In celebration of the 75th anniversary of the United Nations’ Universal Declaration of Human Rights, I invite you to read Deborah Hopkinson’s new book, Small Places Close to Home: A Children’s Declaration of Rights, illustrated by Kate Gardiner (Balzer + Bray). Share this with your children, grandchildren, a classroom, an assembly, a library class. Discussion is bound to follow!

For more resources and books, please refer to two previous articles on this blog:

• “The Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Pictures,” first published January 2020

• “Rights of Children: Education,” from February 2020

The United Nations has made available the full text of the Universal Declaration.

The United Nations’ website has a motto: Peace, dignity and equality on a healthy planet. Join them, and me, in this mission.