(Ages 3-8), for grades preK-2

This book is the 2nd place winner in the children’s book category of the 2011 Catholic Press Association Awards!

These forty-two short and joyful stories give children unique insights into children living in places including India, Turkey, China, Ethiopia, and Iraq.  Twenty-six of the stories are about individual children from diverse cultures. Sixteen are based on cultural feasts and festivals from around the world.

• Each story introduces wonderful customs and traditions of these places.
• There are guidelines for sharing the story with children, questions, activities, and prayers at the conclusion of each story.
• The stories introduce children, parents, and teachers to Catholic Social Teaching in a simple yet profound way.
• They gently create an awareness of our responsibility to one another as a human family and as God s family.