Title The big book for peace / edited by Ann Durell and Marilyn Sachs ; written by Lloyd Alexander, Natalie Babbitt, John Bierhorst, Jean Fritz, Jean Craighead George, Thacher Hurd, Steven Kellogg, Myra Cohn Livingston, Lois Lowry, Milton Meltzer, Katherine Paterson, Marilyn Sachs, Yoshiko Uchida, Mildred Pitts Walter, Nancy Willard, Charlotte Zolotow ; illustrated by Jon Agee, Thomas B. Allen, Barbara Cooney, Diane and Leo Dillon, Leonard Everett Fisher, Thacher Hurd, Trina Schart Hyman, Steven Kellogg, Jerry Pinkney, Ted Rand, Allen Say, Maurice Sendak, Ben Shecter, Marc Simont, Teri Sloat, Paul O. Zelinsky, Dirk Zimmer.

Publication Info.	New York : E.P. Dutton Children's Books, [1990]
	©1990

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Edition	First edition.
Description	120 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
Summary	The wisdom of peace and the absurdity of fighting are demonstrated in seventeen stories and poems by outstanding authors of today such as Jean Fritz, Milton Meltzer, and Nancy Willard, illustrated by famous illustrators such as Paul Zelinsky, the Dillons, and Maurice Sendak.
Contents	Dream / Steven Kellogg -- Two brothers / Lloyd Alexander illustrated by Dirk Zimmer -- There is an island / Jean Fritz illustrated by Teri Sloat -- Game / Myra Cohn Livingston illustrated by Paul O. Zelinsky -- Tree house / Lois Lowry illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman -- They that take the sword / Milton Meltzer illustrated by Leonard Everett Fisher -- Law of the great peace / adapted by John Bierhorst illustrated by Barbara Cooney -- Bus for Deadhorse / Natalie Babbitt illustrated by Jon Agee -- Letter from a concentration camp / Yoshiko Uchida illustrated by Allen Say -- Enemies / Charlotte Zolotow illustrated by Ben Shecter -- Birds' peace / Jean Craighead George illustrated by Ted Rand -- Silent lobby / Mildred Pitts Walter illustrated by Jerry Pinkney -- Wild safe place / Maurice Sendak -- One more time / Nancy Willard Diane and Leo Dillon -- I was there / Marilyn Sachs illustrated by Marc Simont -- Midnight clear / Katherine Paterson illustrated by Thomas B. Allen -- Ruckus / Thacher Hurd.
Subject	Peace -- Literary collections.
	Children's literature, American.
	Peace -- Literary collections.
	Children's literature, American. (OCoLC)fst00855882
	Peace. (OCoLC)fst01055758
	Peace -- Literary collections.
	Children's literature.
Genre/Form	Literature. (OCoLC)fst01921716
	Literary collections. (OCoLC)fst01423811
	Literature.
	Young adult literature.
Added Author	Durell, Ann, editor.
	Sachs, Marilyn, editor.
	Dutton Children's Books (Firm), publisher.
Other Form:	Online version: Big book for peace. 1st ed. New York : E.P. Dutton Children's Books, ©1990 (OCoLC)555814933
	Online version: Big book for peace. 1st ed. New York : E.P. Dutton Children's Books, ©1990 (OCoLC)607698501
ISBN	0525446052 (lib. bdg.)
	9780525446057 (lib. bdg.)
	0590453947 (hardcover)
	9780590453943 (hardcover)

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