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The Big book for peace / edited by Ann Durell and Marilyn Sachs ; written by Lloyd Alexander [and others] ; illustrated by Jon Agee [and others].

Agee, Jon. (Added Author). Alexander, Lloyd. (Added Author). Allen, Thomas B. (Thomas Burt), 1928-2004 (Added Author). Durell, Ann. (Added Author). Sachs, Marilyn. (Added Author).

Summary:

The wisdom of peace and the absurdity of fighting are demonstrated in seventeen stories and poems by outstanding authors of today such as Jean Fritz, Milton Meltzer, and Nancy Willard, illustrated by famous illustrators such as Paul Zelinsky, the Dillons, and Maurice Sendak.

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  • ISBN: 0525446052
  • ISBN: 9780525446057
  • Physical Description: 120 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York : E.P. Dutton Children's Books, [1990]

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:
Dream / Steven Kellogg -- Two brothers / Lloyd Alexander -- There is an island / Jean Fritz -- Game / Myra Cohn Livingston -- Tree house / Lois Lowry -- They that take the sword / Milton Meltzer -- Law of the great peace / adapted by Joh Bierhorst -- Bus for deadhorse / Natalie Babbitt -- Letter from a concentration camp / Yoshiko Uchida -- Enemies / Charlotte Zolotow -- Birds' peace / Jean Craighead George -- Silent lobby / Mildred Pitts Walter -- Wild safe place / Maurice Sendak -- One more time / Nancy Willard -- I was there / Marilyn Sachs -- Midnight clear / Katherine Paterson -- Ruckus / Thacher Hurd.

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Children's literature, American.
Peace > Juvenile literary collections.
Peace > Literary collections.
Peace > Literary collections > Juvenile literature.
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Fiction.
Literature.

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