Jane Addams Children's Book Awards
Here are three of the 2007 winners of this book award, which selects the best books promoting peace.
Month: June 2007
Made You Look: How Advertising Works and Why You Should Know
This is a book about the advertising industry and how it became so powerful and influential.
California Teen Conquers Mount Everest
Samantha Larson, 18, reached the top of the highest mountain on earth, Mount Everest, located in Nepal.
Death of a Star
Last month, scientists saw an explosion in the sky — the biggest supernova anyone has ever seen.
Life Story
Book by Virginia Lee Burton This book is an illustrated scientific history of evolution set in the “theater of time” with gorgeous illustrations. It is recommended by Isaiah, Ren, Emily, Aidan, Memet and Othmane from the Butterfly Room at Belle Sherman Elementary School in Ithaca, New York. They learned that trilobites once ruled the seas …
In Your Face: The Culture of Beauty and You
This book explores what people in various cultures have done to fit in, stick out or measure up. It helps us put beauty into perspective so we can stop feeling so controlled and influenced by it.
Leon's Story
A review of a book by Leon Walter Tillage about the life of an ordinary man who went through great struggles and tragedies only because of the color of his skin.
Immigration Proposal
The U.S. Senate proposes a plan for more fences and troops at the Mexican border and to make education and skills more important than family ties in deciding which immigrants are allowed to have legal immigrant status.
Stone Age Kids
Archaeologists have found small painted handprints and pictures that might be the Stone Age’s version of graffiti — or doodling!
Funding for Iraq War
Congress voted to give $96 billion more for the military to continue fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan.
