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The Golden Rule
Author Ilene Cooper Illustrator Gabi Swiatkoska
2007 Abrams Books for Young People
Meets anti-bias criteria yes.
Activist: Shows ways we can make a difference.
Classification: Picture book
Concepts/ Topics covered in book:
A little boy seees a billboard on which is written the Golden Rule. His grandfather explains what it means and gives examples from many of the world's religions. The little boy then asks how can he practice this rule and the grandfather tells him to use his imagination - imagine how someone else feels. When the little boy learns the rule is thousands of years old he says "Well then, I don't think everyone is practicing the way they should. Otherwise there wouldn't be so many problems. Between people. Between countries."
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