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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

Equally welcome

We find the perfect balance

Staying aware

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Passing the ball

Accepting ideas

We listen and share

Groups

Red Taco Dragons

Cohen, Jude, Lavinia, Mikey, Mia, Linus V

Everyone is different and welcome everywhere

All differences are welcome

You are unique for who you are

You are you, and that’s what matters

Red Ferocious Hawks

Wesley, Linus C., Bryn, Grant, Evan, Quinn

We are all different

We all want diversity

Food unites us all

Howay!!!

Be free like a swallow

From the birds in the sky, the worms in the ground

We are different all around

Hawooey!

Crispy Bacon

Jamie, Theo, Ben, Rajiv, Aria, Elouise

It’s good to be different, Hooray!!!

Being different is good, Hallelujah!!!

Diversity Matters and everyone is welcome

A ton of people are different and they all live in Belgium

Yaaaaaay!

Blue Space Animals

Olivia, Odin, Brianna, Lark, Saina, Skye

We’re weirdly different but yet the same

From chickens to chupacabras

and from wrens to warriors

If everyone was the same

the world would be bleak

and everyone would go crazy and scream

What the meep!

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