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Real kids, real stories, real change : courageous actions around the world / Garth Sundem ; foreword by Bethany Hamilton.

By: Material type: TextSeries: Publisher: Minneapolis, MN : Free Spirit Pub., [2010]Copyright date: �2010Description: ix, 165 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cmContent type:
  • text
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781575423500 (pbk.)
  • 9780329758721 (Follett bdg.)
  • 1575423502
  • 0329758721
  • 9780605422551
Other title:
  • Making Meaning : Grade 5 Unit 9 Alternate title
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 920 SUN 22
LOC classification:
  • CT107 .S798 2010
Contents:
Kids saving the environment. -- The Doggy Dung Disaster (Japan) -- The Longest Walk (Mexico) -- Turtle Power (USA) -- Plastic Boags Sacked (India) -- Show Me the Water (Australia) -- Comic Book Hero (Japan) -- 2. Kids standing up for themselves. -- Top of the World (India) -- When Small Voices Unite (Colombia) -- Come Together (Kosovo) -- Get Up, Stand Up (USA) -- Living Proof (Canada) -- From Rug Maker to Rescuer (Pakistan) -- 3. Kids helping others. -- Hear That? (USA) -- Pop Art (Japan) -- Early Warning System (United Kingdom) -- Workers Unite! (China) -- Sow What You Reap (Ghana) -- Ryan's Wells (USA) -- 4. Kids overcoming challenges. -- Back on the Board (USA) -- A Wish to Breathe Free (Romania) -- The Matchless Girl of Matches (Bangladesh) -- Lemons to Lemonade (USA) -- New Land, New Life (Ethiopia) -- A Leg Up on the Competition (USA) -- 5. Kids using talents and creativity. -- See It to Believe It (India) -- Outta This World (USA) -- Sports Hero (Vietnam) -- Beyond His Years (USA) -- Young Master Yani (China) -- Snail Paint (USA).
Summary: Contains thirty true stories of children around the world who used their hearts, heads, and courage to do extraordinary things.
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Real kids, real stories, real change was originally published in 2006 as The doggy dung disaster.

Contains thirty true stories of children around the world who used their hearts, heads, and courage to do extraordinary things.

Includes bibliographical references (page 155-165).

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Kids saving the environment. -- The Doggy Dung Disaster (Japan) -- The Longest Walk (Mexico) -- Turtle Power (USA) -- Plastic Boags Sacked (India) -- Show Me the Water (Australia) -- Comic Book Hero (Japan) -- 2. Kids standing up for themselves. -- Top of the World (India) -- When Small Voices Unite (Colombia) -- Come Together (Kosovo) -- Get Up, Stand Up (USA) -- Living Proof (Canada) -- From Rug Maker to Rescuer (Pakistan) -- 3. Kids helping others. -- Hear That? (USA) -- Pop Art (Japan) -- Early Warning System (United Kingdom) -- Workers Unite! (China) -- Sow What You Reap (Ghana) -- Ryan's Wells (USA) -- 4. Kids overcoming challenges. -- Back on the Board (USA) -- A Wish to Breathe Free (Romania) -- The Matchless Girl of Matches (Bangladesh) -- Lemons to Lemonade (USA) -- New Land, New Life (Ethiopia) -- A Leg Up on the Competition (USA) -- 5. Kids using talents and creativity. -- See It to Believe It (India) -- Outta This World (USA) -- Sports Hero (Vietnam) -- Beyond His Years (USA) -- Young Master Yani (China) -- Snail Paint (USA).

Center for the Collaborative Classroom Curriculum.

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