Children Just Like Me: A Unique Celebration of Children Around the World

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 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.

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!

I think of this picture book as an encyclopedia of children's lives. The information it provides on these 35 children is comprehensive and enlightening. Because the text is so detailed, it is suited towards intermediate aged students and would be a wonderful resource for introducing different cultures. The language is inclusive and the photos are interesting. My only concern is that it might be a bit too positive at times about issues such as poverty and children living in orphanages. Nonetheless, it could open discussion on those topics.

This is such a great book. Each two page spread highlights a child from a different country, with pictures of the child's home, family, toys, and school, along with responses to interview type questions about his or her life. The book is appealing to children, but it is also a great tool for helping children gain a wider understanding about the world around them.

This Unicef book is filled with fantastic photographs from around the world. The book features children from all around the world, illustrating just how similar we all are.

Heartbreakingly beautiful smiling children. None from Sudan, Afghanistan or Iraq, and several from the USA, but on the whole 'balanced'. Just a nice honest reflection of how children around the world really do live in their own cultures.