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Dictionary for a better world poems, quotes, and anecdotes from A to Z

"Organized as a dictionary, entries in this book for middle-grade readers present words related to creating a better, more inclusive world. Each word is explored via a poem, a quote from an inspiring person, and a short personal anecdote from one of the co-authors, a prompt for how to translate the...

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Main Authors: Latham, Irene (Author), Waters, Charles, 1973- (Author)
Other Authors: Amini, Mehrdokht (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis : Carolrhoda Books, [2020]
Subjects:
Conduct of life > Juvenile nonfiction.
Self-help publications > Juvenile.
Poetry > Juvenile.
Quotations > Juvenile.
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Summary:"Organized as a dictionary, entries in this book for middle-grade readers present words related to creating a better, more inclusive world. Each word is explored via a poem, a quote from an inspiring person, and a short personal anecdote from one of the co-authors, a prompt for how to translate the word into action, and an illustration"--
Physical Description:119 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Audience:Age: 8-12.
Grade: 4-6.
Bibliography:Included bibliographical references (pages 112-115) and index.
ISBN:9781541557758
1541557751
Author Notes:Irene Latham is the author of more than a dozen current and forthcoming works of poetry, fiction, and picture books. Her work includes Charlotte Huck Honor Book and ALA Notable Children's Book Can I Touch Your Hair? Poems of Race, Mistakes, and Friendship (co-written with Charles Waters) and the Caldecott Honor Book The Cat Man of Aleppo (co-written by Karim Shamsi-Basha). In 2016 she won the ILA Lee Bennett Hopkins PromisingPoet Award. Visit her at www.irenelatham.com. Charles Waters is a children's poet, author, anthologist and actor based in Georgia. His book Mascot (co-written with Traci Sorell) has received an American Indian Youth Literature Award Honor and a Jane Addams Children's Book Award Honor. His other books (co-written with Irene Latham) include: African Town (winner of the 2023 Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction), Dictionary For A Better World: Poems, Quotesand Anecdotes from A - Z, Be A Bridge, and the Charlotte Huck Honor book Can I Touch Your Hair? Poems of Race, Mistakes and Friendship . You can visit him at: www.charleswaterspoetry.com Mehrdokht Amini is an Iranian-born children's book illustrator. She has been nominated for a Kate Greenaway Medal and been invited to participate in the prestigious Bratislava Biennial of Illustrations. She lives in the UK."

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