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War and Humanity
The war and humanity category can be used to illustrate how people throughout the world and history have been affected by war. These books not only talk about the ills of war, but the ways that people find strength and bravery as a symbol of humanity.
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that."
- Martin Luther King Junior, 1963.
K-4
Luis Paints the World
Terry Farish
Luis creates a mural to try to convince his brother not to leave for the Army.
#Army #Brothers #Dominican #Family #Neighborhood #Community #Art #Hispanic #Latinx #Siblings #Deployment #Globalization
Prek-3
Nim and the War Effort
Milly Lee & Yangsook Choi
Based on the author's childhood memories, Nim's story celebrates the patriotism of Asian family members in embracing their new home and country and their efforts to maintain their cultural traditions.
#Patriotism #HistoricalFiction #AsianAmerican #Chinatown #Family #War #Community #Prejudice #Racism #PowerOfChildren #WWII #Culture
2-5
I Survived: Ten Thrilling Books
Lauren Tarshis
A childrens historical fiction inspired be real life events, each story highlights a surviror and their journey through the tragedy.
#HistoricalFiction #NaturalDisaster #War #WorldHistory #HsitoricalEvents
Prek-3
Home of the Brave
Allen Say
A man symbolically confronts the trauma of his family’s incarceration in the Japanese internment camps during World War II. He meets a group of children all with strange name tags pinned to their coats. Finally he gets rid of the tags and finds way home.
#History #War #Trauma #Race #WorldWarII #IntermentCamp #Humanright #Nametag
Pre-3
Cat Man of Aleppo
Irene Latham, Karim Shamsi-Basha
When war comes, Alaa stayed and decides to take care of pets and animals that are left by fleeing people.
#Cat #Love #AnimalRescue #War #Kindness
1-7
We Are Like the Clouds
Jorge Argueta
A story of Central American refugees fleeing their homelands because of war and violence.
#Refugees #ElSalvador #CentralAmericans #Hardship #War #Violence #Poetry #BiLingual
PreK-3
It Began with a Page: How Gyo Fujikawa Drew the Way
Kyo Maclear
Gyo Fujikawa grew up in California and influenced by strong women. Though experienced bias and discrimination during WWII, she became an artist to include diversity in children's books for all kids to see themselves.
#Diversity #Race #WWII #Strength #JapaneseAmerican #Biography #Picturebook #Representation #War
1-2
The Paper Boat: A Refugee Story
Thao Lam
A girl and her family flee to America from the war happening in their home country, Vietnam.
#Family #Refugee #War #Love #Flee #Vietnamese #Frighten #Separation #Courage #Wordless
K-5
Yang Warriors
Kao Kalia Yang
A group of kids in refugee camp train themselves to be as brave and skillful as warriors. They seek opportunities to avoid soilders to seek fresh food to take care of other people in refugee camp.
#RefugeeCamp #Refugee #Brave #Children #Hardship #HmongAmerican #Asian #Intelligence #Help #CareOthers
K-3
The Librarian of Basra: A True Story From Iraq
Jeanette Winter
A librarian in Iraq saved books during the war time and repect knowledge that books can bring to readers.
#Library #Equality #Knowledge #Brave #Books #Share #War #Iraq
Prek-3
The Memory Coat
Elvira Woodruff
A Jewish girl came up with a trick to turn her sweater inside out to hide the refusal mark the soilder made on her sweater. So she could flee with her family from Russa to America.
#Refugee #Intelligence #War #Flee #Jewish #Wisdom #Family #Race
1-3
Unbreakable Code
Sara Hoagland Hunter
A young boy who is leaving his native home learns about the importance of his culture and the connection it brings to his background and even the impact it had in World War II.
#Navajo #Community #Culture #Identity #Language #Persecution
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