Old Turtle
by Douglas Wood, Cheng-Khee Chee | Children's Books |
ISBN: 0938586483 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 0938586483 Global Overview for this book
1 journaler for this copy...
A fable promoting an understanding of Mother Earth and PEACE among all the beings which inhabit it. Another must read children's book for adults too! Great watercolor pictures. Reserved for September 21st Peace Day Rlease Challenge!
WELCOME to the World Peace Day Release Challenge!
MESSAGE ON THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE
Secretary-General Kofi Annan
New York, 21 September 2003
"There is special poignancy and purpose in this year's observance of the International Day of Peace. The troubling events of the last year -- the conflicts, violence and hatred, the bomb attack on the United Nations itself in Baghdad, the deep divisions among states -- have raised fundamental questions about the efforts of the international community to promote peace and well-being for all the world's people.".....
The International Day of Peace has been designated by the United Nations General Assembly as "a day of global ceasefire and non-violence, an invitation to all nations and peoples to honour a cessation of hostilities for the duration of the day". It is meant to still the guns for some very practical reasons: so that humanitarian assistance can be delivered more easily; so that civilians can gain safe passage away from besieged areas; so that crops can be planted, or shelter erected,free from the threat of instant destruction; so that refugees and displaced persons can have at least some respite from the hostilities that have routed them from their homes....
On the International Day of Peace, let us use these 24 hours -- this brief period of what we hope will be relative quiet -- to begin a peaceful dialogue, one that should continue in the General Assembly, to promote a global consensus on the dominant threats to peace and security in our time -- and most of all, what to do about them.
To read message in it's entireity:International Day of Peace
What can we do as the Bookcrossing Community?
- Release one book about Peace on September 21st.
- Include inside the book the website for the UN Peace Day, listed below!
- The Peace Company has many peace book listings for help in finding an approriate book.
- In addition, you can search Amazon.com by putting in "peace books" for a further listing of books.
- These books are by no means all that would be appropriate but a guide when choosing a book.
Once you have POSTED or PM'ed me with the Journal link to the book you will release on September 21st, I will compile a list on this page -our:
PEACE PAGE!
Click on International Day of Peace to find out more about this day.
BookCrosser's and released BOOKS!
1.charbono- Walden & On the Duty of Civil Disobedience and
Illusions: Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah and
A Revolution in Kindness and
IOU: The Debt and Why We Must Defuse It and
Take It Personally
2.buffheart---Sadako and The Thousand Paper Cranes
3. crazydave - Opening the Door to Your Heart and Teach Yourself Sweedish and The Beatles Album and Weiner Dog Art
4.Purple-lilly - Children Like Me, A Photographic Guide to Children of the World
5. sharkfan17-- --Treasury of Virtues: Courage, Love, Honesty and Little Life Lessons
6. roansidhe -An Open Heart-Practising Compassion in Everyday Lifeand -- All Quiet on the Western Front
7. Busybeesfamily If Peace Is and Heiwa: Peace, Poetry in English and Japanese and Sadako and The Thousand Paper Cranes
8. SerenityBlue - Siddhartha
9. mepwave - A Seperate Peace
10. solittletime The Hundreth Monkey-There is No Cure for Nuclear War and Creating True Peace:Ending Violence in Yourself, Your Family, Your Community
11. WifeOfA315 Martin Luther King-I have a Dream and Martin Luther King Picture Book
12.bethieb Somewhere Today:A Book of Peace
13.alphaforce --- ---365 Ways to Save the Planet
14. nocton4 --- 3 copies of "Heaven"
15. normy - Imagine World Peace-Peace Formula for All Nations
16.genielady - - - After The War and Love and Chicken Soup for the Kid's Soul: 101 Stories of Courage, Hope and Laughter
17. RockDg9 - Friends - and other Odd combinations
18.detailista - To Kill a Mockingbird
19. efs300 - Peace is Every Step
20. laura0141 -Spirit of Peace
21. sally906 - On Purpose: Towards a More Meaningful Life
22. rainbow3 -Join Me, The True Story of a Man who started a Cult by Accident
and Pay it Forward
23. yvensong--All I Really Needed to Know I Learned in Kindergarten
24. Ceili - Somewhere Today, A Book of Peace
25.quico - A Perola
26. islandmomma The Complete Idiot's Guide to Islam
27.Koalabare-- - Buddhism for Bears
28. peaceangel - Corrymeela: Hill of harmony in Northern Ireland
29. marko167 - - - The Rough Guide to a Better World and How You Can Make a Difference
30. 4-lele - - Peace Prayers and The Book of Virtues for Young People and A Reason for Hope
31. ragsrobin - --Krig!
32. pashmack - The Big Book for Peace
33. chcmlin - Peace Talk 101 and Johnny Got His Gun
34. miriam2 - Ceremony
35. polliwog - Peace Pilgrim: Her Life and Work in Her Own Words
36. Anglersrest - The Hours
37. emilythegoat - Hiroshima
38.the-munchkins - Peace One Day
39. rainwolfe - Notes on Love and Courage and Conversations with God: An Uncommon Dialogue and Chicken Soup for the Mother's Soul
40.MaraJadezz - End of Survival and Beginning of Living
41. wolfboy - - Freedom Fighter (Fredrick Douglas)
42. jessibud-- - Finding Peace by Jean Vanier
43. PurpleandGreen--- The Little School: Tales of Disappearance and Survival in Argentina
44. MaraJade- --End of Survival Beginning of Living and End of Survival and Beginning of Living and A New Song
45. lottiotta--- Meditation and Liberation: The Perfect Holistic Antidote to Stress
46. celticstar-- - Light from a Dark Star: Where's God When My World Falls Apart?
47. Allistar - - I Light A Candle
48. maggiemuffet-- - Peace: An Idea Whose Time Has Come
49. InvisibleAng - - - Peace At Last
50. peace-filled - - Truth The Poet Sings and Very Practical Meditation
51. cowgirl-up-- --Roll of Thunder Hear Me Cry and The Shadow of Imana
52. gomboggit-- - A Seperate Peace and Sanctuary
53. TamWatcher-- - Dude- Where's My Country?
Over 50 people released over 80 books around the WORLD!!
What is PEACE? (taken from BusyBeesFamily journal entry)
To each one of us, it is something different. You might think of it as a bell that you can ring so all the world will hear it, or a special gift to open with care. Or is peace a candle that we light at night to keep the darkness away? Peace is all of these things and much more- a hand waved in friendship, a kind deed done without asking anything in return. After all, what matters most is that all of us on Earth find our own ways to love, protect, and care for each other.
Let us strive for peace, not just on a global scale; but in all we do, each and every day!
Thank you all for participating in this Release Challenge. I have enjoyed many aspects of BX'ing- Release Challenges is one of my favorites. I have made new friends, which I deeply cherish, as we share from one anothers woundedness and joys! I am awed by your generosity, your creativeness and willingness to add your talents to the creation of this challenge. My simple beginning is made richer by your participation. Go forth into the day in PEACE and may God (or whatever belief you hold to) bless each of you.
shalom, sue