When Aidan Become a Brother: get your copy from or īookshop is an online bookstore with a mission to financially support local, independent bookstores. Young ones learn that differences among groups exist and can be enjoyed and respected, rather than disliked and feared.

Diversity adds color to life.Įmbracing diversity means that instead of viewing differences as something negative, they are seen as strengths, adding more color and flavor to life. Also, we become more interesting because of our more comprehensive worldview. Others notice this openness, which can lead to exciting opportunities and new friends. They will discover new things and make wise decisions, which will help them grow and improve their self-confidence. Teaching children to respect both similarities and differences leads to many opportunities. Respecting differences in others opens doors to more opportunities. Knowledge of different perspectives helps children reject negative stereotypes and biases about different groups. Learning about other cultures, beliefs, or sexual preference helps us understand different perspectives. Here are some of the valuable lessons in this book: Embracing diversity makes a person open-minded.ĭiversity is important because the world we live in increasingly consists of various racial, cultural, and ethnic groups.

If children learn how to love the people closest to them without asking anything in return, they will also know how to respect other people with the same limitless love every day. The idea of unconditional love can only be taught through genuine care, example, and acceptance. They teach us how to love without limits. Ages 4 8.Our families are the first people ever to step foot in our lives. It's a quiet vision of a world in which every family is accepted. Her scenes of city life are imbued with warmth, comfort, and a kind of universality there's little obvious luxury or poverty. Gomez's figures have a pleasing, doll-like look, with round heads whose features convey friendliness. One hand of cards./ One family'), Shannon's blank verse brings home the idea of unity in multiplicity. Linking them to ways of counting groups of familiar things ('One is five./ One bunch of bananas.

One team of horses./ One family.' Gomez's (Besos for Baby) combinations of families from one to 10 present lots of possibilities grandparents and children, fathers in turbans, single-parent families, families whose members don't look alike at all. An Asian mother and child romp on hobby horses before bedtime: 'One is two./ One pair of shoes. Shannon's (Hands Say Love) message is clear: no matter how many people there are in a family, what color they are, or what ages they are, they're still a family.

One family by george shannon