HIT :ELEM : PICTURE BOOKS FOR CONFLICT RESOLUTION

["George O'Connor" <perocon@POWERLINK.NET>]

>Many thanks to all who responded to my request for picture books dealing
with various conflict resolutions issues. This has been a great help. Here
is the hit :

Scholastic has a Professional book-  Teaching Conflict Resoultion Through
>Children's Literature.  It is written for grades K-2 but you might take a
look
>at the the titles.
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I feel like I'm always recommending "Feelings" by
>Aliki.
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You can suggest Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman. I read it to first and
second
>graders.
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My school is focusing on this theme also. There is a bibliography in the
archives. I think you look under "values". It goes subject by subject with
books listed.
One of the ones we like the best is Best Friends for Frances by Hoban. An
oldy but goody dealing with exclusion. Good for acting out possible endings.
Grouchy Ladybug by Carle and Today I feel Silly by Curtis for identifying
feelings
The first chapter, I think, in The Hundred Dresses by Estes deals with
conflict resolution also
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I'm not exactly sure where this fits in, but I really like the book. It's
called, It Doesn't Have to Be This Way (Rodriguez). It's a bilingual
picture book (Eng/Spanish) about a little boy being pressured to join a
gang. He goes along with it for a little while because he doesn't know how
to get out of it. But his girl cousin tries to convince him not to join and
shows up just as he is to be jumped in. A drive by ensues, and the cousin
is shot (injured, not killed). This shocks him into realizing that he
shouldn't join, and he backs off. It's very well done. Sounds violent, but
is really perfect for intermediate, and could still be used in Jr. High,
since the characters are about that age.
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Please consider using Jane Kurtz' FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN in your conflict
resolution unit.  Beautifully illustrated by E.B. Lewis, and critically
acclaimed, it is the retelling of an Ethiopian folktale in which a
conflict is resolved by the sort of turning-the-tables that allows the
underling in the conflict to reveal his wisdom and the dominant person
to be graciously humbled and generous.

A Jewish version of the story is also published and entitled IN THE
MONTH OF KISLEV.
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Here is a good source for books on tolerance and related topics.  I attended
the Teaching Steps to Tolerance workshop and highly recommend it for next
summer.


<A HREF="http://tst.wiesenthal.com/resources/literature.html">Literature -
Teaching Steps to Tolerance</A>
http://tst.wiesenthal.com/resources/literature.html

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Jane Perry/Library Media Specialist
Winslow Jr. High Library
10 Danielson St.
Winslow, ME 04901
jperry@mailhost.winslow-jhs.u52.k12.me.us
http://www.winslow-jhs.u52.k12.me.us/jperry/main.htm

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