Playing War
Published on 3. November 2020
Book
Paperback/Softback
32 pages
978-0-88448-861-3 (ISBN)
Description
One summer day,
Luke and his friends decide to play their favorite
game of war, using
sticks for guns and pine cones for bombs. But
Sameer, who is new
to their neighborhood, doesn't want to join in.
When the kids learn
that Sameer lost his family in a real war, they realize
that war is not a
game. The gracefulness of their response and the
power
of friendship are the real stories here.
Luke and his friends decide to play their favorite
game of war, using
sticks for guns and pine cones for bombs. But
Sameer, who is new
to their neighborhood, doesn't want to join in.
When the kids learn
that Sameer lost his family in a real war, they realize
that war is not a
game. The gracefulness of their response and the
power
of friendship are the real stories here.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Target group
Children/juvenile
US School Grade: From Second Grade to Sixth Grade, Interest Age: From 7 to 10 years
Product notice
Picture book
Illustrations
color throughout
Dimensions
Height: 251 mm
Width: 229 mm
Thickness: 5 mm
Weight
181 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-88448-861-3 (9780884488613)
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Kathy Beckwith is a mediation trainer from Dayton, Oregon, having worked for over two decades with schools (K-12) and community mediation programs. She has mediated for parent/teen, victim/offender, and neighborhood mediation cases, and volunteers as a school mediation coach.
Kathy is an author. Her most recent book is A MIGHTY CASE AGAINST WAR: What America Missed in U.S. History Class and What We (All) Can Do Now, published by Dignity Press. She is also author of the picture book Playing War; a YA novel, Critical Mass, dealing with sexual abuse in the lives of teens; and two books related to problem-solving -an elementary school curriculum guide, DON'T SHOOT! We May Both Be on the Same Side, and a picture resource book, If You Choose Not to Hit: A Dozen Skills That Make Kids Powerful Problem-Solvers.
Kathy is a graduate of Northwest Nazarene University, Nampa, Idaho (Business Administration), and did a semester of advanced study with the University of the Seven Seas (World Campus Afloat, now "Semester at Sea"). She and her husband Wayne were Peace Corps Volunteers in India, working with a horticulture program in Karnataka. She is a mom and grandma, and a baker of blackberry pies in the summer.
Lea Lyon is an award-winning children's book illustrator, painting
teacher, and portrait artist who has made a
childhood dream come true. Lea
loved to draw and paint as a child, and she wanted to be a children's book
illustrator. She ended up raising a
family, going back to school for an MBA, and working in the corporate world,
but she kept painting. Now, at long last, Lea is a children's book illustrator
with five published picture books: Say
Something, Playing War, Keep Your Ear on the
Ball (all with Tilbury), The Miracle Jar and Operation Marriage. She lives in
Richmond, California.
Kathy is an author. Her most recent book is A MIGHTY CASE AGAINST WAR: What America Missed in U.S. History Class and What We (All) Can Do Now, published by Dignity Press. She is also author of the picture book Playing War; a YA novel, Critical Mass, dealing with sexual abuse in the lives of teens; and two books related to problem-solving -an elementary school curriculum guide, DON'T SHOOT! We May Both Be on the Same Side, and a picture resource book, If You Choose Not to Hit: A Dozen Skills That Make Kids Powerful Problem-Solvers.
Kathy is a graduate of Northwest Nazarene University, Nampa, Idaho (Business Administration), and did a semester of advanced study with the University of the Seven Seas (World Campus Afloat, now "Semester at Sea"). She and her husband Wayne were Peace Corps Volunteers in India, working with a horticulture program in Karnataka. She is a mom and grandma, and a baker of blackberry pies in the summer.
Lea Lyon is an award-winning children's book illustrator, painting
teacher, and portrait artist who has made a
childhood dream come true. Lea
loved to draw and paint as a child, and she wanted to be a children's book
illustrator. She ended up raising a
family, going back to school for an MBA, and working in the corporate world,
but she kept painting. Now, at long last, Lea is a children's book illustrator
with five published picture books: Say
Something, Playing War, Keep Your Ear on the
Ball (all with Tilbury), The Miracle Jar and Operation Marriage. She lives in
Richmond, California.