Somewhere Today: A Book of Peace (Albert Whitman Prairie Books (Paperback)) - Softcover

Thomas, Shelley Moore

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0807575445 ISBN 13: 9780807575444

Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company, 1998

Synopsis

Somewhere in the world each day, people just like you are acting in kind, peaceful, loving ways. Perhaps they are visiting someone who is old, teaching a little sister to ride a bike, or sharing an experience with a friend from a different culture.

About this title

About the Author:

Thomas is an Albert Whitman author.

From Booklist:

Ages 4^-8. Terribly earnest in his approach but direct in intent, storyteller and schoolteacher Thomas writes simple, declarative sentences: "Somewhere today . . . someone is being a friend instead of fighting . . . someone is teaching his little sister to ride a bike." Each sentence occupies a full-page spread, with a number of photographs of children illustrating the activity mentioned. The photographs themselves, which range from clear close-ups to artfully blurred or angled shots, show a reassuringly varied cast of children and adults of many races and cultures. For "joining a friend's celebration," children break a pinata; for "learning to do things in a different way," a boy learns to use chopsticks from his Asian friends. A slightly hokey ending, in which children are shown reading this very book "and thinking about making the world a better place," is in tune with the book's gentle didacticism. GraceAnne A. DeCandido

About this edition

• Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0807575445
• ISBN 13: 9780807575444
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 24