Nurturing Youthful Humanism
Nurturing Youthful Humanism
Credits and Contents
Joyful Sobriety
“We need to take up an ancient lesson, found in different religious traditions and also in the Bible. It is the conviction that “less is more”. A constant flood …

El país de Juan
Anaya Infantil Y Juvenil, Madrid, 2003

The Moon Over High Street
Michael di Capua Books, New York, 2012

Those Shoes
Candlewick Press, Somerville, 2009

Hubert Horatio. The Millionaire Child Genius
Puffin, London, 2015

Capital
Pato Lógico, Lisboa, 2014

BadBoy
Patakis Publishers, Athens, 2016

Great Joy
Candlewick Press, Somerville, 2007

A Christmas Carol
Creative Company, Mankato MN, 1990

Cheese Belongs to You!
Candlewick Press, Somerville, 2013

Saint Francis of Assisi
Wisdom Tales, Bloomington, 2012

The Gift of the Magi
Simon & Schuster, New York, 2006

God of Money
Tara Books, Chennai, 2017
Contents
Nurturing Youthful Humanism
Joyful Sobriety
- El país de JuanMaría Teresa Andruetto, ill. Gabriel Hernández. Anaya Infantil Y Juvenil, Madrid, 2003
- The Moon Over High StreetNatalie Babbitt. Michael di Capua Books, New York, 2012
- Those ShoesMaribeth Boelts, Noah Z. Jones. Candlewick Press, Somerville, 2009
- Hubert Horatio. The Millionaire Child GeniusLauren Child. Puffin, London, 2015
- CapitalAfonso Cruz. Pato Lógico, Lisboa, 2014
- BadBoyAngeliki Darlasi. Patakis Publishers, Athens, 2016
- Great JoyKate DiCamillo, ill. Bagram Ibatoulline. Candlewick Press, Somerville, 2007
- A Christmas CarolCharles Dickens, Roberto Innocenti. Creative Company, Mankato MN, 1990
- Cheese Belongs to You!Alexis Deacon, ill. Viviane Schwarz. Candlewick Press, Somerville, 2013
- Saint Francis of AssisiDemi. Wisdom Tales, Bloomington, 2012
- The Gift of the MagiO. Henry, ill. Lisbeth Zwerger. Simon & Schuster, New York, 2006
- God of MoneyKarl Marx, ill. Maguma. Tara Books, Chennai, 2017
- The King Who Had Too Much of EverythingMaria Papayanni, ill. Effie Lada. Patakis Publishers, Athens, 2014
- La pobre viejecitaRafael Pombo, ill. Maguma. Editorial Amanuta, Santiago, 2015
- Combien de terre faut-il à un homme?Tolstoï, retold by Annelise Heurtier, ill. Raphaël Urwiller. Thierry Magnier, Paris, 2014
- Doro bō ga naitaToshihiro Sugikawa, ill. Junko Fukuda. Fuzambo International, Tokyo, 2014
- Poverty and HungerLouise Spilsbury, ill. Hanane Kai. Wayland Publishing, London, 2017
- Francesco D’AssisiPiero Ventura, Gian Paolo Cesarani. Jaca Book, Milano, 2017
- El Príncipe FelizOscar Wilde, ill. Maisie Paradise Shearring. Ediciones SM, Madrid, 2016
Unity & Dialogue
- Bible – les récits fondateursSerge Bloch, Frédéric Boyer. Bayard, Montrouge, 2016
- Il cammino dei dirittiJanna Carioli, ill. Andrea Rivola. Fatatrac, Casalecchio di Reno, 2014
- Le petit homme et DieuKitty Crowther. L’école des loisirs, Parigi, 2011
- Buddha StoriesDemi. Henry Holt & Co., New York, 1997
- JesusDemi. McElderry Books, New York, 2005
- MuhammadDemi. McElderry Books, New York, 2003
- San Francesco e il lupoChiara Frugoni, ill. Felice Feltracco. Feltrinelli, Milano, 2013
- Miracle Man – The Story of JesusJohn Hendrix. Abrams Books for Young Readers, New York, 2016
- VivantsThierry Lemain, ill. Betty Bone. Sarbacane, Paris, 2016
- ImagineJohn Lennon, ill. Jean Jullien. Frances Lincoln Children’s Books, London, 2017
- Wir leben alle unter demselben Himmel: Die fünf Weltreligionen für KinderManfred Mai, ill. Marine Ludin. Carl Hanser Verlag, München, 2016
- Popol VuhVictor Montejo, ill. Luis Garay. Groundwood, Toronto, 2009
- The Twelve Days of Christmas,William Morris, ill. Liz Catchpole. Puffin, London, 2016
- Brother Sun, Sister MoonKatherine Paterson, ill. Pamela Dalton. Chronicle Books, San Francisco, 2011
- Ascolta. Salmi per voci piccoleGiusi Quarenghi, ill. Anais Tonelli. Topipittori, Milano, 2016
- Au-delà de la forêtNadine Robert, ill. Gérard DuBois. Comme des géants, Montréal, 2016
- Sette e UnoGianni Rodari, AA. VV., ill. Mariachiara Di Giorgio. Einaudi Ragazzi, San Dorligo della Valle, 2017
- Von Martin Luthers Wittenberger ThesenMeike Roth-Beck, ill. Klaus Ensikat. Kindermann Verlag, Berlin, 2015
- 5 DedosSelma Unglaube, ill. Bruna Barros. Lemos Editorial, Teixeira de Freitas, 2014
Migrants
- Somos como las nubes/We Are Like the CloudsJorge Argueta, ill. Alfonso Ruano. Groundwood Books, Toronto, 2016
- Wilhelms Reise – Eine AuswanderergeschichteAnke Bär. Gerstenberg Verlag, Hildesheim, 2012
- WelcomeBarroux. Egmont, London, 2016
- Two White RabbitsJairo Buitrago, ill. Rafael Yockteng. Groundwood Books, Toronto, 2015
- MigrandoMariana Chiesa Mateos. Orecchio Acerbo, Roma, 2010
- The Boat That Never SunkChristoforou Christoforos, ill. Daniela Stamatiadi. Parga Publications, Nicosia, 2017
- El camino de MarwanPatricia de Arias, ill Laura Borràs. Editorial Amanuta, Santiago, 2016
- Adrift at Sea – A Vietnamese Boy’s Story of SurvivalMarsha Forchuk Skrypuch, Tuan Ho, ill. Brian Deines. Pajama Press, Toronto, 2016
- MediterraneoArmin Greder. Orecchio Acerbo, Roma, 2017
- Sabel’s red dressMarina M. Kadi, ill. Daniela Stamatiadi. Parga Publications, Nicosia, 2014
- Boy with a suitcaseXenia Kalageropoulou. Patakis Publishers, Athens, 2016
- Planète migrantsSophie Lamoureux, Amélie Fontaine. Actes Sud, Paris, 2016
- Amali e l’AlberoChiara Lorenzoni, ill. Paolo Domeniconi. Giralangolo, Torino, 2016
- The LisztsKyo Maclear, ill. Júlia Sardà. Tundra Books, Toronto, 2016
- MigrarJose Manuel Mateo. Ediciones Tecolote, Ciudad de México, 2011
- Ein Blick in die deutsche Geschichte: Vom Ein- und AuswandernJochen Oltmer, NiKolaus Barbian, ill. C. Rösch. Verlaghshaus Jacoby Stuart, Berlin, 2016
- Hvorfor er jeg her?Constance Ørbeck-Nilssen, ill. Akin Duzakin. Magikon Forlag, Kolbotn, 2014
- Desde los ojos de LucasJuan Carlos Quezadas García, Arianna Vairo. A buen paso, Barcelona, 2015
- Refugees and MigrantsCeri Roberts, ill. Hanane Kai. Wayland Publishing, London, 2016
- Stepping Stones – A Refugee Family’s JourneyMargriet Ruurs, artwork by Nizar Ali Badr. Orca Book Publishers, Victoria, 2016
- The JourneyFrancesca Sanna. Flying Eye Books, Londra, 2016
- Le Petit Prince de CalaisPascal Teulade. La Joie de lire, Genève, 2016
- MigrantMaxine Trottier, ill. Isabelle Arsenault. Groundwood Books, Toronto, 2011
- Four Feet, Two SandalsKaren Lynn Williams, Khadra Mohammed, ill. Doug Chayka. Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, Grand Ripids, 2016
- Neue FreundeTomi Ungerer. Diogenes, Zürich, 2007
Families
- La reine des bisousKristien Aertssen. L’École des Loisirs, Paris, 2002
- BimbiAlbertine. La Joie de lire, Genève, 2014
- My Dad’s a BirdmanDavid Almond, ill. Polly Dunbar. Walker Books, London, 2015
- Guarda le stelleGabriele Clima, ill. Pia Valentinis, Mario Onnis. Fatatrac, Casalecchio di Reno, 2016
- Une vie exemplaireFloc’h. Hélium, Paris, 2011
- My MotherKang Gyeong Su. Gongjackso, Seoul, 2016
- My FatherKang Gyeong Su. Gongjackso, Seoul, 2016
- The Only ChildGuojing. Schwartz & Wade Books, New York, 2015
- One Big FamilyMarc Harshman, ill. Sara Palacios. Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, Grand Rapids, 2016
- Mon papa roulait les RFrançoise Legendre, Judith Gueyfier. Sarbacane, Paris, 2015
- I Love You Like Crazy CakesRose A. Lewis. Little, Brown Young Readers, New York, 2000
- A New Year’s ReunionYu Li-Qiong, ill. Zhu Cheng-Liang. Candlewick Press, Somerville, 2011
- Russia: Inside. One Century, One Family, One HistoryAlexandra Litvina, ill. Anna Desnitsakaya. Samokat, Moscow, 2017
- The Taste of Sweet TomatoChing-Yen Liu, ill. Yi-Chen Chung. Global Views – Commonwealth Publishing, Taipei, 2016
- Chīsana ōsamaTaro Miura. Kaisei-sha, Tokyo, 2010
- Daddy TreeKim Mi-young. Goraebaetsok, Seoul, 2016
- Mio nonno era un ciliegioAngela Nanetti, ill. Anna & Elena Balbusso. Einaudi Ragazzi, San Dorligo della Valle, 2014
- De familia en familiaJosé Nesis, Paula Szuster, various ill.. Ediciones iamiqué, Buenos Aires, 2015
- A Family Is a Family Is a FamilySara O’Leary, ill. Qin Leng. Groundwood Books, Toronto, 2016
- Mattia e il nonnoRoberto Piumini, ill. Quint Buchholz. Einaudi Ragazzi, San Dorligo della Valle, 2015
- Le panier à pique-niqueGabriele Rebagliati, ill. Susumu Fujimoto. Grasset Jeunesse, Paris, 2015
- MamáMariana Ruiz Johnson. Kalandraka Editora, Pontevedra, 2013
- One FamilyGeorge Shannon, ill. Blanca Gomez. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, 2015
- Aunt OshaFatima Sharafeddine, ill. Hanane Kai. Kalimat, Sharjah, 2015
- There is a Tribe of KidsLane Smith. Roaring Brook Press, New York, 2016
- A concert in a summer nightHan Xian. Beijing Poplar Culture, Beijing, 2015
Disability
- RompecabezasDiego Bianki. Pequeño Editor, Buenos Aires, 2013
- The Five of UsQuentin Blake. Tate Publishing, London, 2014
- Pablo Pineda,Albert Bosch, María Sala, ill. Silvia Álvarez. Cuento de Luz, Madrid, 2016
- Humans and other animalsAdam Broomberg, Oliver Chanarin. Tate Publishing, London, 2015
- Il pifferaio magico di HamelinRobert Browning, ill. Antonella Toffolo, trad. Umberto Fiori, Livia Brambilla. Topipittori, Milano, 2007
- Mallko y papáGusti. Oceano Travesía, Ciudad de México, 2014
- Twelve BirdsKim Hee-kyoung, ill. Chi Yeon-jun. Changbi Publisher, Paju-si, 2012
- On n’est pas si différents!Sandra Kollender, ill. Claire Cantais. La ville brûle, Montreuil, 2015
- Sound of ColorsJimmy Liao. Locus Publishing Company, Taipei, 2001
- Planet WilliBirte Müller. Klett Kinderbuch, Leipzig, 2013
- I Like Music For My EyesSoojung Myung. Gloyeon, Yeongdeungpo-gu, 2016
- Din tur, AdrianHelena Öberg, ill. Kristin Lidström. Bokförlaget Mirando, Stockholm, 2015
- InseparablesMar Pavón, ill. Maria Girón. Tramuntana Editorial, Sant Feliu de Guíxol, 2015
- A Boy and a JaguarAlan Rabinowitz, ill. Catia Chien. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt for Young Readers, Boston, 2014
- Il mondo è anche di TobiasElena Spagnoli Fritze, ill. Michele Ferri. Lapis Edizioni, Roma, 2009
- Album per i giorni di pioggiaDani Torrent. Edizioni Corsare, Perugia, 2014
- I can’t seeChao-Lun Tsai. Little Soldier Publisher, Taipei, 2012
- Miss Little’s GiftDouglas Wood, ill. Jim Burke. Candlewick Press, Somerville, 2017
School & Culture
- El secreto de BorgesMatías Alinovi, ill. Diego Alterleib. Pequeño Editor, Buenos Aires, 2017
- Do You Hear My Mind?Jo A-ra. Hansol Education, Seoul, 2017
- IngrandimentiWalter Benjamin, ill. Gabriella Giandelli. Orecchio Acerbo, Roma, 2017
- The White Cat and the MonkJo Ellen Bogart, ill. Sydney Smith. Groundwood Books, Toronto, 2016
- Ruby’s WishShirin Yim Bridges, ill. S. Blackall. Chronicle Books, San Francisco CA, 2004
- PinocchioCarlo Collodi, ill. Attilio Mussino. Giunti Junior, Firenze, 2008
- CuoreEdmondo De Amicis, ill. D. Toffolo. Mondadori, Milano, 2007
- Le royaume de minuitMax Ducos. Sarbacane, Paris, 2016
- Nos HumanitésRobert Frank, ill. Caroline Souffir. Hélium, Paris, 2016
- AzadahJaques Goldstyn. La Pastèque, Montréal, 2016
- A Child of BooksOliver Jeffers, Sam Winston. Candlewick Press, Somerville MA, 2016
- BoundaryYu-Jung Hsu. Grimm Press, Taipei, 2014
- You Can Paint If You WantMichael Leu. Hsiao Lu Publishing, Taipei, 2012
- The Eagle InsideJack Manning Bancroft, Bronwyn Bancroft. Little Hare Books, Richmond Victoria, 2016
- Rula busca su lugarMar Pavón, ill. Maria Girón. Tramuntana Editorial, Sant Feliu de Guíxols, 2015
- Ascolta il mio cuoreBianca Pitzorno, ill. Quentin Blake. Oscar Mondadori, Milano, 2010
- Il maestroFabrizio Silei, ill. Simone Massi. Orecchio Acerbo, Roma, 2017
- The Kindergarten’s PrincessYukiko Tanemura. Kodansha, Tokyo, 2014
- Bronze and SunflowerCao Wenxuan, ill. Alfonso Ruano. China Children’s Press&Publication Group, Beijing, 2016
- The Straw HouseCao Wenxuan, ill. Sonja Danowski. China Children’s Press&Publication Group, Beijing, 2016
- Malala, a Brave Girl from Pakistan/Iqbal, a Brave Boy from Pakistan: Two Stories of BraveryJeanette Winter. Beach Lane Books, San Diego CA, 2014
- Nasreen’s Secret School: A True Story from AfghanistanJeanette Winter. Beach Lane Books, San Diego, 2009
Work
- La fabriqueBarroux. Autrement Jeunesse, Parigi, 2012
- El cuento del carpinteroIban Barrenetxea. A buen paso, Barcelona, 2011
- The CarpenterBruna Barros. Lemos Editorial, São Paulo, 2015
- Mio padre, il grande pirataDavide Calì, ill. M. A. Quarello. Orecchio Acerbo, Roma, 2013
- Papà sta sulla torreFrancesco D’Adamo. Giunti, Firenze, 2017
- Billi’s FactoryWally De Doncker, Ill. Xu Kaiyun. China Children’s Press&Publication Group, Beijing, 2015
- Sleep Tight Farm: A Farm Prepares for WinterEugenie Doyle, Becca Stadtlander. Chronicle Books, San Francisco, 2016
- Work: An Occupational ABCKellen Hatanaka. Groundwood Books, Toronto, 2014
- No-gak’s Rooftop HoneybeesLee Hye-ran. Changbi Publishers, Paju Ciry, 2016
- The Red BicycleJude Isabella, ill. Simone Shin. Kids Can Press, Toronto, 2015
- Mary’s PennyTanya Landman, ill. Richard Holland. Walker Books, London, 2010
- Mr FrankIrene Luxbacher. Groundwood Books, Toronto, 2014
- ArnesiTaro Miura. Corraini Edizioni, Mantova, 2005
- Papa et Maman sont dans un bateauMarie-Aude Murail. L’école des loisirs, Paris, 2009
- Les Aventures Agricoles d’Harry l’AgriculteurChristophe Nicolas, Ronan Badel. Albin Michel Jeunesse, Paris, 2012
- Hay clases socialesEquipo Plantel, ill. Joan Negrescolor. Media Vaca, Valencia, 2015
- Dog On A DiggerKate Prendergast. Old Barn Books, Fittleworth, 2017
- 29 LIV – Alf og Beate med familie og vennerKristin Roskifte. Magikon Forlag, Kolbotn, 2010
- The librarian of Basra: A True Story From IraqJeanette Winter. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt for Young Readers, Boston, 2005
Peace & Democracy
- Good Night, CommanderAhmad Akbarpour, ill. Morteza Zahedi. Groundwood Books, Toronto, 2015
- Sin agua y sin panLuisa Amavisca, ill. Guridi. Nube Ocho, Malága, 2016
- AtacarBruna Barros. Lemos Editorial, Teixeira de Freitas, 2016
- A bas les murs!Eric Battut. Rue du monde, Voisins-le-Bretonneux, 2017
- Un diamante en el fondo de la tierraJairo Buitrago, ill. Daniel Blanco Pantoja. Editorial Amanuta, Santiago, 2015
- L’ennemiDavide Calì, ill. Serge Bloch. Sarbacane, Parigi, 2007
- Tre raccontiEugenio Carmi e Umberto Eco. Bompiani, Milano, 2015
- Fuori fuocoChiara Carminati. Bompiani, Milano, 2014
- El libro de la negaciónRicardo Chávez Castañeda, ill. Alejandro Magallanes. Ediciones El Naranjo, San Jerónimo Aculco, 2014
- The Chinese Emperor’s New ClothesYing Chang Compestine, ill. David Roberts. Abrams Books for Young Readers, New York, 2018
- Spinning Top in DreamYu-Jin Chen, ill. Michael Leu. Viking International, Taipei, 2016
- GandhiDemi. McElderry Books, New York, 2001
- Así es la dictaduraEquipo Plantel, ill. Mikel Casal. Media Vaca, Valencia, 2015
- Cómo puede ser la DemocraciaEquipo Plantel, ill. Marta Pina. Media Vaca, Valencia, 2015
- Flon-Flon et MusetteElzbieta. L’école des loisirs, Parigi, 1994
- The Sky of AfghanistanAna Eulate, ill. Sonja Wimmer. Cuento de Luz, Madrid, 2012
- Rose BlancheRoberto Innocenti. Creative Company, Mankato, 2011
- Daqui ninguém passa!Isabel Minhós Martins, ill. Bernardo P. Carvalho. Planeta Tangerina, Lisbona, 2014
- Paix: 40 artisans de paixSandrine Mirza, ill. Le Duo. Gallimard Jeunesse, Parigi, 2017
- Una luz contra la guerraGonzalo Moure, ill. Gabriel Pacheco. Norma Ediciones/Secretaría de Cultura, Ciudad de México, 2016
- The war that changed RondoRomana Romanysyn, ill. Andriy Lesiv. The Old Lion Publishing, Lviv, 2015
- Une guerre pour moi…Thomas Scotto, ill. Barroux. Les 400 Coups, Montréal, 2015
- J’ai le droit d’être un enfantAlain Serres, ill. Aurélia Fronty. Rue du monde, Voisins-le-Bretonneux, 2009
- The Conference of the BirdsPeter Sís. Penguin Press, Londra, 2011
- La composiciónAntonio Skármeta, ill. Alfonso Ruano. Ediciones Ekaré, Barcelona/Caracas, 2011
- Global ConflictLouise Spilsbury, ill. Hanane Kai. Wayland Publishing, London, 2016
- Racism and IntoleranceLouise Spilsbury, ill. Hanane Kai. Wayland Publishing, London, 2017
- They Don’t Start WarsShuntaro Tanikawa, ill. Michiko Egashira. Kodansha, Tokyo, 2015
- Separate Is Never EqualDuncan Tonatiuh. Harry N. Abrams, New York, 2014
- Why War is Never a Good IdeaAlice Walker, ill. Stefano Vitale. Harper Collins Children, New York, 2007
- Stone AngelJane Yolen, ill. Katie May Green. Philomel Books, New York, 2015
- Le Président du mondeGermano Zullo, ill. Albertine. La Joie de lire, Genève, 2016
Earth
- Der GartenAtak. Antje Kunstmann Verlag, München, 2013
- It’s morning, so I’m opening the windowRyōji Arai. Kaisei-sha, Tokyo, 2011
- Where’s the Starfish?,Barroux. Egmont, London, 2016
- C’era una voceAlessandra Berardi, Alessandro Gottardo. Topipittori, Milano, 2012
- The Curious GardenPeter Brown. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, New York, 2009
- You Belong HereM.H. Clark, ill. Isabelle Arsenault. Compendium, Seattle, 2016
- Un grand jardin,Gilles Clément, ill. Vincent Gravé. Editions Cambourakis, Paris, 2016
- The PromiseNicola Davies, ill. Laura Carlin. Walker Books, London, 2013
- Mi Papá Estuvo En La SelvaAnne Decis, ill. Gusti. Pequeño Editor, Buenos Aires, 2015
- Frigo VideGaëtan Dorémus. Seuil Jeunesse, Paris, 2009
- L’homme qui plantait des arbresJean Giono, ill. Joëlle Jolivet. Gallimard Jeunesse, Paris, 2010
- The Tree LadyH. Joseph Hopkins, ill. Jill McElmurry. Beach Lane Books, San Diego, 2013
- Huerta, cosecha lo que siembrasMónica Martin, ill. Yael Frankel. Editorial Amanuta, Santiago, 2016
- To Market, To MarketNikki McClure. Abrams Books for Young Readers, New York, 2011
- Planting the Trees of Kenya – The Story of Wangari MaathaiClaire A. Nivola. Farrar, Strauss and Giroux, New York, 2008
- Water is WaterMiranda Paul, ill. Jason Chin. Roaring Brook Press, New York, 2015
- Versos de la TierraJavier Ruiz Taboada, ill. Miren Asian. Ediciones SM, Madrid, 2016
- The Good GardenKatie Smith Milway, ill. Sylvie Daigneault. Kids Can Press, Toronto, 2010
- WaterSubhash Vyam. Tara Books, Chennai, 2017
- The Man Who Made ParksFrieda Wishinsky, ill. Song Nan Zhang. Tundra Books, Toronto, 1999