P.E.A.C.E. News

Dear Olive Branch, January 2024

Dear Olive Branch features 3 stories about listening to both children and parents, empowering them by hearing their needs and their stories

4 selections from the 2024 ALA Youth Media awards include Celebration, Eagle Drums, Mi Papa Es Un Agricola, and The Eyes & the Impossible

Furry Bear by A. A. Milne, a poem for children. If I were a bear, And a big bear too, I shouldn’t much care If it froze or snew;

February 2024 Book recommendations are both by Lyn Miller-Lachmann, including Ways to Play and She Persisted: Temple Grandin

Lulilu is a song inspired by Francesco Malavolta’s picture of baby strollers on the train platform in Poland, left for arriving refugees.

February 2024 we celebrate Black History/African Heritage Month, as well as Lunar New Year, Mardi Gras, Valentine’s Day, and Nirvana Day.

I have the nerve to walk my own way, however hard, in my search for reality, rather than climb upon the rattling wagon of wishful illusions.

We need federal money for child care. The First Five Years Fund has a great webpage where you can contact your Senators and Representatives.