In speaking with friends who are all parents about teaching young children about the world and the world issues, we then ended up talking about books. While there is undoubtedly a plethora of books availible for children, its actually almost daunting how many books there are, and while most are good books few seem to tackle the many diverse world issues. I then did a bit of investigating and hunting at the bookstores and online, and I did discover a few books dealing with the issues, they really where a few. There did seem to be a fair few on peace, but very few on other issues such as poverty and true tolerance.
I have begun to put together a list of Books for Children as a resource page on the site. However I would be interested to hear the views from all of the parents out there. Do you feel there isn't enough resources out there to teach your children about the issues facing our world, such as poverty, war, disease, racism, religion, tolerance, etc?
Here are some resources and list I came across you may find it interesting for your kids:
Jane Addams Children's Book Award
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