The MORE you that you READ, the more THINGS you know. The MORE you KNOW. The MORE you LEARN, the more PLACES you'll GO. ~ Dr. Suess

With these funds I will buy books to teach students in my class about global issues that exist in the world today. I use picture books to teach concepts and then we will connect others around the world through Skype, Google Docs, etc. to learn from them face-to-face how they overcome these issues. We will be connecting with classes all over the world this year to hear from other students how we can solve and make the world a better place. Having these books would allow me and other teachers at my school to introduce global issues that students need to be aware of as they grow up and live as citizens of the world today.

The books I will buy with this grant include:

"How to Build Your Own Country" (citizenkid) Hardcover by Valerie Wyatt   

"If the World Were a Village: A Book about the World's People", 2nd Edition (citizenkid) Hardcover by David J Smith   

"The Good Garden: How One Family Went from Hunger to Having Enough" (citizenkid) Hardcover by Katie Smith Milway

"Nasreen's Secret School: A True Story from Afghanistan" Hardcover by Jeanette Winter

"Biblioburro: A True Story from Colombia" Hardcover by Jeanette Winter  

"One Hen: How One Small Loan Made a Big Difference" (citizenkid) Hardcover by Katie Smith Milway

"Tight Times" (Picture Puffins) Paperback by Barbara Shook Hazen

"Our House Is Round: A Kid's Book About Why Protecting Our Earth Matters"

"One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of the Gambia" (Millbrook Picture Books)

"Clean Water For Elirose" by Ariah Fine

"Wangari's Trees of Peace: A True Story from Africa" by Jeanette Winter

"Beatrice's Goat" Paperback by Page Mcbrier

"Four Feet, Two Sandals" by Karen Lynn Williams, Khadra Mohammed

"A River Ran Wild: An Environmental History" Paperbackby Lynne Cherry

"Malala, a Brave Girl from Pakistan/Iqbal, a Brave Boy from Pakistan: Two Stories of Bravery" by Jeanette Winter

"A Drop Around the World" Paperback by Barbara Mckinney

"On the Same Day in March: A Tour of the World's Weather" Paperback by Marilyn Singer

"The Lorax" (Classic Seuss) Hardcover – by Dr. Seuss

"Africa Is Not A Country" by Margy Burns Knight  

"Mapping Penny's World" Paperback by Loreen Leedy

"My Name Is Yoon" by Helen Recorvits

"The Name Jar" Paperback by Yangsook Choi

"Armando and the Blue Tarp School" by Edith Hope Fine

"Silent Music: A Story of Baghdad" Hardcover by James Rumford

"Mimi's Village: And How Basic Health Care Transformed It" (citizenkid) by Katie Smith Milway

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