Selected Articles
Teaching about Peace through Children's Literature
(http://www.infactispax.org/Volume_special_IIPE/Steiner.pdf)
Author Stan Steiner discusses teaching conflict resolution and peace through children's literature. The article concludes with a 10 page bibliography of children's books organized by theme. (Everyday Events, Families, Gender, Language, Moments in History, Outstanding People, People around the World, Poetry, Race-Peace-Identity, Religion, Stories from Around the World, Universal Themes, and Other)
Toward Peace: Using Literature to Aid Conflict Resolution
(http://www.tamathisland.com/Toward%20Peace.pdf)
Jennifer Luke and Catherine Myers write about using different children's books to address common problems faced on the playground and in the classroom to promote peaceful conflict resolution. The authors also comment on evaluating literature and exercising cauting when selecting books for conflict resolution.
(http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/sept92/vol50/num01/Why-We-Must-Teach-Peace.aspx)
Colman McCarthy is the founder and director of the Center for Teaching Peace. He shares his view on the importance of teaching peace through nonviolence from a young age.