Journey to America

Journey to America

Author: Maliha Abidi

Publisher: Becker & Mayer

Published: 2022-07-05

Total Pages: 99

ISBN-13: 0760371229

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Journey to America is a beautiful collection of biographies celebrating 20 of America’s most inspiring first- and second-generation immigrants.


Children Just Like Me

Children Just Like Me

Author: Barnabas Kindersley

Publisher:

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 79

ISBN-13: 9781863914314

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Photographs and text depict the homes, schools, family life, and culture of young people around the world.


Celebrate! Our Differences

Celebrate! Our Differences

Author: Sophia Day

Publisher: MVP Kids

Published: 2017-04-30

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781684182459

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Learn to be confident in who you are while respecting the uniqueness of others. By interacting with children of various differences in background, ethnicity, ability, and needs, MVP Kids learn that differences aren't scary and finding common ground helps build strong friendships. Helpful Teaching Tips guide parents and educators in appropriate ways to speak about differences, how to navigate having a child with visible differences or befriending a person who is different, and how to manage potentially embarrassing moments when children call out differences they see in their community. This book features a range of children, including children with Down syndrome, cerebral palsy, and cochlear implants. Themes of skin color, adoption, and other family situations help children see that differences make their community exciting. The central theme of We're more alike than different helps build bridges for strong friendships. This book showcases diversity in positive ways with characters that span various cultures, ethnicities, family situations, physical challenges and more. Readers of all backgrounds will see themselves in these pages while learning to value the diversity within their own community and being exposed to differences from around the world. About the Celebrate! Board book series Celebrate everyday moments of childhood with MVP Kids board books for children ages 0-6. Sophia Day interacts with children through memorable verse and inviting illustrations. Topics cover important routines, life events, family changes, foundational math and science concepts, holiday celebrations, and more. Young children follow the MVP Kids as they develop good character and learn important life lessons. Helpful Teaching Tips sections are included in each book to equip and guide you toward a deeper understanding of each subject. Join the MVP Kids and celebrate growing up! About MVP Kids Families with a diverse range of cultural and ethnic backgrounds drive the inspiration for child education and social emotional learning. MVP Kids enables real-world kids to address the challenges in their lives through story-based character lessons where the kids interact at school, in social situations, and in their communities. MVP Kids board books enrich preschool readers while hardcovers and paperbacks focus on school-aged children. Each MVP Kids book includes extensive coaching information for parents and educators that promotes character education, wise decision-making skills, and social and emotional learning.


Parting Ways

Parting Ways

Author: Denise Carson

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2011-04-10

Total Pages: 329

ISBN-13: 0520949412

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Parting Ways explores the emergence of new end-of-life rituals in America that celebrate the dying and reinvent the roles of family and community at the deathbed. Denise Carson contrasts her father’s passing in the 1980s, governed by the structures of institutionalized death, with her mother’s death some two decades later. Carson’s moving account of her mother’s dying at home vividly portrays a ceremonial farewell known as a living wake, showing how it closed the gap between social and biological death while opening the door for family and friends to reminisce with her mother. Carson also investigates a variety of solutions--living funerals, oral ethical wills, and home funerals--that revise the impending death scenario. Integrating the profoundly personal with the objectively historical, Parting Ways calls for an "end of life revolution" to change the way of death in America.


Celebrate the Journey

Celebrate the Journey

Author: Tony Nickel

Publisher: Regina : Your Nickel's Worth Pub.

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 388

ISBN-13:

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The purpose and challenge of this anniversary book of Grace Mennonite Church is to capture, in word and picture, the faithfulness of the past 50 years; to use that history to describe the richness of the present and look with real hope to the future as the vision of healing and hope gives direction to a world that so desperately needs to envision the reign of God in all domains of human experience. Celebrate the journey.


Rise

Rise

Author: Maliha Abidi

Publisher: Saqi Books

Published: 2021-10-26

Total Pages: 329

ISBN-13: 0863561675

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' Women and girls around the world will find inspiration and strength in the pages of this beautiful book.' Malala Yousafzai Rise celebrates the inspirational stories of 100 remarkable women of colour. From the entrepreneur with a homemade marmalade business who went on to found Women's World Banking, to the educator who built the first university in the world; and from the athlete who fled civil war on a sinking boat and then swam in the Olympics, to the first Black female astronaut, these trailblazers have risen above challenges to reach dizzying heights. . These scientists, entertainers, sportswomen, artists and activists hail from more than forty countries. Past and present, famous and forgotten, they have worked both behind the scenes and under public scrutiny to make our world a better place. . Featuring stunning portrait illustrations by noted artist Maliha Abidi, Rise reveals the creativity and courage of these pioneers, and is essential for all.


Advent Journeys: Celebrating Hope and Light Across Cultures

Advent Journeys: Celebrating Hope and Light Across Cultures

Author: Jenny Fuller

Publisher: tredition

Published: 2024-11-13

Total Pages: 263

ISBN-13: 3384420195

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From ancient traditions to modern festivities, the season of Advent has long been a time of anticipation, reflection, and joy. In Advent Journeys, Jenny Fuller takes readers on a captivating exploration of how cultures around the world celebrate this meaningful season. Travel from the snowy Christmas markets of Germany to the vibrant Posadas of Latin America, and from the light-filled Lucia Day processions in Sweden to the lively Krampus runs of the Alps. Each chapter reveals the unique customs, foods, and symbols that bring communities together, transforming the waiting days before Christmas into a powerful celebration of hope and light. Through Fuller's engaging storytelling and rich cultural insights, Advent Journeys invites readers to discover how these global traditions connect us all, honoring both the shared spirit and diversity of this beloved season. Whether you're looking to deepen your holiday experience or explore Advent in a new way, this book offers an inspiring journey through the heartwarming and often surprising ways we celebrate Advent across the globe.


Celebrating Nature on the Seven Continents: A Photographic Journey Around the World

Celebrating Nature on the Seven Continents: A Photographic Journey Around the World

Author: Sunil Singh

Publisher: Sunil Singh

Published: 2023-01-05

Total Pages: 501

ISBN-13:

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"Celebrating Nature on the Seven Continents: A Photographic Journey Around the World" takes readers on a stunning journey to experience the beauty of nature and wildlife. Written by Sunil and Vani, a nature and wildlife enthusiast couple, the book features hundreds of breathtaking images and personal stories from their travels through rainforests, savannahs, deserts, the Arctic tundra, and the pristine wilderness of Antarctica. Sunil, who as a teenager viewed the world through the lens of his camera with his first prized possession - Zenit TTL, a 35mm film SLR camera made in the USSR, shares his passion for wildlife and photography with readers. Vani, inspired by Jane Goodall's work, meticulously researched and planned this journey to fragile habitats to better understand the wild. Their journey begins in Alaska and takes them across both the Arctic and Antarctic circles before ending in the southernmost national park of Tierra del Fuego in Argentina. Along the way, Sunil and Vani carry two camera backpacks and a few sets of clothes, savoring the unexpected moments and experiencing a deep humility in the face of nature's splendor. In addition to providing breathtaking images and personal stories, the book also offers practical information on researching destinations, packing for a variety of climates and destinations, photography gear and tips, and the logistics of planning a journey around the world. It is a must-read for anyone interested in exploring the rich and colorful biodiversity of our planet.


The Journey is the Destination

The Journey is the Destination

Author: Dan Eldon

Publisher: Chronicle Books

Published: 1997-08

Total Pages: 482

ISBN-13: 9780811815864

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By the time he was twenty-two, Dan Eldon had led a relief mission across Africa; worked as a graphic designer in New York; studied (intermittently) at four colleges; travelled through Europe, Africa, Japan, and the United States; founded a charity for Mozambiquan refugees; directed a film; written a book; started up his own photography business; and become a photojournalist for Reuters news agency, covering the famine and civil war in Somalia. There, in 1993, he was killed in an eruption of mob violence while on assignment. In a world of rules and regularity, Eldon was a renegade, a risk-taker, and an adventurer. His is no ordinary journal; it is an astonishing collage of photos, drawings, words, maps, and clippings that reveals his strange and vivid life. The Journey is the Destination is at once the vision of an artist in his prime and the unrestrained outpourings of a young man just beginning to live.