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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

We all have a part

Like a human body

We all have responsibility

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Come on celebrate

Everyone is welcome

Celebrate our diversity

Groups

Teal Melody Jaguars:

Arzoi, Bodhi, Hank, Maiya, Zach

No matter what your culture is, it really doesn’t matter

They help each other from being sadder

Your skin is equal and unique

Help each other when we’re weak

Pickle-Eating Bald Eagle and his best friend Pickle-Eating Kitty:

Alex C., Alex L., Evie, Iska, Vihaan

Everyone is welcome here

Everyone is welcome there

Everyone is welcome everywhere

Everyone is welcome here

Everyone is welcome to the fair

Aqua Pickle Pandas:

Alexie, Alina, Faye, Lyla

We’re all in this together

We are all welcomed everywhere

We all share, we all care

We all have our hands in the air

Aqua King Cobras

Alex M., Lydia, Max, Owen, Rohan

Diversity is important

It brings more fun

and hopefully never will be done

We love to celebrate all our differences (We listen)

Celebrate everyone’s images

Verse

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