Asian Nursery Rhymes
A lively collection of Bengali; Gujarati; Panjabi
and Urdu nursery rhymes in their original languages
and in English versions.
Mantra Publishing, £7.99
Feeling Good About Faraway Friends
Feeling Good is an innovative resource to help pupils
explore their own lives in comparison with a Maasai
family in Kenya. It aims to encouragestudents to feel
good about themselves and their peers, to acknowledge
and celebrate similarities and differences in the
classroom and beyond. Through participatory activities
students cover topics such as daily life, food, clothes,
houses and homes, and change.
1996, Leeds DEC, £15.00
Benin: An African Kingdom
This pack explores the Kingdom of Benin past and present
in four 'focus' sections:
• People and their environment
• City and village life
• Court life and government
• Trade and markets
The pack comprises: a teachers' handbook with photocopiable
resource sheets and a photocopiable black and white
photo set; 24 A4 colour photocards taken in and around
Benin; full colour time line (1440-1991) linking key
phases of the Kingdom's lifespan to British history;
an A2 map of Benin city and Nigeria; an A1 poster
of old Benin brass works and present day brass castings.
1995, Nigerian Conservation Fondation, PCET and
Channel 4 Schools, £20.95
Multicultural Britain
One of a series that provides informative and supportive
reading on complex and sometimes painful issues and
situations that teenagers (is this therefore appropriate
for the primary box – if for teachers then needs
to say so) encounter. The books include: case studies;
revealing facts and figures; tips, tactics and points
of view; and useful contact names and addresses of
support agencies.
2002, Paul Wignall, £7.99
Something Else
This is a simple story about a creature called Something
Else who is excluded from his neighbour's activities
because he behaves and looks different. But then when
an even stranger creature tries to make friends with
Something Else, he doesn't want to know, until he
sees himself in the mirror.
1995, Kathryn Cave, £4.99
Grace and Family
To Grace, family has always meant her Ma, her Nana
and a cat called Paw-Paw, so when Papa invites her
to visit him in The Gambia, she dreams of finding
the kind of fairy-tale family she has read about in
stories. But, as Nana reminds her, families are what
you make them.
1997, Mary Hoffman, £5.99
Nobody Owns the Sky
This is the story of a true-life heroine, Bessy Coleman,
who was the world's first black female aviator. Unable
to get into flying school in her native America, but
refusing to be discouraged, she trained in France
and became a dare-devil stunt pilot.
1997, Reeve Lindbergh, £4.99
If the World Were a Village
Imagine if the world were a village with only 100
people. In this village 22 people speak a Chinese
dialect; 20 earn less than a dollar a day; 17 cannot
read or write; 24 have a television in their homes;
19 are Muslims. This book helps children to understand
the diversity on our planet and is a fascinating read
with colourful illustrations.
2004, Oxfam, £6.99
Multicultural Songs CD Rom
A CD Rom which contains songs from around the globe
shown in their original language with English translatin
and musical scores. Songs can be hear played on a
keyboard or printed out to play for yourself. A map
of the world allows you to click on a country to discover
facts as well as obtain a song.
MANTRA, £14.00
From Far Away
The story grew from a series of letters that Saoussan
wrote about her experiences of coming to North America
from Beirut when she was five years old.
1995, Robert Munsch & Saoussan Askar, £3.99
UNICEF Posters
A set of twelve posters produced by UNICEF on the theme
of Children’s Rights.
UNICEF, £7.50
