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2) Wishtree
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
590L
Language
English
Description
"A red oak tree and a crow help their human neighbors work out their differences"--
"Red is an oak tree who is many rings old. Red is the neighborhood "wishtree"--People write their wishes on pieces of cloth and tie them to Red's branches. Along with a crow named Bongo and other animals who seek refuge in Red's hollows, this wishtree watches over the neighborhood. You might say that Red has seen it all. Until a new family moves in. Not everyone is...
Author
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"While overt prejudice is now much less prevalent than in decades past, subtle prejudice - prejudice that is inconspicuous, indirect, and often unconscious - continues to pervade. Laws do not protect against subtle prejudice and, because of its covert nature, it is difficult to observe and frequently goes undetected by both perpetrator and victim. Benign Bigotry uses a fresh, original format to examine subtle prejudice by addressing six commonly held...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2018
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
510L
Language
English
Description
Everyone has the ability to be tolerant. But what does that mean? Readers will learn through examples in a fun question and answer format that having respect for others whose beliefs, ideas, and backgrounds are different than yours shows tolerance.
10) Tolerance
Author
Series
Publisher
Bridgestone Books
Pub. Date
[2000]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
520L
Language
English
Description
Describes tolerance as a virtue and suggests ways in which it can be recognized and practiced.
16) The Worm family
Author
Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2004]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Unwelcomed by their neighbors because they are squiggly, skinny, and long, the Worm family moves from place to place before finally finding friends who accept and appreciate those who are different.
Author
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
In this groundbreaking book, Selina O'Grady examines how and why the post-Christian and the Islamic worlds came to be as tolerant or intolerant as they are. She asks whether tolerance can be expected to heal today's festering wound between these two worlds, or whether something deeper than tolerance is needed. Told through contemporary chronicles, stories and poems, Selina O'Grady takes the reader through the intertwined histories of the Muslim, Christian...