Gene Sharp

Twenty-one years ago, at a friend's request, a Massachusetts professor sketched out a blueprint for nonviolent resistance to repressive regimes. It would go on to be translated, photocopied, and handed from one activist to another, traveling from country to country across the globe: from Iran to Venezuela-where both countries consider Gene Sharp to be an enemy of the state-to Serbia; Afghanistan; Vietnam; the former Soviet Union; China; Nepal; and,...

Introduces vocabulary and the concept of parts of a whole with examples such as a petal on a flower and a whisker on a kitty.

A seven-year-old shares her colorful balloon collection, acquired one at a time, with zoo residents.

As a child talks to the sun, the reader can see some of the sun's happy effects.

A child begs the wind to blow hard enough to make a kite fly. Includes word list.

Introduces vocabulary and the concept of parts of a whole with examples such as a petal on a flower and a whisker on a kitty.