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BKLYN BookMatch: Bard @ BPL Readalong: Ethics & the Ethics of Thinking

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If the world were a village
written by David J. Smith ; illustrated by Shelagh Armstrong.
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To accompany the text on globalization, this book breaks down the population of the world into a collection of one hundred representative people and describes what one would find in this global village, covering languages, ages, religions, food, air and water, schooling, and possessions, accompanied by vivid color illustrations.

Crab cake : turning the tide together
Tsurumi, Andrea, author.
Format: PRINTED MATL

When faced with an environmental disaster, not of their own making, the undersea community must decide how to cope.

It Wasn't Me
Levy, Dana Alison
Format: PRINTED MATL

This middle grade fiction book explores what restorative justice looks like in action as it tries to piece together who is guilty for a mysterious act of vandalism.

It wasn't me
Levy, Dana Alison, author.
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Cheese belongs to you!
Alexis Deacon ; illustrated by Viviane Schwarz.
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This sweet, humorous picture book takes the moral proposition that might makes right to its absurd extreme and explores what might be a better way.

The Little Guys
Brosgol, Vera
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Using determined imps and adorable forest creatures, this book goes beyond the idea that through unity we are strong to explore the perils of taking more than we deserve. Excerpt from Booklist's starred review: "The animals’ willingness to forgive the Little Guys their trespasses adds a peacemaking element to this pointed exploration of the notion that collective action without a moral foundation just becomes mob rule."

Noodlephant
Kramer, Jacob/ Steele, K-Fai (ILT)
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Noodlephant just wants to enjoy feasts with her friends, but when an unjust law is passed, what choices does she have?