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Bibliography For Additional Books The themes of the following books will also greatly enhance and re-enforce your conflict management program. This bibliography was developed by Beverly K. Moore and Anita Whitely, OSU for their work as diversity and violence reduction consultants, Cleveland, Ohio. Contributions were added by Laura P. Weldon of Peace Grows, Inc. Middle School Conflict Management Bibliography Alesia Eloise Greenfield and Alesia Revis, Philomel Books (Putnam), 1981 (Grades 5-8) This is one of the few books with a positive message about a person of color who has a disability. Alesia is African-American and she tells her story beautifully, without self-pity and with a great deal of honesty and vitality. Amos Fortune Free Man Elizabeth Yates, (Paperback), Dutton, 1950 (Grades 5-6) With her characteristic quiet goodness, Elizabeth Yates tells the story of how Amos Fortune finds freedom and works to bring the same fortune to the African-American people whose lives he touches. A Newberry Award Winner. Miska Miles, Ill. by Peter Parnall, Little Brown, 1971 (Grade 5) Through her grandmother, a respected Navajo elder, Annie learns a valuable lesson about growth and change and death. Cages Peg Kehret Cobblehill Books/Dutton, 1991 (Grade 6-7) 150 pages Kit is angry with her mother for never standing up for her and never standing up to Kit’s alcoholic stepfather. When Kit does not reach her cherished goal of acting in the school play and goes home to find chaos she runs off to the mall where she is found shoplifting. The court fines her and requests she volunteer at the Humane Society. Kit finds her concerns go beyond her own problems through her work there. Gradually she learns that denying one’s feelings and problems is a kind of violence, that regrets lead to bitterness and that truth, however painful, is freeing. She and her family begin to help themselves by confronting conflicts. The Cay Theodore Taylor, Doubleday, 1969 After the Germans torpedoed the boat on which Phillip and his mother were traveling during World War II, Phillip found himself blind and stranded on a small Caribbean island with a Black islander named Timothy. This is a story of their survival and of Phillip's efforts to understand the dignified, wise, and loving old man whom he had hated because of his race and culture. Children of the River Linda Crew, Delacort Press, 1989 Seventeen year old Sundara fled Cambodia with her aunt's family four years ago to escape the Khmer Rouge army, leaving behind her parents, brother, and sister, and the boy she loved as a child. Now she is torn between the choice to remain faithful to her own people and the choice to adjust to life in her Oregon high school as a "regular" American. Coals Of Fire Elizabeth Hershberger Bauman, Herald Press, 1954 (Grade 5) Seventeen short stories of people who returned good for evil. Crazy Lady! Jane Leslie Conly Harper Trophy, 1993 (Grade 6-7) 180 pages Vernon Dibbs has difficulty keeping up in junior high, lives in a run-down section of town with his hard-working, illiterate father and four siblings. Vernon, who used to taunt a "crazy lady" and her retarded son, learns about love and loss as his life becomes enmeshed with theirs. His mother once said, "Some kids…find it easy to learn, and that’s good. But the ones I admire most are the ones who keep on trying, even when it’s hard. The ones who hang in there even when they don’t end up on top. Those children are very special." Vernon lives the truth of those words. The Eighteenth Emergency Betsy Byars, Viking/Penguin, 1973 Benjie "Mouse" Fawley is fleeing form the toughest kid in the school after writing Marv's name under a Neanderthal man on a school chart. His best friend, Ezzie, has come up with sure-fire solutions to 17 emergencies, like how to survive attacks of stampeding elephants and hungry crocodiles, but has no solution for this 18th emergency! Faithful Elephants: A True Story Of Animal, People, And War Yukio Tsuchiya, Houghton Mifflin Co., 1988 (Grade 5) During the last stage of World War II, Tokyo was often attacked from the air. At the city zoo, the keepers, with tears in their eyes, had to kill many of the animals for fear that they would run amuck in the city if the zoo was bombed directly. Faithful Elephants, describes how three elephants died at the Ueno Zoo in Tokyo at that time. This book plants the seeds of peace and war prevention based on the futility of war. Feeling Free Mary Beth Sullivan, Harper, 1979 B/W illustrations and photographs (Grades 5-8) This joyous potpourri of interviews, commentary, stories, puzzles, cartoons, dramatizations, and the like began as a television series to help people get to understand, appreciate, and know children and adults with disabilities. It succeeds beautifully in this transition to a book. Folk Crafts For World Friendship Florence Temko, U.S. Committee for UNICEF, 1976 (Grades 5-8) All sorts of good things that older elementary children can do at home or the family do together. Free To Be, You And Me Marlo Thomas, McGraw Hill, 1974 (All Ages) This compilation of stories, poetry, songs, dialogues, and essays, is a delightful way to introduce the more serious realities of how sexism limits the development of young men and young women. It is especially valuable for young children, but will be enjoyed by all ages. The Day They Came to Arrest the Book Nat Hentoff Delacorte Press, 1982 (Grade 8 and up) 169 pages A group of high school students get caught up in a controversy over censorship of their school books. A lively debate ensues, centering around Huckleberry Finn. Diverse viewpoints are showcased. An excellent case is made for freedom of thought. In Search Of Peace: The Winners Of The Nobel Peace Prize 1901-1975 Edith Patterson Meyer, Ill. by Billie Jean Osborne, Abingdon Press (Grades 5-6) Stories of Alfred Nobel, the originator of the Nobel Peace Prize and 58 recipients. A Jar Of Dreams Yoshiko Uchinda, Atheneum, 1981 (Grades 5-9) This is a story of an eleven-year-old Japanese-American girl living in California during the Depression. The book counters stereotypes about Japanese--Americans and promotes a sense of positive self-concept. John, John, Twilliger William Wondriska, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1966 (Grades 5-8) The book's message is that dictators are human and reachable as JJ makes friends with the dictatorial mayor and the town changes drastically. Also see his book The Tomato Patch, 1964. The Light In The Forest Conrad Richter Fawcett Juniper, 1953 (Grade 7-9) 120 pages This classic tale of a white boy adopted by a Native American tribe after his capture at the age of four follows his return to his white family at the age of 15. While it does not model peaceful conflict resolution, except for one incident when True Son acts out of an inner belief in the sanctity of children’s lives, it is a startlingly clear illustration of the cost in perpetuating prejudice and violence. Its depiction of two sides unwilling to try and understand any perspective but their own can easily be compared to current world situations. A useful text in the social studies class as well as in a conflict resolution program. The Little White Horse Elizabeth Goudge, Scholastic, 1978 (Grade 5) Maria sets herself to resolving a long-standing quarrel among the residents of Moonacre Mano, originally caused by her ancestors. Helped by her human and animal friends, and sustained by Marmaduke Scarlet's veal pie, she eventually gets people unstuck from their old grievances. Mary Mcleod Bethune Eloise Greenfield, Thomas Crowell, 1977 (Grade 5) The black and white illustrations in this book exude dignity and are so fitting in a story about Mary McLeod Bethune. The author tells of this courageous woman's fight for her people with simple eloquence. Music From A Place Called Half Moon Jerrie Oughton Houghton Mifflin Co., 1995 (Grade 7-8) 161 pages Edie Jo has many fears, adding integration to the list after she is threatened by some Native American boys. Her family is divided by the issue of opening their church school to all children, including the town’s Native American population. Edie Jo grows to understand more about the unity of all people when she unwittingly develops a friendship with Cherokee Fish. They share their ideas and dreams in a secret place on a hillside until they are separated by tragedy. As her father said, "Sometimes a person is given the opportunity to do something right, to stand for something…When that doorway opens, you gotta go through it or be forever looking back, wishing you had." My Brother Steven Is Retarded Harriet Langsam Sobol, B/W photographs by Patricia Agre (Grades 5-6) The illustrations and spare, straightforward text describe eleven-year-old Beth's often conflicting feelings toward her older brother. Youngsters with brothers or sisters will recognize these feelings. My Friend Leslie: The Story Of A Handicapped Child Maxine B. Rosenberg, Lothrop, 1983 B/W photographs (Grades 5-6) Karen, the author's daughter (and one of the youngsters featured in "Being Adopted"), talks about her friend and first-grade schoolmate, who was born with many physical impairments. My Shalom, My Peace Jacob Zim, McGraw-Hill, Sabra Books, 1975 ? (All ages) A moving collection of paintings and poems on the theme of peace by Arab and Jewish children. North To Freedom Ann Holm, Harcourt, Brace and Jovanovich, 1963 (Grades 5-7) Twelve-year-old David is given a chance to escape a prison camp in Eastern Europe. He slowly begins to trust people and finds his own identity in the way of peace. The Paper Crane Molly Bang, Greenwillow Books, 1985 (Grades 5-6) The restaurant stood on a busy road. People came and went, day and night, and the owner prospered. But a new highway replaced the old road and now hardly anyone stopped there to rest and eat. One day, a stranger appeared. He was hungry, but said he had no money to pay for a meal. The owner nevertheless fed him generously, and in the end received his payment in a strange and wonderful way. Peace Be With You Cornelia Rehn, Faith and Life Press, 1980 (Grades 5-8) Fifty-nine stories of peace heroes, from the first century to the present. There is humor and sadness; global aspects and next-door neighbor-type vignettes; stories about young people and tales about the elderly; happy and sad endings. Each story is short enough to capture the attention of a young child but yet written maturely enough for an older person to appreciate. The Peace Book Bernard Benson, Bantam, 1980 (Grade 5) What if a little boy used Gandhi's techniques of dialogue, creative resistance, and focusing attention on survival, in dealing with the governments of the superpowers? A new fairy tale. Peacetimes Katherine Schole, Ill. by Robert Ingpen, Hill Of Contne, 1989 (Grade 5) This beautifully illustrated book presents basic concepts of peace, conflict, mediation, negotiation and peacemaking in understandable language. Peace Treaty Ruth Nulton Moore, Herald Press, 1977 (Grades 5-7) Peter Andreas was the son of Moravian Missionaries killed by the French backed Indians on the Pennsylvania frontier in the 1750's and is later befriended by a Delaware Indian boy. People Peter Spier, Doubleday and Company, Inc., 1980 (All ages) This is a fascinating collection of detailed illustrations comparing and celebrating peoples' different shapes, sizes, noses, eyes, hair, clothes, standards of beauty, preferences, games, homes, activities, pets, holidays, food, religions, work, economic background, languages, alphabets. Short narrative also brings out commonalty. The People Shall Continue Simon J. Ortiz, Children's Book Press, 1977 (Grades 5-6) Strikingly bold and colorful illustrations and rhythmic text make this a good book to read to children. It contains a lot of information which can be presented to young children little by little. Ortiz presents somewhat of a panorama of Native American history. Usage of the term "the People" indicates pride and identity. The Princess And The Admiral C. Pomerantz, Addison-Wesley, 1974 (Grade 5) The tiny kingdom is about to celebrate one hundred years of peace when warships appear. What happens is not a war -- and the celebration does occur after all. Rosa Parks Eloise Greenfield, Thomas J. Crowell Company, 1973 (Grade 5) Rosa Parks sensitively depicts the indignities endured by black people in our recent past and the quiet courage of "The Mother of the Civil Rights Movement" in bravely claiming her rights. Sadako And The Thousand Paper Cranes Fellowship of Reconciliation Box 271, Nyack, NY, 10960 (Grades 5-6) A gentle presentation of Sadako Saski, the eleven-year old victim of the bombing at Hiroshima. Jorg Muller and Jorg Steiner, Schocken, 1982 (an English translation of the German) (Grades 5-6) An unusual picture book about two neighboring islands. People of the large island attempt to dominate the people of the small. Creative ways to resolve conflict are used. Song Of The Trees Mildred D. Taylor Dial Publishing Company, 1975 (Grades 5-6) This story of an African-American family during the 1930's gives penetrating insights into the effects of discrimination and racism on real people. Much food for thought and discussion with children in this novel. Sticks & Stones and Skeleton Bones Jamie Gilson, William Morrow & Co., Inc. Publishers. (Grades 5-8) The first children's novel about peer mediation! The plot follows a conflict between two fifth grade boys that escalates through misunderstanding and peer pressure. The action culminates in a resolution involving a teacher and two peer mediators. The author draws on a great deal of experience with children and the book is relevant, readable and fun. Stories For Free Children Edited by Cottin Pegregin, McGraw, 1982 (Mixed Ages) A collection of non-sexist multicultural stories. Thinking Big: The Story Of A Young Dwarf Susan Kuklin, Lathrop, 1986 B/W photographs by the author (Grades 5-8) Eight-year-old Jaime Osborn is an achondroplastic dwarf, which means that she has short arms and legs on a normal-size body. The author's sensitive portrait reveals what the youngster can and cannot do and how her dwarfism will affect her physically and socially as she matures. At the same time that readers note the more obvious differences between Jaime's world and theirs, they'll discover the many similarities and that, all things considered, Jaime is "like everybody else, just smaller." What Makes Me Feel This Way? Growing Up With Human Emotions Eda LeShan, Collier Books, 1972 (Grade 5) LeShan introduces the concepts of recognizing emotions, identifying the causes for feelings, and some ways to manage them. White Archer: An Eskimo Legend J. Houston, Harcourt, 1970 (Grades 5-8) Eskimo boy is intent on revenging his parents death, learns futility of an "eye for an eye".
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