Rhinos & raspberries
Subtitle: tolerance tales for the early grades
By: with a forward by Lois Lowry ; illustrations by Leo Acadia, Nina Frenkel, Noah Woods.
Contributors: Dykes, John.; Frenkel, Nina.; Woods, Noah.; DePalma, Mary Newell; Teaching Tolerance (Project)
Publisher: Teaching Tolerance
Published: 2006
Place of publication: [Montgomery, AL]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 80
Subjects: Multicultural education -- Activity programs -- United States.; Toleration -- Study and teaching -- Activity programs.; Language arts -- Correlation with content subjects.
Other titles: Rhinos and raspberries
Description: This collection of 12 multicultural tales with 10 lesson plans and activities is designed to counteract prejudice formation, improve interpersonal skills, inspire students to stand up against unfairness, support culturally responsive teaching, and bolster literacy.
Notes: Accompanying student readers contain the text of the 12 stories (one reader contains Raspberries! by Mary Newell DePalma and illustrated by Leo Acadia and the other reader contains the remaining 11 stories).

"A Teaching Tolerance publication"--P. [4] of cover.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 79).

PreK-6.
Table of contents: value: The stories. Raspberries! : an American tale of cooperation; value: The clever boy and the terrible, dangerous animal : an Afghan tale of fear; value: The prince and the rhinoceros : an Indian tale of speaking kindly; value: The blind man and the hunter : a West African tale of earning from your mistakes; value: Supriya's bowl : a Buddhist tale of giving; value: Papalotzin and the Monarchs = Papalotzin y las monarcas : a bilingual tale of breaking down walls : English and Spanish versions; value: Rabbit foot : an Iroquois tale of peacemaking; value: The fiery tail : a Chinese tale of the true beauty; value: The emerald lizard : a Guatemalan tale of helping others; value: Old Joe and the carpenter : an Appalachian tale of building bridges; value: The stonecutter : a multicultural tale of being yourself; value: Crocodile and Ghost Bat have a hullabaloo : an Australian tale of name-calling.; value: The lessons. Character education & community building; value: Language arts & messages of tolerance.