I really enjoyed the author's note, it will help explain the concepts on the book to young readers.

Thank you NetGalley for the DRC.

This picture book is beautifully written and illustrated, it's poetic. I could see it being used for a Storytime or special event to discuss kindness and equality.

Beautiful children's book that most adults would benefit from reading!

Super important message presented through simple text and gorgeous illustrations.

This book teaches kids that extending empathy to other humans who may not look like us or speak our language as well as to our fellow non-human earthlings is the way to a better world.

The inspiration for this book was touching.

Thank you to North South Books, Inc., Miranda Paul, Baptiste Paul, Esteli Meza, and #NetGallery for an ARC of #Peace in return for an honest review. Review will be posted on NetGallery, Goodreads (goodreads.com/radicalrachelreads) and Facebook.

Writing a rhyming book that doesn't feel forced and a bit trite is difficult and this title is only partially successful. Often specific descriptions of peace feel like they are included to complete a rhyme. But the pictures! They are amazing - colorful and childlike without being cartoonish. They paint a vision that can lead young readers to become peacemakers themselves. 3 stars for text; 5 for illustrations!

This book has the type of message we want to give our children, to nurture in them and integrate in their very being. The illustrations are lovely and the text is very lyrical. It has everything to make parents happy and is the type I would like in our collection, but the abstractness of the concepts flew right over my children’s head. The little text suited my 2 year old though she understood nothing, but it didn’t go into enough depth for my 5 year old who is very inquisitive. It is a real shame as I wanted to love that one. The book is beautiful but I would recommend it more as a discussion opener on the topic of world peace and tolerance and maybe to have other activities at hand to further explain the concept.

What a lovely children's story about peace in all forms. My children and I read this during our study of peace this week and while it was a somewhat simple for them, (5/6) they loved all of the beautiful illustrations. We are always talking about how important it is to care for our animal population, so they connected with the moral of the story. As a parent, I was thrilled to see a children's book with so much diversity.. in all the little details. This is definitely a book I will buy for new parents and for friends with younger kids, 3-4. Thanks #NetGalley for the opportunity to share with my children early. They gave it two thumbs up!

Love that this book shows what peace is and doesn't limit it to humans, but extends it to the natural world as well. The diversity of skin tones and abilities is refreshing and the simple sentences and engaging illustrations make the story one that preschool and up will appreciate from, benefit from, and ultimately return to, hopefully.

This book is sweet and beautiful, and I would recommend it to any child. The words and pictures work together to send important messages in a way that is simple for a child to understand. The animals are adorable and there is excellent diversity among the children portrayed. I also really appreciate the author's note, which describes how conflicts between humans can negatively affect animals. Overall, a wonderful picture book.

What an incredibly beautiful book! Oh, to live in a world as resplendent as this depiction. Let's all teach our children to live in peace and harmony. Miranda and Baptiste Paul have truly captured peace within these gorgeous pages. A lovely book made to be shared and admired.

"Peace is a hello, a smile, a hug."

This little book is beautiful. From the words to the illustrations, all I can say is that it's utterly beautiful.

"Peace can begin with a laugh and a wave, and grow into actions remarkable brave."

Without many words it delivers such an important message. I think every kid will love this and every kid should read it.

"Peace is a choice."

A short picture books that gives you different meaning of peace.
What I love about this book how diverse yet united this book is.
It makes you feel whole and helps you to see the wonder of the world.
It teaches us to have peace with all the living being.

A MUST HAVE BOOK :)

An overly preachy/repetitious book that has good intentions but poor execution. Peace is one of the few picture books that I would skip.

An adorable little book with beautiful illustrations. I teach littles in early elementary school and can see myself using this at the beginning of the school to help build classroom culture / environment. This book does a really good job of defining what peace is in ways that children can understand and gives them specific examples of things they can do to create peace. I haven't written my full review yet but will post it to my website Kelly's Classroom Online.

Peace is a powerful and beautiful story. The story uses simple language and beautiful illustrations to explain what peace looks like and how it affects all living things including people, animals, and the environment. I would love to have this book in my kindergarten classroom library because it covers such an important and relevant topic but explains it in a way that children can understand. Because of the simplicity and content, this book could be used as a powerful discussion starter across all grade levels and ages. Highly recommend this book!

This was a super cute story for little ones. Even just reading it evokes a sense of peace. My four year old really enjoyed it and I loved the message. The illustrations are beautiful.

Absolutely loved this book & its message! A simple important message is paired with stunning pictures throughout this book & I would recommend it to every teacher, parent, library.

Peace by Baptiste and Miranda Paul is a wonderful book that is truly a feast for the eyes, ears and heart. Esteli Meza's richly colored illustrations of children, animals and the natural world are a perfect backdrop to a beautiful reflection on peace and its meaning to us all. A multilingual tree of peace, along with a white dove, introduce the reader to the theme of the book. The simple verses are thoughtful and bring the illustrations to life. I believe this book will be enjoyed by children and adults alike, with much to observe, reflect upon and discuss.
Thank you to Netgalley, the authors and NorthSouth Books for providing me with an early copy in exchange for an honest review. I will definitely be recommending this to our library staff and patrons and look forward to sharing it with my grandchildren.

This picture book is so gorgeous!

Kudos to the team specially the artist who made the illustrations unbelievably so damn realistic.

I felt like I could pluck the leaves and actually hold the characters!

The colour patterns are solid yet not so bold that they beautifully represent well the concept of peace!

This small picture book teaches about peace - what it means, its various interpretations and its various forms.

Love how simple yet difficult to explain concepts like this are presented so well in this book.

Thank you NetGalley for the ARC.

Wow. This book was great! I loved how much it managed to cover and how effectively it was designed. Particularly, I liked how several points that were made were poignant and important for kids to understand; these points were central to the existence of peace in its various conceptualizations.

The book Peace is a beautiful look at what it mean to have peace, what it takes to create peace, and, keep peace. I love that it rhymes, and that it provides way to create peace physically, socially, and frames peace as a choice and something to work towards.
The illustrations in the book are really neat. There are subtle things that I appreciated as I read this book with my daughter. I especially loved the tree in the beginning of the book that had leaves with the word “peace” written on each on in different languages. It provided good discussion on the many different languages in the world, how different they are, and also how they all have a way to say the word “peace”
I also loved the diversity represented in the pictures. There are characters of all different backgrounds, which is so important when sharing books with children.
Overall I’d recommend this book for young readers!