Anabel Kindersley

My kid finds all these other children a bit overwhelming I think--it doesn't help that each page is divided up into a series of little blurbs; it would have been better to have a main writeup on each child and their country/family/hobbies/whatever--but the way these children naturally inhabit their different lives and the way the book celebrates that makes me think how much we've lost (since the nineties when this book came out, that is, since the open world), how fast, in terms of our way show more of celebrating cultural diversity--I feel like the book is essentializing and exoticizing even as I know it's not. I really like it though. show less

Really inclusive and beautiful. Most of the kids are wearing common clothes in their countries, not traditional garb. (I usually hate that because then they just put American children in street clothes implying that they kids in Japan wear kimonos.)

The author of this book selected children from all over the world to explain where they are from and why it is special. This book needs to be in the classroom year round so the students can learn about children from around the world. It is important for children to understand that all children are alike, but also a little different. A being different is a great thing!

This is a colorful picture book that contains several short stories from around the world while highlighting it's children. The multicultural informational book contains pictures, facts, maps, and artifacts from different countries. It includes Brazil, Mexico, Canada, France, Finland, Botswana, Morocco, India, Mongolia, and New Zealand. It is a fabulous way to learn about different cultures through the eyes of a child.