OUR WORLD OF WATER

We drink water everyday and most likely take granted since we don't know how difficult it is for some other countries to have pure drinking water on a daily basis. OUR WORLD OF WATER: CHILDREN AND WATER AROUND THE WORLD by BEATRICE HOLLYER is a small book that depicts different children from all parts of the world and how they get their water. The pictures in the book give a better sense of the culture/country that is being depicted. For example, in some parts of Peru, people scrub clothes in lakes and rivers and lay them on rocks to dry. Something that I am sure we have only seen in movies here in the States.

For grades 2nd and up.

HOW TO HUG A PORCUPINE

In our lives, there are always some people that are just really hard to get along with. But somehow, these difficult people are perhaps important and we don't really want to let them go from our lives. If this is the case, than HOW TO HUG A PORCUPINE by Dr. DEBBIE JOFFE ELLIS is the book for you. This small and useful book offers a lot of insightful and clever ways in which we can avoid conflict and allow the "quills" not to hurt us as much as they usually do. The tips are easy to follow and offer a very mediating and calming approach in dealing with people that usually would not be as easy. After reading this book, I think that most people would not be bothered or challenged by the not so easy people in our lives.

For grades 4th and up.