It's Our World, Too!: Young People Who Are Making a Difference: How They Do It - How You Can, Too!

by Phillip Hoose, Pete Seeger (Foreword)

It's Our World, Too is the invaluable companion to the award-winning We Were There, Too!: Young People in U.S. History. The book gives young readers the tools to bring about change. Many young people are seeking out ways to become constructively engaged in their world. This book couldn't be more timely.

“Two books in first, fourteen fascinating accounts of children working for human rights, the needy, the environment, or world peace . . . Second, a handbook for young activists, with practical suggestions for planning, organizing, publicizing, and raising funds for social action projects.” -- Kirkus Reviews

176 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 1993

About the author

Phillip Hoose is the widely-acclaimed author of books, essays, stories, songs, and articles, including the National Book Award winning book, Claudette Colvin: Twice Towards Justice.

He is also the author of the multi-award winning title, The Race to Save the Lord God Bird, the National Book Award Finalist We Were There Too!: Young People in U.S. History, and the Christopher Award-winning manual for youth activism It's Our World Too!.

The picture book, Hey, Little Ant which began as a song by the same title was co-authored with his daughter Hannah. The book is beloved around the world with over one million copies in print in ten different languages. Teaching Tolerance Magazine called it, "A masterpiece for teaching values and character education."

Phillip's love of the game is reflected in his acclaimed books, Perfect Once Removed: When Baseball Was All the World to Me which was named one of the Top 10 Sports Books of 2007 by Booklist and Hoosiers: the Fabulous Basketball Life of Indiana.

A graduate of the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Sciences, Hoose has been a staff member of The Nature Conservancy since 1977, dedicated to finding and protecting habitats of endangered species.

A songwriter and performing musician, Phillip Hoose is a founding member of the Children's Music Network and a member of the band Chipped Enamel. He lives in Portland, Maine.

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Reviews

[Evangeline · Rating 4 out of 5]

This collection of biographies surrounds a theme of young people making a difference in their communities in recent history. The biographies are organized into four sections: Taking a Stand, Reaching Out to Others, Healing the Earth, and Creating a Safer Future. There is also a second part of the book, “A Handbook for Young Activists’ that provides helpful information for young people to change the world like the biography subjects did earlier in the text.

[Nick · Rating 4 out of 5]

I thought this book was good. It had a a series of Biographies that were sometimes sad but filled with details. It was an inspirational book and I would recommend it to people that want to make a difference. I would read the sequel if there was one!

[Jessie · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is an updated version of his other book. He has a few people in history and then it's all about people in our century who made a difference. Very inspiring.

[Kristin Vogel-Campbell · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book has been a valuable resource in my Elective Class this year.

[Stephanie]

This book first provides examples of youths from a variety of backgrounds, cultures, religions and economic statuses that have taken action to influence change in the past. Then it provides personal narratives of young people currently doing something to make a change for the future. Young people whom are making changes include those doing it single-handedly and those whom have recruited many other to join their efforts. There are over a dozen personal narratives, telling of action in the past and present times. The book includes self-explanatory sections such as: “a handbook for young activists”, “ten tools for change” and “using tools together”.
Review: This book is relatable, it’s real, and it’s relevant for readers today, in 2018. It enables youths to directly apply knowledge gained through reading its pages to real life here and now.
Connects to: It's Getting Hot in Here: The Past, Present, and Future of Climate Change. Both books provide suggestions for taking action to affect change.

‘Delicious’ Quote:
“To have peace in the world, I think you have to look first at yourself, then at your family, then at your community and on out. To make a difference in the world, you first have to make a difference with yourself.” (pp. 48)
Students could use this book as a mentor text for writing in that it clearly and in straight forward presentation and language, has every genre of reading and writing within its pages!
In addition, each personal narrative within the book provides opportunity to teach just about every social justice issue you can think of!