Showing posts with label 2000. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2000. Show all posts

Sunday, January 3, 2016

O Menino que Brincava de Ser

O Menino que Brincava de Ser
by Georgina de Costa Martins
illus. by Pinky Wainer
Language: Portuguese
São Paulo : Difusão Cultural do Livro, 2000.
84 p. : ill. ; cm.
ISBN: 8573384174 ; 9788573384178
Summary: Dudu, um garoto de seis anos, adorava brincar de ser. De ser fada, princesa e principalmente bruxa. Seus pais ficam preocupados com a situação. Querem descobrir se há como alterar o comportamento do filho, que consideram anormal. Mas o menino conta com o afeto de sua avó. Isso o ajuda a não se intimidar perante os obstáculos. Quer continuar a ter o direito de brincar de ser e de sonhar. Esse livro permite a discussão de temas delicados, como o preconceito e a intolerância, e retrata as conseqüências que a falta de diálogo pode causar à vida familiar. Dud gostava de brincar de ser, uma brincadeira muito legal e divertida. Só que seus pais não estavam muito felizes com isso. Ao ler olivro você vai entender o porquê. E vai também poder refletir sobre questões como preconceito, intolerância e falta de diálogo. Você já ouviu falar nessas questõs?
Available: http://www.editoradcl.com.br/Produto/167/o-menino-que-brincava-ser

Wednesday, July 3, 2013

Jack & Jim

Jack & Jim 
written and illus. by Kitty Crowther 
Language: English 
New York : Hyperion Books for Children, 2000. 
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 26 cm. 
ISBN: 0786806141 ; 9780786806140 ; 0786825278 ; 9780786825271 ; 078681439X ; 9780786814398 
Summary: Jack the blackbird and Jim the seagull become friends, but Jack is sad that the other seagulls do not seem to like him. 
Available: http://www.amazon.com/Jack-Jim-Picture-Kitty-Crowther/dp/0786806141/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1372418906&sr=1-1&keywords=crowther+jack+and+jim

Saturday, June 29, 2013

Are you a boy or a girl?

Are you a boy or a girl? 
written and illus. by Karleen Pendleton Jiménez
Language: English 
Toronto, ON, Canada : Green Dragon Press, ©2000. 
16 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. 
ISBN: 1896781144 ; 9781896781143 
Summary: Tells the story of a child thinking through who she is, a child learning through her mother's love how to be both strong and soft. 
Available: http://www.amazon.com/Are-Girl-Karleen-Pendleton-Jimenez/dp/1896781144/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1372504341&sr=1-1-fkmr0&keywords=Karleen+Pendleton+Jime%CC%81nez

Monday, November 23, 2009

When grown-ups fall in love

When grown-ups fall in love 
by Barbara Lynn Edmonds 
illus. by Matthew Daniele 
Language: English 
Eugene, OR : Hundreth Munchy Publications, ©2000. 
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
ISBN: 0965670015; 9780965670012 
Available: http://www.alibris.com/search/books/isbn/9780965670012

1, 2, 3 : a family counting book

1, 2, 3 : a family counting book
by Bobbie Combs
illus. by Danamarie Hosler 
Language: English 
Ridley Park, PA : Two Lives Pub., ©2000. 
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 21 x 26 cm.
ISBN: 0967446805; 9780967446806
Summary: Introduces the numbers one through twenty against a background of impressionistic oil paintings portraying gay and lesbian parents and racial diversity.
Available: http://www.abebooks.com/book-search/isbn/9780967446806/

ABC : a family alphabet book

ABC : a family alphabet book 
by Bobbie Combs
illus. by Desiree Rappa; Brian Rappa 
Language: English 
Ridley Park, PA : Two Lives Pub., ©2000. 
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 21 cm.
ISBN: 0967446813; 9780967446813
Summary: Introduces the alphabet with whimsical illustrations portraying gay and lesbian parents and racial diversity. 
Available: http://www.amazon.com/Family-Alphabet-Book-Bobbie-Combs/dp/0967446813/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1354624768&sr=1-1&keywords=9780967446813

All families are different

All families are different 
by Sol Gordon 
illus. by Vivien Cohen 
Language: English 
New York : Prometheus, 2000. 
53, [11] p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
ISBN: 1573927651; 9781573927659
Summary: Discusses differences in today's society, and what makes each family special. 
Available: http://www.amazon.com/All-Families-Are-Different-Gordon/dp/1573927651/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1354624984&sr=1-1&keywords=9781573927659

Mama eat ant, yuck!

Mama eat ant, yuck! 
by Barbara Lynn Edmonds 
illus. by Matthew Daniele 
Language: English 
Eugene, Or. : Hundredth Munchy Publications, ©2000. 
[28] p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
ISBN: 0965670023; 9780965670029
Summary: Baby Emma says her first words when Mama accidently eats some ants that are in the raisins. Emma lives with her lesbian parents, Mama and Mommy, and Mama envisions Emma's verbal future up until she has her own baby Kate who says, "Grandmama eat ant, yuck!" 
Available: http://www.amazon.com/Mama-Yuck-Barbara-Lynn-Edmonds/dp/0965670023/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1354625184&sr=1-1&keywords=9780965670029