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Text and photographs introduce young children to their neighbors in Guatemala, Thailand, Greenland, Mali, the U.S., India, South Africa, Fiji, Peru, Afghanistan, Malawi, Spain, Iraq, Rwanda, and Bhutan.

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As an adult I lvoed this, pictures of babies from many differnt cultures, wearing different traditional baby outfits. But the pictures were too busy for by boys eye, he didn't notice that they were pictures of babies at all.
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Babies all around the world with different cultures and background share something in common. Each picture has a colorful background and the baby dressed in their culture, the pictures are very rich details. On each page their it tells a short discription of how different their cultures are they all share something in common.
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This is a great book for small children maybe age 4-7 years old. The pictures are very colorful and show their traditional clothing and background. This is a very good book for anti bullying that shows no matter what your background may be all people share something in common. I would recommend this book for small children.
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1)Ask students what all the babies had in common.
2)What show more traditional clothing did they like the most and was the clothing good for hot or cold weather. show less
My granddaughter loves the pictures in this nice board book. It's great to find books with a variety of photos of real children for her to look at!
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Global Babies, a captivating book for babies and young children, shows that while babies from around the world may look different, they all share certain characteristics. The text is simple enough (one continuous sentence throughout the book with one to three words per page) so as to keep babies from getting impatient. The vividly detailed photographs on each page of the book (which show babies from around the world dressed in traditional clothing) are sure to capture and hold the attention of babies, who enjoy looking at pictures of their peers. Additionally, the details in the photographs provide adults/older children with a means by which to teach babies and younger children about body parts, pieces of clothing, and facial show more expressions. Looking at the book can also facilitate bonding between adults/older children and babies/younger children as they explore the images together, searching for and identifying details. The sturdy pages of this board book are user-friendly, allowing for the wear and tear that comes with heavy use, while enabling babies to gain practice in turning book pages on their own. show less
The Global Fund for Children, a non-profit organization, gathered photographs of babies from around the world into this chunky board book. A single sentence continuing throughout the book celebrates babies. Each child is identified by their country of origin, and is wearing traditional garb. Some culturally sensitive parents may have qualms about the exoticization of non-US cultures, but wee children will delight in looking at tiny faces like their own.
Beautiful pictures of babies from all over the world. Great one to recognize that babies from all over are beautiful. Also the story is very simple and perfect to actually read to a baby since they like looking at pictures of other babies and the text is so little that it doesn't distract them.
Picture book with photos of babies from other countries and the name of the country they are from. Nice simple way of introducing the concept of diversity to babies. Mx was interested in this book for several years. Ms liked it for just a couple of years.

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Picture Books, Children's Books
DDC/MDS
305.232Society, government, & cultureSocial sciences, sociology & anthropologySocial group - Age, Gender, EthnicityAge groupsYoung people up to 20
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HQ774 .G56Social sciencesThe family. Marriage, Women and SexualityThe Family. Marriage. WomenThe family. Marriage. HomeChildren. Child development
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English, Spanish
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