Diversity, equality and inclusion Books

This story is not just about the Blood Ties or secrets kept by 3 teenage boys; Kurt, Scooter and Pete. It is also about injustice, prejudice and the Bloody Lies told impacting on those around them in a small Queensland town. Like the assault on the...

It's OK to grow up a little different!It's OK not being the same as everyone else!...AND WE WOULDN'T HAVE IT ANY OTHER WAY!This heart-warming, illustrated story follows the experiences of a young boy growing up in a world that doesn't always accept us...

I wave, I smile, I point... I talk! And I have so many things to say!Explore how a young AAC user communicates and connects with the people in her life. She talks to them in so many different ways.What is AAC? AAC stands for Augmentative and Alternative...

Follow along as a mother and daughter navigate a day at home through play and imagination. Whether it's a rainy day, a sick day or an indoor day due to a worldwide pandemic, this is a story of how to still see and feel the joy in the ordinary.

Description du livreLe plus beau des cadeaux est inspiré d'une histoire vraie qui décrit une conversation adorable entre l'auteure et sa fille, alors âgée de 3 ans. L'ouvrage raconte avec des mots simples et accessibles aux plus jeunes, comment sont...

The Abilities We Have is a resource designed for classroom discussions and at-home reading, allowing children to learn about disability and ask questions in a safe environment.With 15% of our community living with physical and non-physical disabilities,...

Butterflies in the System is a story about love, incarceration, and perseverance. Inspired by true events, it follows a year in the life of five teenagers as they struggle through the youth protection system in Montreal. Through the halls of a group...

Mishi and Mashi are sisters. They travel around Europe with their parents and explore different cultures. In Greece, they travel with a ferry, learn about the olives and discover the Greek mythology. Find a hidden animal on each illustration and learn...

Meet Mr. Business: third-grade student and business-savvy entrepreneur! Follow BK around his neighborhood and school as he learns about life. In this adventure, BK hears something interesting at school and shares it with his grandparents. He learns that...

(Edition bilingue français-dari) Cette histoire raconte comment une femme perd une pomme dans un trou puis tente de la récupérer de multiples manières. Les enfants adorent réciter de mémoire la séquence d'action de ce conte cumulatif, mais lorsque...

(Edition bilingue français-dari) Le jour où un petit garçon naît, ses parents reçoivent la visite d'un sage qui leur dit : Ce petit garçon est très, très important, et un jour, je lui offrirai quelque chose de merveilleux. Mais d'abord, je devrai lui...

(Edition bilingue français-dari) Lorsqu'un garçon visite un autre village, il est étonné de constater que les gens sont terrifiés par une chose qu'ils prennent - simplement parce qu'ils ne l'avaient jamais vue auparavant - pour un terrible animal...

(Edition bilingue français-dari) Il y a 250 ans, le grand roi Ahmad Shah Durrani régnait sur l'Afghanistan et, de là, sur un magnifique empire s'étendant de l'est de l'Iran au nord de l'Inde et du fleuve Amou-Daria à l'océan Indien. Connu de son peuple...

(Zweisprachige Ausgabe Deutsch-Urdu) Dies ist eine sehr alte Geschichte, die Menschen auf der ganzen Welt schon seit Hunderten von Jahren unterhält. Ein Fremder besucht ein junges Paar, und dann später einen reichen Mann. Die Ergebnisse seiner Besuche...

(Zweisprachige Ausgabe Deutsch-Urdu) Das dumme Huhn ist eine unterhaltsame Geschichte über ein Huhn, das lernt so zu sprechen wie wir. Diese Fabel wird Kinder faszinieren und ihnen gleichzeitig auf amüsante Weise vermitteln, dass es gefährlich sein...

(Zweisprachige Ausgabe Deutsch-Urdu) In dieser humorvollen Geschichte begegnet eine alte Frau zum ersten Mal in ihrem Leben einem Adler. Verwirrt durch seine fremde Erscheinung beschließt sie, sein Aussehen zu verändern, damit er ihrer Vorstellung von...

(Zweisprachige Ausgabe Deutsch-Urdu) Die Königin von Hich-Hich wünscht sich sehnlichst einen Sohn und bittet Arif den Weisen in dieser Angelegenheit um Rat. Da sie jedoch seine genauen Anweisungen nicht befolgt, bringt sie einen halben Jungen zur Welt,...

(Zweisprachige Ausgabe Deutsch-Urdu) Dies ist ein Märchen von zwei Prinzen und ihren Schicksalen. Prinz Hoshyar erreicht Ansehen und Reichtum, indem er riesige Fische aus Metall bauen lässt, die wunderbare Aufgaben verrichten und die Leute reich machen...

(Edition bilingue français-dari) Fatima est une jeune femme dont la vie semble assaillie par une catastrophe après l'autre. Partant pour un voyage depuis sa maison en Occident, elle fait naufrage et est jetée à terre, seule, près d'Alexandrie, en Égypte...

(Zweisprachige Ausgabe Deutsch-Urdu) Ein Mann täuscht einen Fuchs und lässt ihn glauben, dass er ihm ein Huhn schenken wird. Der Fuchs geht in die Falle, aber durch seine Erfindungsgabe und Beharrlichkeit kann er sich am Ende befreien. Dies ist...

Die Geschichte der Bäuerin, und wie sie den Apfel aus dem Loch im Erdboden birgt, ist eine von vielen Sufi-Geschichten für junge Menschen. Seit über tausend Jahren unterhalten sich Kinder wunderbar beim Mitsprechen der wiederkehrenden Aufzählungen...

Vor ungefähr zweihundertfünfzig Jahren regierte der große König Ahmad Shah Durrani in Afghanistan. Sein prachtvolles Königreich erstreckte sich vom östlichen Iran bis zum Norden Indiens, und vom Fluss Amu-Darja bis zum indischen Ozean. Der König, der...

(Bilingual English-French edition / Edition bilingue anglais-français) Wanting badly to have a son, the Queen of Hich-Hich consults Arif the Wise Man on the matter. But because she fails to follow his precise instructions, she gives birth to a...

(Bilingual English-French edition / Edition bilingue anglais-français) This story tells how a woman loses an apple down a hole in the ground and then makes a series of attempts to retrieve it. Children love chanting the action sequence of this cumulative...

Some 250 years ago, the Great King Ahmad Shah Durrani ruled Afghanistan and, from there, a magnificent empire extending from eastern Iran to northern India, and from the Amu Darya River to the Indian Ocean. Known to his people as Ahmad Shah Baba (Ahmad...

This timeless story has entertained people all over the world for hundreds of years. When a stranger who has been traveling for many days stops at the home of a young couple to ask for a glass of water and a place to rest, they make him welcome and...

(Bilingual English-French edition / Edition bilingue anglais-français) A young fox's ingenuity and perseverance enable it to escape from a clever trap set by a man. This engaging story can inspire children to face challenges directly and to overcome...

(Bilingual English-French edition / Edition bilingue anglais-français) On the day a boy is born, his parents are visited by a wise man who tells them, "This is a very, very important boy, and I'm going to give him something marvelous one day, but I will...

"If you want to make friends, don’t hang with Rhonda.” This warning is like a slap in Veronica’s face, because Rhonda was the only visibly black girl in her grade.Veronica hates that people assume she’s prejudiced just...

When Veronica tells her boyfriend she’s black, he laughs, pinches her cheek and says, “But, you’re so white.” Is she too sensitive, like he says?Another boy starts paying attention to her. He's mixed, too. Should she drop the...

Veronica’s mother is black, and her father is white, but she looks entirely white, not biracial. People at school start making a big deal about it, but nobody cared before she got to eighth grade. Why do they think it’s their business? Her...

(Bilingual English-French edition / Edition bilingue anglais-français) When a boy visits another village, he is amazed to find the people terrified of something that - just because they have not seen it before - they mistake for a terrible, dangerous...

(Bilingual English-French edition / Edition bilingue anglais-français) In this amusing story, an old woman encounters an eagle for the first time. Perplexed by its unfamiliar appearance, she decides to change it to suit her own ideas of what a bird...

(Bilingual English-French edition / Edition bilingue anglais-français) This is the story of two brothers: one skilled in the practical arts and the other, Prince Tambal, considered by most people to be only a dreamer. Their father, the king, announces...

(Bilingual English-French edition / Edition bilingue anglais-français) Fatima is a young woman whose life seems beset by one disaster after another. Setting forth on a journey from her home in the West, she is shipwrecked and cast ashore alone near...

(Bilingual English-Spanish edition / Edición bilingüe inglés-español) A young fox's ingenuity and perseverance enable it to escape from a clever trap set by a man. This engaging story can inspire children to face challenges directly and to overcome...

Este libro contiene un cuento, escrito para los niños de cualquier edad, que demuestra lo que es la cortesía.  El cuento enseña a los niños lo que significa el respeto y la amabilidad.  En la misma manera que cada...

In a high school full of shifters, it's the one inquisitive human who poses the biggest threat.When a human is the only applicant for town veterinarian and moves to Shifterville with his teenaged daughter, Amelia, the town residents conspire to keep...

Peaceful Warriors is about two historical figures who used the power of peaceful protests, nonviolent communication, and perseverance to bring about social change in the world.Mahatma Gandhi and his nonviolent movement began in 1915 and brought freedom...

Racism is a personal choice and I choose to be bigger and better than racism!I, Ivy Mercer make this declaration today...I choose love over hate. I choose light over darkness. I choose right over wrong. I choose good over evil.I choose unity over...

Flamingo notices a mysterious creature in the meadow near her pond and worries when she discovers it is a bumblebee. Bumblebees can sting! But when Flamingo finally talks to the bumblebee, she is concerned Flamingo will eat her. Flamingo and Bumble...

Meet Tajon.Tajon is sixteen and black. He's tall and skinny, and he has dreadlocks. Tajon works hard and tries his best to be good. He does O.K. in school. He has plans. He's determined.Tajon is the kind of son who cares about his family...

Cheryl Blackford's debut novel is set in England during World War II and told from the dual perspectives of ten-year-old Lizzie, a homesick girl evacuated from bomb-blitzed Hull to the remote Yorkshire valley, and Elijah, a local gypsy boy. When...

The author, Barbara Carole Williams was born in New Orleans, LA to Robert and Elise Poole who had six children, with Barbara as first born. Her family relocated to San Francisco, California, at an early age. Her mother introduced her to books which...

"My Sister Can Too: A Story about Autism, Friendship, and a Sister's Love" is a book about inclusion. Understanding the characteristics of Autism can help spread knowledge and promote inclusion. Hadley shows her new friend Lily how although little...