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Children's Rights

Adam Hibbert

Presents a study of children's rights around the world and provides information on the UN Convention in 1989 that defined the rights of the child, the rights of unborn children, child labor, and child

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Birth and Growing Up Celebrations

Relates the history of childhood and describes how birth, coming of age, and other important childhood events are celebrated in different countries and by different cultures around the world.

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Children in War

Alan Raymond

Presents the stories and artwork of children from Bosnia, Israel, Rwanda, and Northern Ireland who have witnessed atrocities in their wartorn homelands.

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See the Child

David Bergen

Paul Unger's comfortable life unravels when his estranged son Stephen drowns, and it is only when Stephen's girlfriend returns to town with a child who is probably Paul's grandson that he is able to p

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Family Talk About Drinking

A consumer awareness and education video to fight alcohol abuse by underage drinkers.

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Zlata's Diary

Zlata Filipovic

A diary begun by an eleven-year old girl in Sarajevo in 1991 before the start of the civil war in Bosnia and Hercegovina; the diary has entries through October 1993.

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Behind the Secret Window

Nelly S. Toll

The author recalls her experiences when she and her mother were hidden from the Nazis by a Gentile couple in Lwow, Poland, during World War II.

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Hostage to War

Tatjana Wassiljewa

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The Gault Case

Thomas J. Billitteri

Examines the 1967 Supreme Court Case in which the court ruled that juvenile courts cannot deprive children of certain rights guaranteed by the Constitution.

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Child Labor and Sweatshops

This book examines the issues surrounding the use of child laborers and adult workers who are exposed to substandard work environments.

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