This morning after watching the coverage of the earthquake in Haiti I thought it would be nice to put a thematic list together. However, the ever-amazing Mitali Perkins was way ahead of me. Click on over to Mitali's Fire Escape and check out her list of children's and YA books set in Haiti. Thanks, Mitali!
Karen Lynn Williams has written a number of books that are set in Haiti. If you visit her web site you'll find teacher's guides for Circles of Hope, Painted Dreams, and Tap-Tap.
I added the books you suggested, thank you, plus found one more. Now we have ten. Great to collaborate with you and hope this list is helpful as we pray and hope for Haiti together.
ReplyDeleteWonderful! Thanks for putting that together.
ReplyDeleteGreat. I was just thinking this morning about how to talk about Haiti with my kids. For adults, I recommend the book Mountains Beyond Mountains, by Tracy Kidder. You'll never think the same way about Haiti, and about health care vs. lack thereof across the world, again.
ReplyDeleteI think it is a wonderful idea to teach children about Haiti and the disaster suffered by the Haitian children. I encourage you to visit my website (www.biggestandbrightestlight.com) to learn more about how children can participate in helping others, even it means donating a few books or bags of rice.
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