers today. Included are: Gandhi, A. J. Muste, Thomas Merton, Shelley Douglass, Martin Niemoeller, Martin Luther King, Jr., Lanza del Vasto (leader of nonviolent movement in France), Andre and Magda Trocme, Thich Nhat Hanh, Danilo Dolci (known as the Gandhi of Sicily), Vincent Harding, and more. Sections include: The Vision of Peace, Witnesses for Peace, Spirit of Peace, Interracial Justice, Nonviolence in Action, and the Path of Reconciliation.
| Pink and Say Polacco, Patricia 1994 Ages: 8-11 ISBN: 0399226710 |
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- Say Curtis describes his meeting with Pinkus Aylee, a black soldier, during the Civil War, and their capture by southern troops. Sobering content.
| A Place to Hide: True Stories of Holocaust Survivors Pettit, Jayne 1993 114 p. Ages: 9-12 ISBN: 059045353X |
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- Men and women who risked their lives to help the Jews.
| Playing War Beckwith, Kathy 2005 32 p. Ages: 5-10 |
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- Sameer refuses to join a game of war, explaining later what happened to his family in a real war.
"In these times, when violence and war are constantly in the news, children need our help sorting out the fantasy of war play from the painful realities ofwar. By bringing up the impact of war on one child, who gets upset when his friends engage in war play, and showing us his friends’ caring responses, Playing War does what no other children’s book before it has done. It provides the forum adults and children need to feel safe talking about the real human impact of war." --Diane Levin, Ph.D., Professor of Education and author of Teaching Young Children in Violent Times and The War Play
| Potatoes, Potatoes Lobel, Anita 1967 40 p. Ages: 4-8 |
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- A mother figures out a way to bring two warring sides together.
| The Princess and the Admiral Pomerantz, Charlotte 1974 48 p. Ages: 7-9 ISBN: 1558610618 |
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- Suggested by a 13th-century incident involving Kublai Khan'sinvasion of Vietnam, this fable tells of a princess who outwits an admiral and has him escorted back to his own land after his forces threaten to sabotage the Tiny Kingdom's
| The Pushcart War Merrill, Jean 1978 222 p. Ages: 8-10 ISBN: 0440471478 |
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- In this light-hearted but perceptive satire on war, pushcarts and giant trucks engage in a fierce battle in the streets of NY.
| Rescue: The Story of How Gentiles Saved Jews in the Holocaust Meltzer, Milton 1988 168 p. Ages: 10-Adult ISBN: 0064461173 |
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- In the horror that was the Holocaust, some human decency could still shine through. Stories accompanied by maps.
| Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes Coerr, Eleanor 1977 64 p. Ages: 6-12 ISBN: 0698118022 |
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- Sick with the "bomb disease," Japanese Sadako races to fold 1,000 paper cranes for healing.
| Sami and the Time of Troubles Heide, Florence Perry 1992 Ages: 6-10 ISBN: 0395720850 |
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- A 10-year-old Lebanese boy describes his life in the midst of a civil war. Rich illustrations.
| Sara's Trek Schloneger, Florence Ages: 9-12 |
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- Follows a girl who gets separated from her refugee family in WWII.
| Shades of Gray Reeder, Carolyn 1989 152 p. Ages: 9-14 ISBN: 0689826966 |
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- After the Civil War, 12-year-old Will, an orphan, tries to put his life back together.
| Stepping on the Cracks Hahn, Mary Downing 1992 216 p. Ages: 10-13 ISBN: 0380719002 |
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- In 1944, while their brothers are overseas fighting, 11-yr-old Margaret and Elizabeth discover that the school bully is hiding his brother, an army deserter, and decide to help.
| Steps Along the Way: Living as Peacemakers in a Violent World Arnow, Jan and Arch Taylor 2003 55 p. Ages: 18-Adult |
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- This resource comes from the Presbyterian Peacemaking Program, with 8 sessions on various aspects of peacemaking: peace in the family, bullying, poverty, justice without vengeance, hate crime, war, and consumption. Each session has a one-page theological reflection, a "think piece," and suggested activities for a one-hour format. Sessions each include ample lists of other books and websites.
| The Summer of My German Soldier Greene, Bette 1973 230 p. Ages: 10-13 ISBN: 014130636X |
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- Sheltering an escaped German prisoner of was is the beginning of some shattering experiences for a 12-year-old Jewish girl in Arkansas.
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