Kategoria BISAC: Juvenile Nonfiction >> Social Topics - Values & Virtues

This brightly illustrated picture book contains five simple stories for young readers. They foster an understanding of the oneness of the human race and celebrate its diversity within that unity.

Likening the human race to various colored cotton in a woven cloth, various fruits on the tree of life, stars in the heavens, members of one body, and different notes in one perfect chord, the stories use the concrete to teach the abstract.

Young readers will enjoy the bright colors and simple text as they develop their understanding of the unity and diversity of the human race.

As a grandfather, Robert P. Delamontagne, PhD, knew one thing for sure: he didn't want his grandkids to have to suffer the negative outcomes of poor life decisions.

So he decided to write a short guide to life, something he could pass on to each of his grandchildren about the many things he'd learned along his journey.

A Message for My Grandchildren: Sixteen Things I Want You to Know is that guide, filled with musings, comments, tips, and advice for tackling some of life's biggest challenges and adventures, including

• friendship, family, and love;
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To talk about values and ideals is easy. To live them is much more difficult, because no one is perfect. Like all good things, it requires effort.

At times we all fall short of our ideals and values. The question is: Do we have ideals and values? I hope this book will be used by individuals, families and schools as a starting point for discussing character ideals in personal development. Values and ideals are as important as any other subject taught in school because without them your other skills may bring little personal satisfaction.

Although I've called this a book about values,...

"Sohn maash" is the flavors in our fingertips. It is the love and cooking talent that Korean mothers and grandmothers mix into their handmade foods. For Chef Roy Choi, food means love. It also means culture, not only of Korea where he was born, but the many cultures that make up the streets of Los Angeles, where he was raised. So remixing food from the streets, just like good music--and serving it...