Mrs. Kreider

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Goal #1 No Poverty

 

Serafina’s Promise

This tale of one girl’s aspirations to be a doctor is a sad and unflinching depiction of poverty in Haiti but also an uplifting story about the power of love. Serafina both gives to and receives from her parents an understanding and fervent love. It’s this nucleus of her family which supports her through all hardships. This is a thoroughly engrossing piece of imagined reality, guaranteed to whet the appetite for more such literature. It is also saturated with warmth in its tales of friendship, experiences that buoy the narrator even as she watches a baby brother fade into nothingness, blighting her faith in humanity.

Author: Ann E. Burg | Illustrator: Sean Qualls | ISBN: 978-0545535670 | Publisher: Scholastic Press

Last Stop on Market Street

A beautifully illustrated book that looks at material poverty through the eyes of a young boy who rides on a bus with his grandmother across town. As CJ points out the things that other people have that he doesn’t, his grandmother responds with a positive and hopeful answer to show the beauty of life’s simpler things, the wonderful people who they know and meet on their ride through the city, and how rich their lives already are.

Author: Matt de la Pena | Illustrator: Christian Robinson | ISBN: 978-0399257742 | Publisher: G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Reader

A Chair For My Mother

This book describes the dedication in restoring and rebuilding your life after a devastating fire. The fear and uncertainty are real for so many people around the world living in poverty. This book gives hope and is the perfect example of giving to those in need. The little girl focuses on the important things in life and the importance of giving and doing something for others. This story also shows how three strong women overcome hardship and restore their lives.

Author: Vera B Williams | Illustrator: Vera B Williams | ISBN: 978-0688040741 | Publisher: Greenwillow Books

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