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Children of the World: How We Live, Learn, and Play in Poems, Drawings, and Photographs
Children from 192 countries around the world tell us about their homelands in words
and pictures. Children of the World celebrates and teaches through photographs, fun facts, maps, artwork, and poems created by children around the world. With this book, families learn a little of the geography, traditions, and peoples of 192 countries around the globe--including our cultur...more
and pictures. Children of the World celebrates and teaches through photographs, fun facts, maps, artwork, and poems created by children around the world. With this book, families learn a little of the geography, traditions, and peoples of 192 countries around the globe--including our cultur...more
Hardcover, 416 pages
Published
September 13th 2011
by Universe
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This is a wonderful book. I saw it in the library where I worked. Immediately it caught my eye on the shelf but it needed fixing. Well it made its way back to the shelf where I noticed it again and just had to read it.
This book gives us a little information about different places around the world. It has a piece of artwork and poem by local children. Gives the country's official name and interesting facts under that. Shows a photo of child/children from that country. If you read this you are su...more
This book gives us a little information about different places around the world. It has a piece of artwork and poem by local children. Gives the country's official name and interesting facts under that. Shows a photo of child/children from that country. If you read this you are su...more
They traveled the 192 countries around the world in four years, 620,000 km, visited 310 schools, 185,000 were collected drawings, poems and photos.
They lived an extraordinary adventure and stimulated the creativity of children of different cultures, religions and social background
It is a full-color book with photos beautiful, moving poems, exciting drawings. This is the way we discover each of the 192 countries worldwide. All funds raised by the authors will go to programs in schools in the worl...more
They lived an extraordinary adventure and stimulated the creativity of children of different cultures, religions and social background
It is a full-color book with photos beautiful, moving poems, exciting drawings. This is the way we discover each of the 192 countries worldwide. All funds raised by the authors will go to programs in schools in the worl...more
Grades 3-6. Great book for sharing during a world culture study. Each country features artwork by a local child, a poem by a local child, a photograph of a local child and then 3 very basic facts about the language, food and activities children in that country enjoy. Beautiful.
pictures of children from each country along with a drawing and poem done by a child from the country. A map shows where the country is located. Info given about country such as language, food eaten and games played.
Educators looking for opportunities to increase awareness and appreciation of diverse cultures should reach for this well-crafted book to enhance a variety of social studies, geography, art, and literature units. The photographers have compiled 192 U.N. profiles that display an engaging photo of a child in that country, a poem by a local child, another one's artwork, a map, as well as basic facts about the nation. Enhancing the book's usefulness is a table of contents and a concluding section wi...more
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