For our current project of learning about poverty and hunger, we have searched for several picture books on the topic and the following is a list of what we have read so far.
One Hen -This is an amazing true story of how a boy from Ghana got a small loan from his mother to buy one brown hen. That one hen helped that little boy grow into flourishing entrepreneur and the largest chicken grower in all of West Africa. That one business put many people to work lifting them out of poverty and inspiring others to obtain small loans and build their own businesses too. This boy didn't change one lie he changed an entire country. This is an inspiring story of how it only takes one person to make a difference in the world.
Beatrice's Goat Another true story, about a young girl in Uganda, named Beatrice, who's family is very poor and cannot afford to send her to school. Beatrice's family receives a gift of a goat from the Heifer International Foundation. This small gift gives the family a sustainable resources of milk. Later the goat has 2 kids and with the money from selling the milk and the 2 kids, Beatrice is able to attend school. Each person that receives a gift of livestock from Heifer agrees to pass on a female offspring to a neighbor in need, that is what Heifer calls passing on the gift.
Give A Goat After a teacher reads the book Beatrice's Goat to her fifth grade class, the students decide to raise money to give the gift of a goat to a family in poverty. The class organizes a fundraiser and raises enough money to buy a goat and other livestock through the Heifer International Foundation. The students also learn that giving to others makes them feel good and their project inspired other classes to do fundraisers as well.
The Berenstain Bears and Too Much Junk Food We used this book to show Alexis why it is important to eat a balanced diet. We felt she needed to understand that everyone doesn't have access to all of the food groups needed for a healthy diet. Without a healthy diet we will become weak and sick. People living in poverty often only eat one meal a day.
Today we are linking up to Read Aloud Thursday and What My Child Is Reading and Feed Me Books Friday.
2 comments:
It's very inspiring that you are raising your daughter to be a true citizen of the world. I have to look for some of these books.
PS - thanks for joining WMCIR!
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