Do you know any great children's books about diversity?
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I'm not sure if this is what you're looking for, but check out this site.  It give some pretty interesting book ideas.  \n\nhttp://www.comeunity.com/adoption/books/0multiracial.html
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Your question brings to mind a book I read a long, long time ago as a young girl. I enjoyed it so thoroughly that I still remember it fondly. It's name was "The Circus of adventure". It was by Enid Blyton I think. If you can find that book, you will certainly enjoy it. It was a story of characters in a travelling circus. It was so much fun reading that!
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Give us some more info and tell us what kind of books you like.  Fiction, non-fiction, biographies, mystery, romance, sci-fi, literature, poetry?
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Good book.  \n\n"At the same time, she takes white paper and glues it over the inside cover of the children's books, hiding the table that showed that the books used to be used by white students and were now issued to "nigras."\n\n They were so excited because they had an opportunity to read books only allowed for whites.
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I agree- are you talking fiction or non-fiction?\n\nFor non-fiction, it's difficult, but I really love "Pomosexuals" by Carol Queen and Lawrence Schimel- just for showing all the awesome varieties of sexual and gender expression, and the intersections of each.\n\nFor fiction, I doubt there's been anything quite so to the point and wonderful as Leslie Feinberg's "Stone Butch Blues".  It was both an immensely touching story, a social and political message, and remains one of the very few explanations of butch lesbian/stone butches/TG butches.  Perfect.
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Hey give them some puzzles related to cultural diversity to solve.....that would definately help you to keep audience in discussion...\n\nhope this helps!!!
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Not necessarily,  most people call it CULTURAL DIVERSITY.\n\n/doc
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I loved these articles by Walter Williams (Professor of Economics).  He states exactly how I feel about affirmative action way more eloquently than I ever could.  You should give them a read, if you really value diversity and are open minded, then you might find them interesting.
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i think interracial children are BEAUTIFUL, and seriously, i would think green eyes and black hair would be awesome!!!!
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Hope this helps - I've dozens more, if you need. \n(I am an elementary teacher and have taught third grade.)\n\nGiving Thanks:  A Native American Good Morning Message by Chief Jake Swamp\nIt's a beautiful story with cool illustrations written by a Mohawk Chief - good for Thanksgiving, Earth Day, or environmental units\nhttp://www.leeandlow.com/teachers/guide12.html\n\n\nMy Teacher for President by Kay Winters\nfun, short, and good for a quick read or discussion about the president or America themes\nhttp://www.kaywinters.com/my_teacher.htm\n\nOfficer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathman\nadorable story on safety and working as a team\nhttp://www.peggyrathmann.com/officerbuckle.html\n\n\nSorry to say, many of the other suggestions seem a little juvenile for third grade.
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I read a lot of children's literature before I put it on my shelf in my classroom library. Some good novels that fit your request are:\nDragon Rider Cornelia Funke...\n\nThe Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke  (Almost anything by her is terrific!)\nOh,some of my students are just loving "Inkheart" and "Inkspell" (one follows the other) These are tales of a dad who is able to 'read' people into or out of stories as he reads...interesting concept.\n\nI agree with the Narnia Series...great books.\nMy students also loved "City of Ember" and "People of Sparks"...again, Ember comes before Spark.. this is tale (kind of sci fi) where people live in this city where it is always dark, and the city is falling apart. These two kids, quite by accident, discover a way out.  Again, interesting concepts....\n\nLemony Snicket series my students love, (5th grade) but for a 12 year old, might be a bit predictable.  Story line repeats a bit by book 11 and 12.\n\nAlso, I agree with "The Giver" by Lois Lowry. She also wrote a sequal or 2 to that...One is "Gathering Blue" and the other is "The Messenger" \n\nAnother series, a trilogy, for Middle Schoolers that my son loved was "The Amber Spyglass," "The Subtle Knife" and "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman.\n\nHope this helps.
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Try the tree of life, http://tolweb.org/tree/ It is well organized and illustrated. It covers all life kingdoms, not only animals.
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I have an idea.  Get four or five photographs of  people from different races with clearly identifiable facial features and change the skin, eye and hair colors around so they are all mixed up.  \n\nThe caption could be something like--\n So the difference was?\nOne for all, all for one.\nBrothers and sisters of the rainbow.\n\nOr maybe short  and to the point--\nRacism?--Stupid!
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cats, birds, lizards, spiders, small children
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"To Kill A Mockingbird" by Harper Lee.\n\nIt's a classic tale depicting two forms of prejudice and demonstrating why prejudice is wrong and ofteb borne of ignorance. It's been taught in American and British schools for the last 30 years and is considered a modern classic.\n\nIt's also my favorite non-science-fiction book... EVER!
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You can never go wrong with an age appropriate book. Start teacher to read. May I suggest an effective and affordable book that i used and and that my son love. \n\nFirst Reader from: http://www.eagleforum.org/order/book/\n\nYou read to your daughter fun short stories and show her that you are having so much fun reading.
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Try these websites:\n\nhttp://www.everythingpreschool.com/themes/multicultural/index.htm\nhttp://www.preschoolrainbow.org/multicultural.htm\nhttp://www.first-school.ws/theme/places.htm\n\nThis one isn't free but it has a lot of good resources if you are willing to spend some money.\nhttp://www.multiculturalkids.com/shop/customer/home.php