Being a Friend to the World

Being a Friend tothe World Written by: Greenhills School’s Global Citizenship Class Illustrated by: Cooper Page

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Being a Friend to the WorldWritten by: Greenhills School’s Global Citizenship ClassIllustrated by: Cooper Page 5

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From the authors: We are a group of 10th and 11th graders from Greenhills School inAnn Arbor. As the final project of our Global Citizenship class, we havewritten a children’s book to share with young people all that we havelearned. Global Citizenship is a unique class that explores what our roleis as citizens and how we can use our strengths to improve the worldaround us. It focuses on not only the problems at hand, but sustainablesolutions that are within our reach. Titled \"Being a Friend to theWorld\", our book compares being a global citizen with the friendshipschildren experience daily at school. We hope you enjoy reading ourbook as much as we enjoyed creating it. -Global Citizenship Class, Greenhills School 2017 (teacher: Julia de la Torre and students: Harry Bagenstos, Zoe Bly, Moira Cummings, Giavanna Galasso, Megan Gauger, Alexis Huczek, Khai Johnson, Kailee Kingston, Lucas Rubin, Alex Schneider, Emma Sherman-Hawver) 7

Once upon a time, there was a little boy named Logan. Loganloved to go to school. He liked to play with his friends and learnabout new places. One day his mom woke him up, he ate breakfast,got dressed for the day, and headed off to school. His mom said,“Have fun at school! Be home by dinner! 8

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At school, he spent his morning reading his favorite books andlearning how to add and subtract. Then, it was time for recess. Hisfriend, Annie, threw a football, but it flew over Logan’s head. Hewas running to grab the football when his pal, Emma the Eagle,swooped up in front of him and asked, “Hey, Logan! Do you wantto go on an adventure?” Logan said, “Yes! Where are we off to today?” Emma the Eagle said, “We’re going to explore the world! I justmade some new friends that I want you to meet.” And so, Loganclimbed on the back of Emma the Eagle, and they were off on aworldwide adventure. 10

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After a speedy flight, Emma and Logan arrived in the jungle ofBrazil. “Olá!” said Júlia The Jaguar. “Welcome to my jungle.” “This is my friend Logan from back home. Logan, meet Júliathe Jaguar,” Emma the Eagle said. “Olá, Júlia!” “Nice job, Logan! Olá means ‘hello’ in Portuguese. Braziliansspeak Portuguese.” “Júlia, do you want to come meet some other friends of ours?” “Why, yes! I’d love to!” And so, they were off to their nextdestination: Kenya. 12

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Logan, Emma the Eagle and Júlia the Jaguar all arrived in thegrasslands of Kenya. There, they landed near a giant Baobab Tree.From behind the tree, emerged one of Emma’s friends, Lisha theLion. “Jambo!” said Lisha. “Welcome to my savana. Here inKenya we have lots of open grasslands. There’s lots of space toplay with my friends. Would you like to play with me now?” “Actually,” said Emma, “we’re on an adventure with all of ourfriends from around the world. Would you like to join us on ourtour?” “I’d love to!” said Lisha the Lion. “Awesome! Hop right on!” said Logan. And the travelingcontinued to Greece. 14

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Logan, Emma the Eagle, Júlia the Jaguar, and Lisha the Lionlanded on an island in Greece. When they landed on the shore, twodolphins swam to the surface. “Yassas!” said the two twindolphins: Dimitris and Dimitra. “These are my friends, Dimitris and Dimitra,” said Emma theEagle. “They’re twins!” “Oh, that’s neat!” said Logan. “What do you guys do for funaround here?” asked Logan. “We like to swim around in the ocean and visit all the islands.Each day we embark on a new adventure!” “How about you join our adventure?” asked Logan. “We’retraveling around the world visiting all of our friends.” “We’d love to join you!” said Dimitris and Dimitra. And so,the group was off to India. 16

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Logan, Emma the Eagle, Júlia the Jaguar, Lisha the Lion, alongwith Dimitris and Dimitra the Dolphins, all arrived in the jungle ofIndia. “Namaste!” said Inaaya the Indian Elephant. “Namaste!” responded Logan. “Is that how you greet peoplehere in India?” “Yes,” said Inaaya. “It means ‘I bow to you’, but we use it tosay ‘hello’ around here.” “That’s cool!” responded Logan. “We’re on a journey aroundthe world to meet all of our friends. Perhaps you’d like to join us?”asked Logan. “Sure! Is there still room?” asked Inaaya. “Of course! Just hop right on!” Inaaya jumped on Emma theEagle’s back, and the crew was off to China. 18

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Logan, Emma the Eagle, Júlia the Jaguar, Lisha the Lion,Dimitris and Dimitra the Dolphins, and Inaaya the Indian Elephantall landed in the bamboo forests of China. “Ni Hao!” shouted Pingthe Panda. “Welcome to China!” said Ping. Logan and his friendshopped off Emma’s back and approached his home made ofbamboo. “We’re on an adventure to meet all our friends around theworld. Would you like join us?” asked Logan. “I’d love to, but I’m Ping the Giant Panda. I don’t think wecould all fit on Emma the Eagle’s back” said Ping. “It’ll work,” said Emma the Eagle, “I’m strong, I can carry allof you on my back.” And so, the group was off. “Where are we headed?” asked Logan. “To our final stop: Australia,” responded Emma the Eagle. 20

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Logan, Emma the Eagle, Júlia the Jaguar, Lisha the Lion,Dimitris and Dimitra the Dolphins, Inaaya the Indian Elephant andPing the Panda all arrived in the outback of Australia. Ruby theRed Kangaroo hopped over to meet the crew. “G’day, mates!Welcome to the Australian Outback!” said Ruby. Before anyonecould respond, Emma the Eagle fell over in pain. “What’s wrong with Emma the Eagle?” asked Logan. “She’s tired. The world is huge! Traveling through the cloudsin one day is far too much work for only one eagle!” “She’s got a booboo,” said Logan. “If we work together, we can patch her up, and I can make ithome in time for dinner,” said Logan. 22

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“Here!” said Ping the Panda. “I brought an herb from my homewith me, just in case I got sick on the flight over here.” Ping pulledout some small herbs and fed them to Emma the Eagle. “Xiexie, Ping.” Ping smiled at Emma. “And I have something that might help too,” said Inaaya as shewalked over to Emma. “Take some water from my trunk,” saidInaaya as she fed Emma some water. “Thank you, Inaaya.” 24

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Dimitris and Dimitra the Dolphins swam over and offeredEmma the Eagle some crystals from deep below the sea. Lisha theLion came over and gave Emma a hug, since friendship is the mostpowerful gift of all. Finally, Júlia the Jaguar gave Emma the Eaglea book of all their travels together. Once Ping’s special medicinesank in and Emma the Eagle realized the importance of globalfriendship, she was good as new again, and Logan made it home intime for dinner. 26

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“So, what happened at school today?” asked Logan’s mom. “Oh, not much. We just learned about the world,” respondedLogan. “Oh, that’s neat!” said Logan’s mom. “The world is a veryinteresting place!” “Yeah, I know,” said Logan as he giggled, looking outside hiswindow smiling at his friends. THE END 28

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APPENDIX: (Notes to better understand the text)Olá (Pronunciation: Oh-Lah): Portuguese for “Hello”. Portuguese is spoken inPortugal, Angola, Brazil, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau, São Tomé & Príncipealong with Cape Verde.Jambo (Pronunciation: Jam-Bo): Swahili for “Hello”. Swahili is spoken inTanzania, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Kenya.Yassas (Pronunciation: Yah-Sass): Greek for “Hey”. Greek is spoken in Greece.Namaste (Pronunciation: Na-Mah-Stay): Hindi for “Hello”. Hindi is spoken inIndia.Ni Hao (Pronunciation: Knee How): Mandarin Chinese for “Hello”. MandarinChinese is spoken in China, Taiwan and Singapore.Xiexie (Pronunciation: Shieh Shieh): Mandarin Chinese for “Thank You”. 30

BRAZIL:Capital: BrasíliaLargest City: São PauloOfficial Language: PortugueseReligion: Predominantly Roman Catholic Brazilian Flag, reading “Ordem E Progresso” (“Order and Progress”)President: Michel TemerIndependence: Brazil declared independence from the United Kingdom ofPortugal on September 7, 1822.Population: 207,350,000 (the fifth most populous country in the world)Why Júlia The Jaguar?: We chose a jaguar to represent Brazil because thenational animal of Brazil is the jaguar. We chose to name the jaguar Júliabecause it is a popular name for baby girls in Brazil (as well as the fact that ourteacher’s first name is Julia!) Jaguars like Júlia live in the Amazon Rainforestlocated in Northern Brazil. 31

KENYA:Capital: NairobiLargest City: NairobiOfficial Languages: English and SwahiliReligion: Predominantly Protestant and RomanCatholic The Kenyan FlagPresident: Uhuru KenyattaIndependence: Kenya declared independence from The United Kingdom onDecember 12, 1963.Population: 46,661,552 (31st most populous country in the world)Why Lisha The Lion?: We chose a lion to representKenya because two lions are included in Kenya’s coat ofarms, representing the nation (see right). Lisha is acommon name for baby girls in Kenya. Lions like Lishacan be found roaming the Serengeti plains of centralKenya. 32

GREECE:Capital: AthensLargest City: AthensOfficial Language: GreekReligion: Virtually all citizens are GreekOrthodox. The Greek FlagPresident: Prokopis PavlopoulosIndependence: Modern-day Greece declared independence from the OttomanEmpire on March 25, 1821.Population: 10,816,286 (80th most populous country in the world)Why Dimitris and Dimitra The Dolphins?: The dolphin is the national animal ofGreece, and Dimitris and Dimitra are popular baby names in Greece. Dolphinslike Dimitris and Dimitra can be found swimming through the Aegean Sea. 33

INDIA:Capital: New DelhiLargest City: MumbaiOfficial Languages: Hindi and EnglishReligion: Predominantly Hindu The Indian FlagPresident: Pranab MukherjeeIndependence: India declared independence from The United Kingdom onAugust 15, 1947.Population: 1,326,572,000 (2nd most populous country in the world)Why Inaaya The Indian Elephant?: The Indian Elephant is the national animal ofIndia, and Inaaya is a common name in India for baby girls. Elephants likeInaaya can be found throughout the jungles of India. 34

CHINA:Capital: BeijingLargest City: ShanghaiOfficial Language: Standard Mandarin ChineseReligion: Most citizens are not religious The Chinese FlagPresident: Xi JinpingPopulation: 1,373,541,278 (most populous country in the world!)Why Ping The Giant Panda?: The Giant Panda is the national animal, and Pingis a popular baby boy name. Giant Pandas like Ping are endangered, but can stillbe found in the geographic center of China. 35

AUSTRALIA:Capital: CanberraLargest City: SydneyNational Language: EnglishReligion: Predominantly Christian The Australian FlagQueen: Elizabeth IIGovernor-General: Peter CosgroveIndependence: Australia declared independence from The United Kingdom onJanuary 1, 1901.Population: 24,472,500 (51st most populous nation in the world)Why Ruby The Red Kangaroo?: The Red Kangaroo is the national animal, andRuby is a commonly used name for baby girls. Red Kangaroos like Ruby can befound in the untamed Australian outback. 36