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During a student exchange program, seventh-graders Ivy June and Catherine share their lives, homes, and communities, and find that although their lifestyles are total opposites they have a lot in common.

When nineteen-year-old Gem of the Desert People, called Monstrous by the Smooth Skins, becomes the prisoner of the seventeen-year-old Smooth Skin queen, Isra, age-old prejudices begins to fall aside as the two begin to understand each other.

Martin Bridge faces the music and learns the ropes in this installment in the widely acclaimed chapter-book series.

"Demonstrates the importance of welcoming people from all over the world into the community with love, compassion, and acceptance."--

Photographs and simple text celebrate friendship, diversity, and acceptance.

Illustrations and easy-to-read text call for all people of the world, wherever they are and whatever they are doing, to talk peace.

"Celebrates a diverse community on a Sunday morning at an inclusive church that welcomes all people regardless of age, class, race, gender identity, and sexual orientation. Come to the church for all!"--

"A charming and hilarious tale for kids ages 4-8 about how accepting others can enrich us all--featuring capybaras, the beloved animal sensation capturing hearts around the world."--Provided by publisher.

The kids of Liberty Street join forces to help the Araboolies when mean General Pinch orders them to move because they look different.

"Set during WWII and told in alternating voices, Nellie, a young Oregonian and survivor of a balloon bomb sent over by the Japanese, strives to understand how the war has torn her community apart and created prejudice against Japanese-Americans, while across the ocean, as part of her nationalist duty, Tamiko helps create the balloon bombs, but in her struggle to survive hunger and starvation, Tamiko muddles her way through her anger against the United...