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      • Children's & YA
        July 2014

        Dance into an Inner Light

        Journeys into your inner sources of power

        by Birgit Baader

        A practical handbook and manual for educators, parents, therapists, children - for everyone who is involved with and interested in children. The guided imageries, visualisations and meditations in this wonderfully illustrated book support children to find or keep their balance, and to re-connect with an inner source of wisdom and knowing. The book has been tested in schools, children's hospitals, at home with consistently positive results. It helps children to cope with life's challenges and strengthens their self-healing forces. A great tool to support children with autism, hyperactivity, depression, sleeplessness, traumas, severe illnesses, special gifts, obesity, and other physical, mental or emotional peculiarities.

      • Children's & young adult fiction & true stories
        2019

        The Coat

        by Brigitte Jünger

        Fanette, 14, lives with her mother in Paris. Her neighbour is Aron Schatz, 95. Fanette has been friends with Aron since childhood and learned German from him. A student stay abroad brings her to Germany, in Aron Schatz’s former country. In her luggage is a pick-up for a lady’s coat, which has outlasted the war and which Aron gave to Fanette before she left. While Fanette is in Germany, Moumouche, her school friend, takes care of Aron Schatz. The old Jew and the young Arab become friends. Aron begins to talk about his past and about the war. In Germany, Fanette tries to find out what the coat is all about and what happened to Aron's relatives during Second World War. Actually she meets people in the village who knew Aron's uncle and aunt. And she meets granddaughter of the the tailor's, who made and kept the coat for Aron's aunt.

      • Educational material

        Wie die Sterne an den Himmel kamen

        by Kianoosh Rezania, Judith Stander-Dulisch, Franziska Burstyn Texts by researchers of the KÄTE HAMBURGER KOLLEG at the Centre for Religious Studies (CERES) of the Ruhr-Universität Bochum

        Eleven different stories about the origin of the world, for children aged six and up, from different religions, from Japan to Scandinavia. At the beginning of the book, a map provides an overview of the places of origin of the 11 creation stories. Each story is told by a different narrator in concise, child-friendly language. At the beginning of each story there is a small block of information for the reader about the cultural and religious origins of the text.

      • Children's & YA
        October 2021

        Lessons In Fusion

        A Novel

        by Primrose Madayag Knazan

        Sixteen-year-old Sarah (it’s pronounced SAH-rah, thank you) has a successful blog creating fusion recipes. When Sarah is invited to compete on Cyber Chef, a virtual cooking competition that soars in popularity at the height of the pandemic, her twists on her Baba’s recipes are not enough to pique the palate of the show’s producers. She is pushed to present dishes that represent her Filipinx culture, but these flavours are foreign to her since her parents raised her emphatically Jewish. To survive Cyber Chef and find her cultural identity, Sarah must discover why her mother turned her back on all things Filipinx, and learn the true meaning of fusion.

      • Personal & social issues

        What about my origins ?

        by Séverine Thevenet, Anne Coupvent

        Mom has cat eyes, Daddy has eyes like a grain of rice. And me, in this hullabaloo, how do I look like ? Children’s early questions about similarities & differences. They are part of their identity : Who do I look like? What will I be like as an adult? A book dealing with cultural diversity, morphological differences, handicap... A lot of window-opening topics.Original illustrations, painted on wood, wonderfully echo the poetry and tenderness of the text. And a hint of malice !

      • Children's & YA

        Zero O'Clock

        by C.J. Farley

        In early March 2020 in New Rochelle, New York, teenager Geth Montego is fumbling with the present and uncertain about her future. She only has three friends: her best friend Tovah, who’s been acting weird ever since they started applying to college; Diego, who she wants to ask to prom; and the K-pop band BTS, because the group always seems to be there for her when she needs them (at least in her head). She could use some help now. Geth’s small city becomes one of the first COVID-19 containment zones in the US. As her community is upended by the virus and stirred up by the growing Black Lives Matter protests, Geth faces a choice and a question: Is she willing to risk everything to fight for her beliefs? And if so, what exactly does she believe in? C.J. Farley captures a moment in spring 2020 no teenager will ever forget. It sucks watching the world fall apart. But sometimes you have to start from zero.

      • Children's & young adult: general non-fiction
        2019

        Fiesta!

        Learn How People Celebrate in America

        by Ángeles Quinteros, Ángeles Vargas

        This book wants to celebrate the cultural richness that comes from the native people and from different migration processes that vitalize our whole continent. Along with an attractive design, based on illustrations and images, the objective is to encourage children to have a positive attitude towards reading a text of greater difficulty, and thus contribute to a comprehensive education, developing reading skills and the cultural heritage of little readers. At the same time you will discover shared experiences that unite us as one great nation—like slavery or the cycles of Mother Earth—which are remembered and celebrated in ways you would never have imagined. Find out and celebrate the most interesting and beautiful festivals in America, a continent full of colors!

      • Children's & YA

        Rolando el colibrí

        by Ave Barrera

        The fastest and colorful from a hummingbirds family got lost and have to find the way back home with the help from other birds, birds that are not like him. In his journey, Rolland will learn that diversity is a great life value.

      • Children's & YA
        2011

        Brave Music of a Distant Drum

        by Manu Herbstein

        Brave Music of a Distant Drum by Manu Herbstein Published by Red Deer Press, Canada and Techmate, Ghana From the back cover: Ama is a slave. She is old and dying and has an incredible story to tell. It is about violence and heartache, but it is also a story of courage, hope, determination, and ultimately, love.  Since Ama is blind, she cannot write down her story for future generations. Instead, she summons the son from whom she has been long separated.  At first he thinks she's old and tiresome. But as Ama's astonishing journey unfolds in her own words, his world changes forever, until he can never see it with the same eyes again. Nor will those who read Ama's story.

      • Personal & social issues: body & health (Children's/YA)

        Akosua and Osman

        by Manu Herbstein

        Akosua Annan is a confident and fiercely intelligent student at a posh school in Cape Coast, Ghana. There she comes under the influence of a charismatic feminist teacher. Osman Said’s background is very different. Upon the death of his parents, a police sergeant and an unschooled market trader, immigrants to Accra from the North, he is adopted by a retired school teacher, Hajia Zainab. After a spell as an apprentice in an auto workshop, he returns to school. There, finding the teaching inadequate, he becomes an avid reader and educates himself. Akosua and Osman are thrown together by chance in the course of a school visit to the slave dungeon at Cape Coast Castle. Their paths cross again as finalists in the national school debating competition where the subject is “The problem of poverty in Ghana is insoluble.” They meet for the third time as students at the University of Ghana and as we leave them, it looks as if their relationship might develop into something permanent. The friendship between Akosua and Osman is one that transcends differences of ethnic origin, class and religion. This story celebrates the diversity of Ghanaian society. “This fascinating novel tells the story of how these two young people from these disparate backgrounds are brought together as if by an unseen hand, in a process that teaches us about our history, our common humanity despite ethnic differences, the need to pursue our ambitions, the strength of human sexuality and the need for self-discipline, and, above all, the power of love.” The Judges, Burt Award for African Literature, 2011. The Burt Award for African Literature recognises excellence in young adult fiction from African countries. It supports the writing and publication of high quality, culturally relevant books and ensures their distribution to schools and libraries to help develop young people’s literacy skills and foster their love of reading. The Burt Award is generously sponsored by the Canadian philanthropist, Bill Burt, and is part of the ongoing literacy programmes of the Ghana Book Trust and of CODE, a Canadian NGO which has been supporting development through education for over 50 years. The Burt Award includes the guaranteed purchase of 3000 copies of the winning books for free distribution to secondary school libraries.

      • Children's & YA
        May 2023

        MY LIFE AS A CHAMELEON

        by Diana Anyakwo

        'Freedom comes with the courage to be seen’ Lily is a sixteen-year-old living in Manchester. It is nearly five years since her father’s death, and she is soon to return to her birthplace in Nigeria to reunite with her mother and siblings for the anniversary. As cold rain thunders on the streets of Moss Side she looks back over her young life and wonders . . . how did she get here? As a young girl in Lagos, Lily is the baby of her large family. The daughter of a Nigerian father and Irish mother, she lives in a dual reality: one where moments of bright colour and tenderness exist alongside a sense of danger just beneath the surface of her apparently idyllic life. This is a tension that nobody dares speak out loud and it teaches Lily an early lesson: always blend in, always play the right part. But the truth cannot stay hidden forever. Things in Lagos itself, and within her family, soon reach breaking point. As her city and her family implode into chaos around her, and at school her skin colour marks her out from the crowd, Lily struggles to know how to blend in. And when her mother sends her away to school in England, Lily’s sense of identity is challenged in even more painful ways. My Life as a Chameleon is a powerful story of resilience and belonging, about family secrets and how they can destroy even the deepest bonds. It is a story about finding your place in the world and realising you deserve to be there. The author says: I’m sharing this story because I believe we can all relate to the intensity of our feelings as we are moving from childhood through our teenage years to being an adult and I want young people to feel that whatever they are going through, they are not alone.

      • Adventure
        April 2015

        The Game Master

        by Ian D Copsey

        What is it like to be someone else – especially your most hated enemy? Why do they think and do things differently?    Tired of arguing over which of them was the best gamer, Josh and Alex stumbled upon a new video game shop, run by an enigmatic and amiable Japanese shopkeeper. He was to be their Game Master in this virtual reality video game that had no game controls. Little did they know it was a game that would change their lives, of their friends… and enemies… forever.    “Oh! This game is no ordinary game,” The Game Master explained, “It reads your thoughts, seeks out your weaknesses to give challenges that are right just for you, the challenges you need to help you grow.”   "It can read our minds?" puzzled the boys. As they progressed through the game’s levels they found out more about themselves and the lives of everyone around them. Mysteriously, the Game of Life began to spread its influence beyond Josh and Alex’s lives and to their friends.    From Josh and Alex switching roles with each other in the game, campfire frolics and ghostly stories from their teachers, the boys learned more about their friends around them. The Game Master’s zany antics as he hosted a T.V. game show, “Hiro’s Happy Heroes” in the Game of Life, released a string of rib tickling gags, teases and tantalising tattles.   The climax of the Game of Life came from the school Rube Goldberg challenge in which each grade had to join as a team to build their own whacky, madcap contraption. Would Josh and Alex be able to manage to get the two bullies in the class to work within the team?   Patiently, with impish humour, the Game Master guides them through the different levels to a final intriguing twist.

      • Children's & young adult fiction & true stories
        September 2020

        Peter the thief

        by Yves Frémion

        In his village, Peter mows down everything that attracts him. As the villagers know him, they will get their property back from him since he does not hide and always gives back. The inhabitants have adopted him as he is, and even the gendarmerie lets him. But, one day, things become more serious, and it is secondary residents who are robbed. This time, Peter denies the facts. A rural novel about benevolence, tolerance and solidarity, which is good for morale and restores meaning to the idea of humanism.

      • Personal & social issues
        December 2019

        Serendipias

        by Martínez, Elena

        A novel for young people, for families, for everyone, about bullying, abuse, racism and those who feel different at school. Motivational youth novel.

      • Children's & YA

        THE VIOLET BOOK

        Beyond Pink and Blue

        by Cristina Romero & Francis Marín

        This illustrated book is a simple invitation to diversity. A violet light along the roas of life of all the small and large people who want to be happy in their own way, without hiding from the rigid and painful socio-cultural structures in  which we often feel trapped.

      • Picture books, activity books & early learning material
        May 2018

        Adventures to School

        Real-Life Journeys of Students from Around the World

        by Baptiste Paul, Miranda Paul, Isabel Muñoz

        Children all around the world go to school. Whether they're from Japan, Ukraine, Ethiopia, or the United States, all students have the desire to learn about the world and shape the future. In Bhutan, children walk for three hours to make it to school, and in Pakistan, children travel by rickshaw. Some children in China must climb a heaven ladder, while children in Nepal must walk over a wire bridge. The treks of these students are unique, extraordinary, and even dangerous, and they signify the common determination, perseverance, and sense of adventure shared by young people around the world. Read along as students from thirteen different nations embark on their journeys to get to school in the morning and learn about the diverse landscapes and cultures of these countries along the way!

      • People & places (Children's/YA)
        February 2019

        Pancakes to Parathas

        Breakfast Around the World

        by Alice B. McGinty, Tomoko Suzuki

        Breakfast varies from country to country, but it's how all children begin their day. Explore the meals of twelve countries in this playful approach to the world! From Australia to India to the USA, come travel around the world at dawn. Children everywhere are waking up to breakfast. In Japan, students eat soured soybeans called natto. In Brazil, even kids drink coffee – with lots of milk! With rhythm and rhymes and bold, graphic art, Pancakes to Parathas invites young readers to explore the world through the most important meal of the day.

      • Picture books, activity books & early learning material
        October 2019

        M is for Melanin

        A Celebration of the Black Child

        by Tiffany Rose

        An empowering alphabet book that teaches kids their ABCs and celebrates Black children! Each letter of the alphabet contains affirming, Black-positive messages, from A is for Afro, to F is for Fresh, to W is for Worthy. This book teaches children their ABCs while encouraging them to love the skin that they're in.   Be bold. Be fearless. BE YOU.

      • Picture books, activity books & early learning material
        January 2019

        The Roots of Rap

        16 Bars on the 4 Pillars of Hip-Hop

        by Carole Boston Weatherford, Frank Morrison

        The roots of rap and the history of hip-hop have origins that precede DJ Kool Herc and Grandmaster Flash. Kids will learn about how it evolved from folktales, spirituals, and poetry, to the showmanship of James Brown, to the culture of graffiti art and break dancing that formed around the art form and gave birth to the musical artists we know today. Written in lyrical rhythm and complete with flowing, vibrant illustrations, this book beautifully illustrates how hip-hop is a language spoken the whole world 'round.

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