Ethics and Religion. Books about World Religions for Kids. This is the second post in a series on World Religions for Kids, a group of articles packed with resources to help teachers and parents teach their children about World Religions as a means to promote compassion, empathy, cultural understanding, and tolerance. These books are a sample of the incredible list of 300+ multicultural books featured in The Global Education Toolkit for Elementary Learners, a new book with hundreds of easy activities, resources, and projects to help busy educators incorporate global and cultural awareness in their classroom. Learn more here. The books contain affiliate links. Thank you for your support!
General Books about World Religions Use these books to explore similarities and differences in traditions, rituals, beliefs, and celebrations of world religions for kids. Buller, Laura (2005). . DK Publishing (2011). New York, NY: DK. Glossop, Jennifer, & Mantha, John (2003). Lumbard, Alexis York (2014). Meredith, Susan (2012). . Osborne, Mary Pope (1996). Buddhism. Calendar Holy Days World Religions. The five major world religions - John Bellaimey. Religion: Religions. Kids :: World Religions. There is special information and activities contained within for teachers. Teachers please visit our Activities section. What is religion? What is a spiritual tradition?
Religion is all or some of the attributes described below. Religion is different for different people and cultures. Some religion is so much a part of the culture of a given people that it is not so much a formal religion, but simply the spiritual aspects of that culture or group - the spiritual traditions which help define it. A way of explaining the mysteries of life how the world was created why it was created why there is life and death what happens when people die why there is suffering a way of explaining a supreme power or absolute power, whether impersonal or personal, nameable or not a way of explaining who or what created the world and all the living beings a way of describing a dimension beyond the physical world -- the spiritual world.