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Walk This World at Christmastime
A book. An Advent calendar. A perfect Christmas gift.
Let’s take a stroll around the world,
to all four corners of the globe.
Peek through windows, open doors,
watch as Christmastime unfolds . . .
A collection of global cultures, Walk This World at Christmastime illustrates the ways people around the world celebrate Christmas. Travel to a new set of countries with every turn of the page. Lift the numbered flaps for all the fun of an Advent calendar in a format to be read again and again.
Let’s take a stroll around the world,
to all four corners of the globe.
Peek through windows, open doors,
watch as Christmastime unfolds . . .
A collection of global cultures, Walk This World at Christmastime illustrates the ways people around the world celebrate Christmas. Travel to a new set of countries with every turn of the page. Lift the numbered flaps for all the fun of an Advent calendar in a format to be read again and again.
24 pages, Hardcover
Published September 27, 2016
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December 24, 2018
This book is great! My kids were a little too young to appreciate, would be good to try again when they’re older.
February 3, 2019
Walk This World at Christmastime takes readers through how different countries and cities celebrate Christmas. It's a perfect and creative book that teaches readers about Christmas traditions, and would be a perfect addition to lessons that are centered around Christmas-time. The illustrations are not only beautiful and colorful, but the information is fun and interesting to learn.
January 23, 2020
A beautiful delight. Seeing the different traditions and calling out when we recognize one that we do too! Learning the clothes of the Santa’s and colors of the holiday across all countries. Fun and useful for teaching.
December 7, 2020
Incorrect information they do not decorate banana trees in India (I checked with my sister in law who is from Kerala) I obviously couldn’t fact check everything so I can’t be sure about other countries. Otherwise it’s a pretty book.
December 13, 2017
We had so much fun reading through this book, opening the flaps (there were tons!) and learning about how christmas is celebrated around the world.
November 30, 2018
Great book for the holidays. It talks about traditions around the world. It is simple enough and short enough that it can be read in an evening. Enjoy the holidays.
January 24, 2019
Big kid really really hated this and refused to read it.
December 14, 2020
Beautiful book. Just above the level of a 3 year old’s patience.
December 11, 2016
First sentence: Walk this world at Christmastime. Let's take a stroll around the world, to all four corners of the globe. Peek through windows, open doors, watch as Christmastime unfolds.
Premise/plot: Readers "visit" many different countries at Christmastime. Each two-page spread takes readers to a new destination. The stops include Canada and the United States; Mexico, Bolivia, and Brazil; Nigeria, South Africa, and Ethiopia; Spain, France, Italy, and Greece; Holland, Austria, and Germany; U.K., Sweden, Norway, and Finland; Poland, Ukraine, and Russia; Lebanon, Iraq, Pakistan, and India; China, Japan, and the Philippines; Australia, New Zealand, and Samoa. Each two-page spread features a riddle, of sorts, asking readers to guess where they are. Each two spread also features a LOT of flaps to open. Behind each flap is a fact.
Some of the things we learn on this journey:
During Las Posadas, children dress as Mary and Joseph and go from house to house asking to be let in.
Leave out your shoes to get presents from the Three Wise Men.
Calabar Carnival, in Nigeria, is Africa's biggest street party. Get ready for parades, masquerades, and dancing.
An old Greek custom, recently revived, is to decorate real and model ships with lights at Christmastime.
In Holland, leave out your clogs for Saint Nicholas. Don't forget a carrot for his horse!
A Nutcracker doll is a traditional German gift.
The first Christmas card was sent in the U.K. in 1843.
In Russia, Father Frost brings children presents, accompanied by the Snow Maiden.
In Iraq, Christian families light a bonfire and recite passages from the Bible.
In India, banana trees are decorated for Christmas.
The Chinese give gifts of apples on Christmas Eve.
In Samoa, people feast on December 24, then go to church, dressed in white, on Christmas Day.
My thoughts: This one is packed with information. I definitely found it interesting. I'm not the biggest fan of lift-the-flap books. But I think this one works.
Premise/plot: Readers "visit" many different countries at Christmastime. Each two-page spread takes readers to a new destination. The stops include Canada and the United States; Mexico, Bolivia, and Brazil; Nigeria, South Africa, and Ethiopia; Spain, France, Italy, and Greece; Holland, Austria, and Germany; U.K., Sweden, Norway, and Finland; Poland, Ukraine, and Russia; Lebanon, Iraq, Pakistan, and India; China, Japan, and the Philippines; Australia, New Zealand, and Samoa. Each two-page spread features a riddle, of sorts, asking readers to guess where they are. Each two spread also features a LOT of flaps to open. Behind each flap is a fact.
Some of the things we learn on this journey:
During Las Posadas, children dress as Mary and Joseph and go from house to house asking to be let in.
Leave out your shoes to get presents from the Three Wise Men.
Calabar Carnival, in Nigeria, is Africa's biggest street party. Get ready for parades, masquerades, and dancing.
An old Greek custom, recently revived, is to decorate real and model ships with lights at Christmastime.
In Holland, leave out your clogs for Saint Nicholas. Don't forget a carrot for his horse!
A Nutcracker doll is a traditional German gift.
The first Christmas card was sent in the U.K. in 1843.
In Russia, Father Frost brings children presents, accompanied by the Snow Maiden.
In Iraq, Christian families light a bonfire and recite passages from the Bible.
In India, banana trees are decorated for Christmas.
The Chinese give gifts of apples on Christmas Eve.
In Samoa, people feast on December 24, then go to church, dressed in white, on Christmas Day.
My thoughts: This one is packed with information. I definitely found it interesting. I'm not the biggest fan of lift-the-flap books. But I think this one works.
January 30, 2021
Creative book to teach young readers about Christmas traditions around the world. Each page takes readers to a different group of three countries that are close to each other and allows readers to open flaps to see how that area of the world celebrates Christmas. Pages are fascinating to look at opening up to a two-page spread that feels like one coherent Christmas scene that also shows many little scenes of Christmas traditions. Across the pages is a rhyme that gives the reader a feel for Christmas celebrated there and has readers guess where they are. Underneath the flaps scattered throughout the page are facts and mini illustrations of traditions there. The book explores all of the continents (excluding Antarctica) which was great to give readers a sense of the diversity in ways that people celebrate Christmas. My personal favorite was the page about Australia, New Zealand, and Samoa as they are in the Southern Hemisphere. Christmas looks a lot different there that it does in the Northeastern United States, where I'm from.
I was a little confused by the advent calendar that it is advertised as on the back of the book. Then I noticed that random flaps throughout the book have numbers on them. Not all of the flaps are numbered which I suppose is to avoid limiting the number of facts to only twenty-five (good idea!). I suppose that you get to pick and choose when you get to open the other flaps. Exciting and educational alternative advent calendar and Christmas book!
I was a little confused by the advent calendar that it is advertised as on the back of the book. Then I noticed that random flaps throughout the book have numbers on them. Not all of the flaps are numbered which I suppose is to avoid limiting the number of facts to only twenty-five (good idea!). I suppose that you get to pick and choose when you get to open the other flaps. Exciting and educational alternative advent calendar and Christmas book!
December 9, 2016
Wow! A truly stunning book. I loved the illustrations and lifting all of the flaps to peek underneath. Kids will enjoy this one and learn something, too!
January 2, 2017
A lovely around-the-world look at Christmas traditions and celebrations with open-the-flap fun. Colorful, stylized illustrations add to the multicultural feel.
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