Changemakers Kids imprint: 11 books
The Wall
A Story of Three Boys Who Got Bullied and Fight Back
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2018
It’s a picture book about bullying for kids 7-11. When three boys in second grade draw pictures on the side of a wall to brighten up an alley, they are bullied by three sixth grade boys who mess up their pictures. But one boy’s older brother urges him to stand up to the bullies and paint their pictures again. Will that approach work? THE WALL tells that story.
Coyote, Buffalo, and the Rock
An Adaptation of a Traditional Native American Folktale (Told by the Sioux of the Great Plains)
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2018
Coyote, Buffalo, and the Rock is an adaptation of a traditional Native American folktale told by the Sioux of the Great Plains. In the story, Coyote gives the gift of a blanket to a rock as he takes a walk with buffalo. When it gets cold and rains, Coyote takes it back. But the rock objects and chases after him. What will happen when rock finally catches him and teaches him a lesson?
The Battle of the Island and the Sea
The Saga of Suki and Torvi
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2018
** ** Suki, an island, and Torvi, the sea, have a problem at a time when the sun, land, and sea can speak to one another. Over the years it became warmer and warmer, and there were more storms and rain. The wind blew harder and harder, and Torvi became angry and his...
Follow the Ducks
A Tale About a Duck Who Didn't Stay in Line
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2018
Devon is a duck who doesn’t like to stay in line when he is growing up on a small island in a pond. Instead, he is very curious and likes to explore, so his parents keep looking for him and tell him to get back in line. But a few days later, he is off exploring.
Then, one day, he confronts...
Max the Meerkat
Danger in the Desert
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2018
** ** Max is a meerkat with a problem. Soon after he born, he discovers he can’t stand up, when his mother teaches him and his brothers and sisters to stand. When he tries he falls down and his brothers and sisters laugh at him. But he finds he can run faster than anyone else...
How Coyote Brought Winter into the World
An Adaptation of a Traditional Native American Folktale (Told by the Zuni People)
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2018
How Coyote Brought Winter into the World is an adaptation of Native American folktale told by the Zuni. In the story, Coyote brings winter by letting the sun escape from a box he steals from an Indian village during a dance celebration. Can he get it back with Eagle’s help, and what will happen if he doesn’t get it?
The Great National Divides (in Full Color)
Why the United States Is So Divided and How It Can Be Put Back Together Again
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2017
THE GREAT NATIONAL DIVIDES discusses the many divisions in the United States and how to fix these divides to reunite this great country. It begins by tracing a first divide back to the origins of the racial divide going back to Civil War times. Then it discusses our bleak present, reflected in...
by Paul Brakke
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2017
COPS AREN’T SUCH BAD GUYS features a series of blogs I have written about cops and fatal shootings. As discussed in these blogs, most of these killings are actually justified, because of the use of force guidelines which cops follow in the face of a deadly threat, despite the widespread anger...
by Paul Brakke
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2017
** ** The sad truth is that the U.S. Criminal Justice System doesn’t work for many different reasons -- from our overflowing prisons to the destructive war on drugs and disproportionate effect on minority communities to conflicts between police and citizens and problems...
The Costly U. S. Prison System
Too Costly in Dollars, National Prestige, and Lives
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2018
The prison system in the U.S. is in crisis. We have far too many prisoners and spend far too much on housing them and building more prisons. We have far too harsh penalties for less serious nonviolent crimes, so we are unnecessarily incarcerating people who could be productive...
The Price of Justice in America
Commentaries on the Criminal Justice System and Ways to Fix What's Wrong
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2017
THE PRICE OF JUSTICE IN AMERICA features a series of blogs I have written about problems in the criminal justice system and how they might be fixed. I have been writing these blogs for my website (www.americanjusticethebook.com) as a follow-up to my book *American Justice? *
The...