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Title I can make a difference : a treasury to inspire our children / selected by Marian Wright Edelman ; illustrations by Barry Moser.

Publication Info. New York : HarperCollins, [2005]
©2005

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Location Call No. Status
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Children's Department  J 808.8 EDELMANS    Check Shelf
 Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Children's Department  J808.8 ICA    Storage
 Farmington, Barney Branch - Children's Department  J 808 EDE    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Children's Department  J 808 EDE    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Children's Department  J 808.8 I    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Children's Department  J 808.8 EDELMAN    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Children's Nonfiction  J 808.8 ICA    Check Shelf
 Plainville Public Library - Children's Department  J POETRY 808.8 I CA    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description 112 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references ( pages 110-112).
Contents I can make a difference by loving myself and others as God loves us and treating others respectfully and fairly -- I can make a difference by being courageous -- I can make a difference by aiming high and holding on to my ideals -- I can make a difference by caring and serving -- I can make a difference by being honest and telling the truth -- I can make a difference by persevering and not giving up -- I can make a difference by being determined and resourceful -- I can make a difference by being grateful for the gift and wonders of life -- I can make a difference by working together with others -- I can make a difference by being compassionate and kind -- I can make a difference by being nonviolent and working for peace -- I can make a difference by being faithful and struggling for what I believe.
Summary Teaches young readers how individual acts of courage, even though small in appearance, can have a great effect on one's life and the lives of those nearby through a review of actions by others in the past and the effects they have had on the world in which we live today. Marian Wright Edelman has drawn from a variety of cultures and peoples to compile these timeless stories, poems, songs, quotations, and folktales that speak to all children to let them know that they can make a difference in today's world.
Subject Conduct of life -- Quotations, maxims, etc.
Conduct of life -- Literary collections.
Added Author Edelman, Marian Wright.
ISBN 0060280514
0060280522 library binding
Standard No. 9780060280529
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