As our neighborhoods grow more diverse, a splendid variety of cultures, values and traditions become an important part of our classrooms and schools. In Kids Like Me, 26 personal narratives celebrate the experience of young people making a new home in a strange community-finding common ground as they make new friends, learn English, share their cultural identities, their challenges, successes and dreams. Kids Like Me provides a youthful perspective on the important themes of crossing cultures, immigration and citizenship and learning to appreciate differences. These stories are intended to foster intercultural awareness and sensitivity and encourage individual and community action to assist newcomers in their adjustment. While written to help youth understand their classmates and friends, Kids Like Me also includes discussion questions, self-directed activities and research ideas for teachers and other mentors that can be used in classrooms, youth clubs and community settings. Richly illustrated with photos and maps of each home country, the text presents countless opportunities to explore and understand different cultures and new friends. Young people who have come from all over the world share their stories and invite their new neighbors to see that in so many ways these kids are just like me.

La historia de cuatro ninos migrantes no acompanados que se unen a lo largo del arduo viaje hacia el norte a traves de Mexico hasta la frontera de los Estados Unidos, Una jornada hacia la esperanza es una oda al poder de la esperanza y la conexion ante la incertidumbre y el miedo. Cada ano, aproximadamente 50,000 menores no acompanados llegan a la frontera entre los Estados Unidos y Mexico para presentarse para asilo o visas relacionadas. La mayoria de estos ninos huyen de la violencia sistemica del "Triangulo del Norte" de Centroamerica: Honduras, El Salvador y Guatemala. Una jornada hacia la esperanza cuenta la historia de Rodrigo, un nino de 14 anos que escapa de la violencia hondurena; Alessandra, una guatemalteca de 10 anos cuyo primer idioma es el Q'eqchi '; y los hermanos salvadorenos Laura y Nando. Aunque sus razones por hacer el viaje son diferentes y la jornada hacia el norte es peligroso, los cuatro ninos se unen y se fortalecen mientras se comparten los suenos de su pasado y las esperanzas de su futuro. Escrito en colaboracion con el Proyecto Global sobre el Hambre y la Migracion en la Colaboracion de Innovacion Social de la Universidad de Baylor, Una jornada hacia la esperanza presenta cuatro paginas de informacion adicional y recursos para padres, maestros de escuela, bibliotecarios y otros. This is the Spanish Language Edition of A Journey Toward Hope. Four unaccompanied migrant children come together along the arduous journey north through Mexico to the United States border in this ode to the power of hope and connection even in the face of uncertainty and fear.

This title introduces readers to the life and music of Ed Sheeran. Colorful photos, fun facts, and a timeline of key dates in his life make this book an exciting read for young music lovers.

Isobel Kuhn wasn't always a missionary - she wasn't always a Christian. Her teachers discouraged a belief in God and promoted evolution. Isobel sometimes doubted whether there was anybody there at all to hear her prayers. "They don't go beyond the ceiling you know," she once said to her father who was desperately praying for his young daughter. Isobel even considered suicide once but the thought of her parents' heartache stopped her. Discover what brought this questioning, antagonistic teenager from doubts to faith in Christ. Find out how she affected the lives of countless people on the mission field of China and Thailand. This stirring and challenging story of faith is a role model to young people everywhere.