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  Books for Class and

  School Libraries: 3rd - 6th

  Books related to the Learn Together curriculum should, if at all possible, be placed in class and school libraries and not stored in a central location. Pupils should have regular, incidental access to these books. Teachers may or may not wish to organise lessons around these books but it is recommended that they be viewed and used in the same way as other library books.
  
  We would welcome feedback on any resource - good or bad! Please post your comments on the forum below. If you'd like to recommend a book - and all recommendations are very welcome - please email us at: resources@educatetogether.ie
  
  Some books may be listed under both this section and the section for Junior Infants - 2nd.
  
  

  • Forum for comment on any of the material in this section
  • Educate Together

    Teacher Calendar 2018 / 2019

    
    

  • An interactive, interfaith, multifaceted calendar, perfect for classroom planning! File
  • Learn Together Curriculum

    

  • Learn Together pdf File
• Books Suitable for Libraries in Senior Classes: 3rd - 6th
  
  

  Books Suitable for Libraries in Senior Classes: 3rd - 6th

  • BOOKS RELATED TO THE ETHICS AND THE ENVIRONMENT STRAND

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    Fiction     
    

  • Brother Eagle, Sister Sky URL
  • The Great Kapok Tree URL
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    Non-Fiction - Biodiversity

  • Tree of Life URL
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    Non-Fiction - Empowerment (Stewardship of Environment)

  • Be an Eco Hero URL
  • Why should I bother about the planet? URL
  • You Can Save the Planet URL
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    Non-Fiction - Global Justice

  • If the world were a village URL
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    Non-Fiction - Sustainability       

  • One Hen URL
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    Non-Fiction - Water Conservation

  • The Drop in my Drink URL
  • One Well URL
  • 
    People Who Made a Difference
    
    Prof. Wangari Maathai: Nobel Peace Prize Winner 2004 for her work on environmental initiatives in Kenya

    

  • Seeds of Change URL
  • Mama Miti URL
  • Planting the Trees of Kenya URL
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    Rachel Carson: An American marine biologist and conservationist whose book 'Silent Spring' is credited with advancing the global environmental movement.

  • Rachel Carson: A Twentieth Century Life URL
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    Poetry

  • Green Poems for a Blue Planet URL
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    BOOKS RELATED TO THE MORAL AND SPIRITUAL STRAND

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    Dealing with Death / Illness           
    

  • Michael Rosen's Sad Book URL
  • Life on a Refrigerator Door URL
  • Duck, Death and the Tulip URL
  • The Tenth Good Thing about Barney URL
  • Rudi's Pond URL
  • Lifetimes URL
  • A Monster Calls URL
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    Dealing with Depression

  • The Red Tree URL
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    Feelings

  • The Long March URL
  • The Long March URL
  • How Do I Feel About (series of books)....When People Die / Being Jealous / Being Angry / Our New Baby / Making Friends / My Parents Divorce / Dealing with Racism Page
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    Generosity - Gift of Choctaw people to Irish famine relief 

  • Philosophy

  • On Planet Fruitcake URL
  • How to Write Really Badly URL
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    Self-esteem

  • Flying with Icarus and Other Stories URL
  • Feeling Worried URL
  • Spilled Water URL
  • I'm in Charge of Me! URL
  • I am a Leader! URL
  • I am Creative! URL
  • Nobody's Horse URL
  • Eye of the Wolf URL
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    BOOKS RELATED TO THE EQUALTY AND JUSTICE STRAND

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    Challenging gender stereotypes

    

  • Pippi Longstocking URL
  • Keepsake (Irish-produced) URL
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    Civil Rights in the USA

  • Sit In: How Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down URL
  • For Martin Luther King and Rosa Parks - see under People Who Made a Difference

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    Disability / Special Needs

  • Autistic Spectrum Disorder / Asperger Syndrome

  • Mocking Bird (main character has Asberger Syndrome) URL
  • The London Eye Mystery (main character has Asbergers Syndrome) URL
  • Emma Jean Lazarus Fell Out of a Tree (main character has Asberger Syndrome) URL
  • Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties

    

  • Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key (main character has ADHD) URL
  • The Tulip Touch (story about peer pressure) URL
  • The Moon King (main character is emotionally traumatised) URL
  • General Learning Disability

  • That's Like Me! Stories About Amazing People with Learning Differences URL
  • The Crowstarver URL
  • Specific Learning Difficulty / Dyslexia

  • How to Write Really Badly (character has dyslexia) URL
  • Physical Disability               
    

  • The Ghost of Grania O'Malley (main character has cerebral palsy) URL
  • The Thing About Georgie (main character has restricted growth) URL
  • Out of My Mind (main character has cerebral palsy) URL
  • Red Sky in the Morning (character with profound disability) URL
  • The Cinnamon Tree (main character steps on landmine and has leg amputed) URL
  • Sleepovers (character is wheelchair user) URL
  • See Ya Simon (character has muscular dystrophy) URL
  • Visual Impairment

  • Give it to Joe! (postive image of footballer with glasses) URL
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    Diversity

  • Baraclava Boy URL
  • Wonder URL
  • Of Thee I Sing URL
  • My Friend Jamal URL
  • Iqbal URL
  • Journey to Jo'burg URL
  • My Place URL
  • The Butterfly Heart URL
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    Holocaust           

  • When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit URL
  • Anne Frank URL
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    Human Rights: Non-fiction

    

  • We Are All Born Free URL
  • A Life Like Mine Page
  • For Every Child URL
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    Human Rights: Fiction

  • Azzi In Between URL
  • So Far From the Sea URL
  • My Story - Factory Girl URL
  • Roll of Thunder - Hear my Cry URL
  • Muskrat Will Be Swimming URL
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    Injustice                   

  • The Rabbits (deals with colonisation) URL
  • The Life of Stephen Lawrence (Stephen Lawrence was murdered in a racist attack in London in 1993. He was eighteen years old.) URL
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    Migrants / Refugees

  • The Arrival URL
  • Four Feet, Two Sandals Page
  • Eric URL
  • The Colour of Home URL
  • Four Feet, Two Sandals URL
  • 
    People Who Made a Difference

  • Cesar Chavez: Worked to improve conditions of migrant farmworkers in US

  • Harvesting Hope - the story of Cesar Chavez URL
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    Bessie Coleman: The daughter of Georgia slaves, became the first African-American to earn a pilot's license.

  • Fly High - The Story of Bessie Coleman URL
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    Frederick Douglass
    Born into slavery in the US, Douglass became one of the first leaders of the anti-slavery movement. He visited Ireland in 1845 and met and was very influenced by Daniel O'Connell.

                                                               

  • Words Set Me Free: The Story of Frederick Douglass URL
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    Martin Luther King

  • My Dream of Martin Luther King URL
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    Nelson Mandela

  • Nelson Mandela URL
  • Nelson Mandela: The Long Walk to Freedom (children's version) URL
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    Harvey Milk
    Advocate for LGBT Rights and the first openly gay elected city official in the US. He was shot and killed, along with the mayor of San Franciso, George Moscone, shortly after taking office.

  • The Harvey Milk Story URL
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    Esther Morris - advocate for right of women to vote

    

  • I Could Do That! Esther Morris Gets Women to Vote URL
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    Lizzie Stanton - advocate for right of women to vote

  • You Want Women to Vote, Lizzie Staunton? URL
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    Rosa Parks

  • If a Bus Could Talk: The Story of Rosa Parks URL
  • 
    Poetry                 
    

  • Anna the Goanna and Other Poems URL
  • Around the World in 80 Poems URL
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    South America

  • The Streets Are Free URL
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    Traveller Culture

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    Books below Irish produced

                 
    

  • Fishing for Food and Mushrooms URL
  • Cant Turn Back URL
  • Smile URL
  • This is the Place I Like Best (and I'm not just sayin' that) URL
  • Ding Dong - Right or Wrong URL
  • Nan: The Life of an Irish Travelling Woman URL
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    BOOKS RELATED TO THE BELIEF SYSTEMS STRAND
    
    There are many series which address the main world religions.Two are featured below: Looking at Religion and My Religion and Me. It should be noted that the Looking at Religion series does not include Sikhism.

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    Atheism  

  • What is Humanism? How do you live without a god? And Other Big Questions for Kids URL
  • The Magic of Reality: How we know what's really true APP URL
  • His Dark Materials Triology URL
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    Festivals / Celebrations

  • A Year of Festivals (Series) URL
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    World Religions
    

  • My Religion and Me (series) URL
  • BOOKS RECOMMENDED BY EDUCATE TOGETHER TEACHERS

  • Paula Murphy Esker ETNS

  • Books for Senior Libraries File