A picture book biography about M.S. Subbulakshmi, a powerful Indian singer who advocated for justice and peace through song.
She Sang For India: How M.S. Subbulakshmi Used Her Voice For Change
Change the world
What If . . .
A child looks out at the world’s wars, famine, pollution, and other miseries and thinks of ways to make things better.
Manjhi Moves A Mountain
Dashrath Manjhi used a hammer and chisel, grit, determination, and twenty years to carve a path through the mountain separating his poor village from the nearby village with schools, markets, and a hospital. Manjhi Moves a Mountain shows how everyone can make a difference if their heart is big enough.
When Children Play: The Story Of How Athletes, Coaches And Volunteers Are Protecting Children’s Right To Play
An orphaned girl in a Ugandan refugee camp. A former child soldier in the Sudan. When survival is the priority, something as simple and normal as play seems to be a luxury that these children can do without. But Right to Play is changing that perception. Founding in 2000 by Norwegian Olympic medalist Johann Olav Koss, Right to Play begins at the grassroots community level, using sports and games to teach at-risk and underprivileged children around the world important values like self-esteem, empathy, and peace.
Queenie: One Elephant’s Story
The true and tragic story of one of the most famous elephants of all time: Queenie, the gentle Indian elephant. Evoking a time when elephants were giving rides in zoos all around the world, the true story of Queenie follows her from her birth in an Indian jungle to Australia’s Melbourne Zoo, where she lived for more than forty years.