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In a complex world, having the right book at the right time can make all the difference. Tilbury House has a powerful book list that affirms children's strength as problem solvers and promotes children's ability to make a difference in their world. For adults working with children to uphold good decision-making, we offer these Reading for Positive Choices suggestions
How can young people learn to respond with integrity to the cliquish and bullying behaviors of others? Tilbury House has published a number of anti-bullying books that imaginatively address this question. The award-winning books in this group feature boys and girls acting with admirable depth and decency.
Making and keeping friends is an art. Young readers of our books will enjoy exploring the variations on this theme woven through these engaging stories. Tilbury House is proud of these books that realistically depict children navigating their differences and developing new ideas about what true friendship means.
Tilbury House seeks out unusual books that show how boys can rely on their own emotional intelligence to solve problems, including some that relate to poverty and injustice. The boys in the stories behave in ways that often are ingenious, brave, mischievous, and empathetic. All of these books invite re-reading.
Inner strength and the bonds of friendship put this group of Tilbury House titles in a league of their own! Young people will love reading these stories about girls who discover new ways to show their mettle.
True or not? Can just one person create positive change? This collection of realistic stories will provide young readers with examples that show how real people have made a big difference in the lives of others. These books are particularly inspiring for service-learning projects. Please see the From Picture Books to Projects worksheet (PDF file).
It is good to be green, but how do we pass that lesson on to our children? This collection of award-winning and time-tested Tilbury House stories will serve as a marvelous introduction for children to the idea of stewardship of the natural world. From stones to trees, from the tiniest organism to the largest, these books will help young readers explore science through story.
What is our ethical responsibility to the animals around us? From puffins to elephants our animal stewardship collection explores these questions without shaming or shaking fingers, but instead modeling sympathetic and successful intervention.
Our Native American books are contemporary stories with messages for a contemporary audience. Tilbury House is especially proud of the fact that our books have given voice to authors who come from tribes in New England.
Tilbury House has been publishing award-winning multicultural children's literature since 1992, when Talking Walls was published. We’ve continued with books about immigration, diversity, and other cultures. (And we try to show diversity in all of our books.) Our hope remains that through our books children will learn that each of us has a story to tell and a heritage worth preserving
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Gardiner, Maine 04345
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