Discusses the events of September 11, 2001, what the World Trade Center and the Pentagon are, what terrorism is, how people worked together after the tragedy, and how America and the American government have been affected.

This resource book is an excellent aid in teaching about the events of September 11, 2001 and related subjects. It is an adjunct to The Day that was Different - When America was Attacked by Terrorists.

Timely, factual, sensitive information for children about America's response to terrorism. Includes: What is War? Why Do We Fight Them? A Brief History of Terrorism in the World Why Do They Hate Us? Afghans, Turbans, and Beards: Who is Who and How Do We Tell Them Apart? Who is Osama Bin Laden? Fighting War Today? Electronic Hot Pursuit': Computers and War What's All This Talk About chemical and Germ Warfare? Keeping a Cool Head: Separating Fact from Rumor and Guesses What Should I Really Be Afraid Of? Normalsville: When Will the End Be in Sight? Why the World is Determined to Fight Terrorism Turning Point: September 11, 2001 Resolve vs. Revenge Seeking Justice The Religion of Islam and the Muslims Who Practice It Tolerance and Understanding Diplomacy vs. War Afghanistan and the Middle East War Yesterday and Today How Good Can Come From Bad The Only Thing We Have to Fear... Pride and Patriotism Faith and Hope Glossary Further Resources, and more! Who's keeping our kids updated on the War on Terrorism? We are! Click on the links below to download. War on Terrorism--what's happened since September 11 What's happening in Iraq today? How has life changed for America? Vocabulary activity (Glossary) Diary worksheet Shoes Make News--coloring puzzle activity Who's on our side?--fill in the blanks puzzle Flag Find--Find the American flags and color them and the rest of the picture

Looking at examples including picture books, young adult novels, and DC Comics, Lampert explores ethnic, national, and heroic identities in this pioneering and timely book that examines the ways in which cultural identities are constructed within young adult and children’s literature about the attacks of September 11, 2001.

Winner of the Children’s Literature Association Book Award This book visits a range of textual forms including diary, novel, and picturebook to explore the relationship between second-generation memory and contemporary children’s literature. Ulanowicz argues that second-generation memory — informed by intimate family relationships, textual mediation, and technology — is characterized by vicarious, rather than direct, experience of the past. As such, children’s literature is particularly well-suited to the representation of second-generation memory, insofar as children’s fiction is particularly invested in the transmission and reproduction of cultural memory, and its form promotes the formation of various complex intergenerational relationships. Further, children’s books that depict second-generation memory have the potential to challenge conventional Western notions of selfhood and ethics. This study shows how novels such as Lois Lowry’s The Giver (1993) and Judy Blume’s Starring Sally J Freedman as Herself (1977) — both of which feature protagonists who adapt their elders’ memories into their own mnemonic repertoires — implicitly reject Cartesian notions of the unified subject in favor of a view of identity as always-already social, relational, and dynamic in character. This book not only questions how and why second-generation memory is represented in books for young people, but whether such representations of memory might be considered 'radical' or 'conservative'. Together, these analyses address a topic that has not been explored fully within the fields of children’s literature, trauma and memory studies, and Holocaust studies.

There's nothing like it out there! Kids love germs, and it's a good thing--they certainly encounter their share of them in their young lives! A fascination look at all things germy and gross is what this book is all about. A wonder accoutrement to the two adult germ books, The Official Guide to Germs and 505 Flabbergasting Facts About Germs.

In this book, kids will learn about the great and peaceful religion of Islam, its holy book, the Qu'ran, the holy city of Mecca, and the prophet Mohammed. Children will learn how Islam is like other religions and how it's different, how it is practiced, how very few fanatics have affected Islam and the Muslims who practice it. Kids will also learn about Muslims--who they are, where they live, what they wear and why they wear turbans, burqas, and other special clothing, and much more.

Where is Afghanistan? A the crossroads of ancient trade routes, once a place of peace, beauty, and prosperity, and today, ground zero of the war against terrorism. Afghanistan is a nation worth knowing more about. The facts in Afghanistan--A Country at the Crossroads of War and Peace are presented in a tactful and clear manner, the kind of reading which will help all kids understand such a misunderstood nation. 48 pp, Ages 9 and up.