Make A Better World Through the Magic of Books MAME 35-Annual Conference November 5-7, 2008 Hyatt Regency Hotel Dearborn, MI “One person can make a difference, and every person should try.” John F. Kennedy

Presented by: Linda McLean, Media Specialist Walled Lake Schools Author The Heidelberg Project – A Street of Dreams Nelson Publishing, 2007 Contact Information: lindamclean@wlcsd.org Webpage: http://www.wlcsd.org/webpages/lmclean

The BIG Ideas Random Acts of Kindness Celebrating Diversity Peace in the World Earth Care Kids Making a Difference Kids Learning to Get Along

It All Started With . . . Miss Rumphius! Winner of the American Book Award

Which led to . . . Lessons for a happier world - One Smile, by Cindy McKinley – Benjamin Franklin Award Reach for the Sky and other little lessons for a happier world, by Allison Stoutland Put Your Best Foot Forward,

Celebrating Diversity It’s Okay To Be Different - Todd Parr Accept and Value Each Person – Cheri J. Meiners The Heidelberg Project; A Street of Dreams -Linda McLean Priscilla McDoodleNut DoodleMcMae asks Why? – Janet Mary Sinke Don’t Laugh At Me – Steven Seskin http://www.dontlaugh.org/

Earth Care The Greening Book - Ellen Sabin http://www.wateringcanpress.com/html/greeningbook.html Michael Recycle – Ellie Bethel

Blessing the World Thank You World - Alice B. McGinty Love Is . . . - Wendy Anderson Halperin We Dream of a World - Enemy Pie - Derek Munson

Peace in the World When I Grow Up, I Will Win the Nobel Peace Prize, by Isabel Pin Gandhi, by Demi Our Gandhi, Child of Fear to Man of Freedom, Retold by, V. Mylo Schaaf Mother Teresa, by Demi Paths to Peace – People Who Changed the World, By Jane Breskin Zalben

To The United Nations . . . Ruby Mae Has Something to Say, by, David Small Make Someone Smile, by Judy Lalli The Seeds of Peace, by Laura Berkeley The Peace Book, by Todd Parr

PEACE If Peace Is . . .by Jane Baskwill A Million Visions of Peace, Wisdom from the Friends of Old Turtle, by Jennifer Garrison Somewhere Today – A Book of Peace, by Shelley Moore Thomas Peace One Day, by Jeremy Gilley

Civil Rights . . . If A Bus Could Talk This Is The Dream

Anti-War The Butter Battle Book

Personal Growth Courage The North Star The Dot It’s Okay to be Different Don’t Laugh At Me