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All Are Welcome Here

Written by Alexandra Penfold

Illustrated by Suzanne Kaufman

Written by Decatur Elementary School

STYLE Session 2023
March – April

Final Song

LYRICS HERE

Make a effort

Treat everyone fairly

Include those left behind

Groups

MUSICAL PURPLE PANDAS

Dylan, Sasha, Leela, Alma, Aadi

Diversity is an art, paint it carefully

Speak your words purposefully

To the world you may be one person

but to one person you may be the world!

If you see someone without a smile

Give them one of yours!

One of yours!

SILVER DRAGONS

Mia, Eli, Shelby, Jomart, Amelia, Kai

Everyone, anywhere all are welcome everywhere

Lets care, share and make it fair

All are welcome everywhere

It doesn’t matter who you are

You can do anything close or fair

RANDOM RED ROBINS

Hawkins, Jillian, Freya, Samir, Timmy, Olivia

Welcome everyone everywhere

with a pair

In a chair

and be fair

with some care

Make sure to share with a teddy bear

Teddy bear

INSANE SHADOW TIGERS

Sam, Felix, Sumarth, Kiki, Felix, Ash

We are…. You are…. All are welcome here

Boy… Girl…. all around the world

All are welcome here

Be cooooooool….. at your schoooooool……..

Cause we all ruuuuuuule….. just don’t be a fool

About the Book

Alexandra Penfold

Suzanne Kaufman

All Are Welcome Here

Written by Alexandra Penfold

Illustrated by Suzanne Kaufman

Follow a group of children through a day in their school, where everyone is welcomed with open arms. A school where kids in patkas, hijabs, and yamulkes play side-by-side with friends in baseball caps. A school where students grow and learn from each other’s traditions and the whole community gathers to celebrate the Lunar New Year.

All Are Welcome lets young children know that no matter what, they have a place, they have a space, they are welcome in their school.

All Are Welcome Here

Week 1 – Megan Krantz

What I Am

Written by Divya Srinivasan

A young narrator describes herself: a girl, a granddaughter, Indian, and American. Soon, we see the young girl as a plethora of things: selfish and generous, mean and kind, brave and mischievous. While many of these qualities oppose each other, the context and illustrations make it abundantly clear that she speaks the truth. She is a walking contradiction, and that is precisely what makes her both a unique individual and an essential piece of the greater world around her. Divya Srinivasan shows what makes us human and proud to be who we are.

What I Am