(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.