Talking Walls by Margy Burns Knight
	List Price:   $8.95 Unit Price:   $7.16 You Save:   $1.79 (20%) ISBN-10:   0884481549 ISBN-13:   9780884481546 Publisher:   Tilbury House Publishers Category:   Family/Relationships Pub. Date:   January 1992 Pages:   40 Format:   Perfect Ages:   8 to 13 Grades:   3 to 8
Subjects
CHILDREN'S FICTION HOUSES_FICTION
Description/Notes
This fascinating book introduces readers to different cultures by exploring walls from around the world and how they divide communities or hold them together. The stories feature such walls as the Western Wall, the wall murals of Diego Rivera in Mexico, Nelson Mandela's prison walls, and the mysterious stone walls in Cuzco, Peru, high in the Andes. Text copyright 2004 Lectorum Publications, Inc. Talking Walls introduces young readers to different cultures by exploring the stories of walls around the world and how they can separate or hold communities together. American Bookseller 'Pick of the Lists; ' Boston GLobe Top 25 Non-Fiction Children's Books, 1992; ALA Booklist, Starred Review; Horn Book, Noteworthy Book, 1993. Full-color illustrations. Since the 1992 publication of their first book (Talking Walls), Margy Burns Knight and Anne Sibley O'Brien have become respected names in multicultural publishing and diversity education. In 1997 they received the National Education Association's Author-Illustrator Human and Civil Rights Award for their work. Their books broaden our understanding of other cultures and teach empathy, compassion, and tolerance in a nonjudgmental way. They show children that each of us has a story to tell and a heritage worth preserving. The award-winning Talking Wallsand its sequel, Talking Walls: The Stories Continue, introduce young readers to different cultures and different issues around the world by telling the stories of walls and how they can hold a community together or separate it. Featured walls include the Great Wall of China, the murals of Diego Rivera, Nelson Mandela's prison walls, a Holocaust memorial in Poland, Ndebele wall designs in South Africa, Hadrian's Wall in England, and the Peace Lines in Belfast, Northern Ireland. These books will spark the curiosity of young readers as they learn about their world and its amazing diversity. The Teacher's Guides, written by Margy Burns Knight and Thomas V. Chan, offer hundreds of classroom activities in language arts, social studies, science, math, food experiences, arts and crafts, and more, with many print and non-print resources for further explorations. 'Noteworthy Book from Parallel Cultures, 1992' 'Pick of the Lists, 1992' - American Bookseller 'Top 25 Non-Fiction Children's Books, 1992' 'Children's Books of Distinction, 1992' - Boston Globe Talking Walls introduces young readers to different cultures by exploring the stories of walls around the world and how they can separate or hold communities together. American Bookseller 'Pick of the Lists; ' Boston GLobe Top 25 Non-Fiction Children's Books, 1992; ALA Booklist, Starred Review; Horn Book, Noteworthy Book, 1993. Full-color illustrations.