Peace Begins with You

by Katherine Scholes

Book Overview

Explains, in simple terms, the concept of peace, why conflicts occur, how they can be resolved in positive ways, and how to protect peace. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0316774367
• ISBN13: 9780316774369
• Release Date: January 1990
• Publisher: Sierra Club Books for Children
• Length: 39 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.5" x 8.6"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Grades 1 to 3

Customer Reviews

What a smart way to explain Peace!

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!

Wonderful book on Peace!

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.