Comments on: Kids Books That Teach Tolerance

By: Sharon

Sharon — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 17:17:00 +0000

Hi! My name is Sharon Cramer. I have written and illustrated a book that very subtly engages, for the young audience, (ages 0-8) the concepts of tolerance and acceptance, especially regarding physical disability and appearance. The book has won the MCA gold medal for best picture book dealing with family values.

I feel it might be a great book to list with your many wonderful books regarding acceptance and tolerance. I would love for you to review the book, and/or list the book with your recommended reads. You can actually see and hear me narrate the book at http://www.talkingbirdbooks.com/videos/ (It is the first book, Cougar Cub Tales: I’m Just Like You) or I would be thrilled to send you a copy.

It also available as a free e-book download on amazon.

Anyway, your site is awesome. What you do it wonderful!

Sincerely,

Sharon

By: Marie

Marie — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 23:01:32 +0000

Little Critter: A Very Special Critter is about a boy in a wheel chair.

Clifford the Big Red Dog: A Special Friend is about a dog with 3 legs.

Marie-Anne

By: Alexandra

Alexandra — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 02:27:46 +0000

I do think books help in learning about tolerance, but the best way is by example. I never had books like this a child, but my parents did a great job in teaching us not to see color.

By: Katharyn

Katharyn — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 02:58:06 +0000

One Dad’s two Dads Brown Dads Blue Dads – A pro homosexuality book story book.

Two Robert Munsch books:

Millicent and The Wind – (subtle) a lonely girl plays with the wind, and finally asks it to bring her a friend. The person the wind finds her is clearly of the different race (this is not an issue in the book, it just is).

The Giant – less about racial intolerance and more about religious intolerance, this one made it to the banded books list (as did One Dad’s..) because in it God is a little girl.

By: Laura

Laura — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 18:32:35 +0000

There is a Little Critters book by Mercer Mayer called “Just A Little Different” that my 4 year old has really enjoyed reading(we checked it out from the library). I have another book called “What if the Zebras Lost Their Stripes” by John Reitano. I like the message it sends.

By: Tiffany

Tiffany — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 00:18:26 +0000

Its possible Kimberly. I would wager they are all Muslim based on the attire and have heard that nearby areas have large Somali populations. I never thought of them being English Language Learners. Good info!

By: Kimberly

Kimberly — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 00:09:20 +0000

About the kids at the school. Is it possible they are English Language Learners? Because you just described a good portion of our BIL kids. To reduce expense and get the best BIL teachers – certain elementary schools in each Middle School’s catchment area were designated Dual Language BIL schools. So kids that live outside our normal catchment area are bussed to our school on the 600 buses.

These buses don’t go to houses in our catchment area in an effort to not have the kids on the busses for hour or more.

The students are taught by BIL teachers until they reach a certain proficiency with English So they are separate. This year because of numbers and departmentalization the BIL classes are grouped separate from their English grade levels. Because the structure of our school, and the fact we have overflow in portables this is the only way to house everyone and put partner teachers together. We try to make sure they get a chance to mix at recess and during specials.