Children Just Like Me: A new celebration of children around the world
by DK Author
(From Amazon): A favorite in classrooms, libraries, and homes, Children Just Like Me is a comprehensive view of international cultures, exploring diverse backgrounds from Argentina to New Zealand to China to Israel. With this brand new edition, children will learn about their peers around the world through engaging photographs and understandable text laid out in DK's distinctive style.Highlighting 36 different countries, Children Just Like Me profiles 44 children and their daily lives. From rural farms to busy cities to riverboats, this celebration of children around the world shows the many ways children are different and the many ways they are the same, no matter where they live.Meet Bolat, an eight-year-old from Kazakhstan who likes to cycle, play with his pet dogs, and play the dromba; Joaquin from New Jersey who enjoys reading and spending time with his family, and whose favorite food is bacon; or Yaroslav from Moscow who likes to make robots. Daily routines, stories of friends and family, and dreams for the future are spoken directly from the children themselves, making the content appropriate and interesting to draw in young readers.To celebrate the twentieth anniversary of this special project, all-new photography, maps, and facts give unique insight to children's lives in our world today showing their homes, food, outfits, schools, families, and hobbies.A passport to a celebratory journey around the world, Children Just Like Me is perfect for children who are curious about the children of the world and their stories.
Additional Details
- Resource Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 9781465453921
- Print Status
- In Print
- Lessons
- 49
- Pages
- 80
- Suggested Grades
- Early Years - 3rd
- Publisher
- DK Children
- Copyright
- 2016
Lessons
- 1 North America, pg 6
- 2 Lauryn from Canada, pg 8
- 3 Lily from the US, pg 9
- 4 Andrea from the US, pg 10
- 5 Joaquin from the US, pg 11
- 6 Cymian from the US, pg 12
- 7 Alonso from Mexico, pg 14
- 8 South America, pg 16
- 9 Rafael from Brazil, pg 18
- 10 Trini from Argentina, pg 20
- 11 Miguel from Colombia, pg 22
- 12 Europe, pg 24
- 13 Alec from England, pg 26
- 14 Jack from Ireland, pg 27
- 15 Mattus from Finland, pg 28
- 16 Martyna from Poland, pg 29
- 17 Solal from France, pg 30
- 18 Morgan from France, pg 31
- 19 Maria from Greece, pg 32
- 20 Lucas from Spain, pg 33
- 21 Clara from Germany, pg 34
- 22 Stella from Sweden, pg 36
- 23 Yaroslav from Russia, pg 37
- 24 Africa, pg 38
- 25 Bassma from Morocco, pg 40
- 26 Yohanna from Ethiopia, pg 41
- 27 Shigo from Tanzania, pg 42
- 28 Joshua from Botswana, pg 44
- 29 Jedidiah from Ghana, pg 46
- 30 Hafsa from South Africa, pg 47
- 31 Amu from South Africa, pg 48
- 32 Asia, pg 50
- 33 Shaowei from China, pg 52
- 34 Robert from Mongolia, pg 54
- 35 Sotaro from Japan, pg 56
- 36 Yeh-Lin from South Korea, pg 58
- 37 Mehak from India, pg 60
- 38 Vishnu from India, pg 61
- 39 Murk from Pakistan, pg 62
- 40 Bolat from Kazakhstan, pg 64
- 41 Erel from Isreal, pg 66
- 42 Khalifa from Bahrain, pg 67
- 43 Southeast Asia and Australasia, pg 68
- 44 Knight from Thailand, pg 70
- 45 Ivan from Malaysia, pg 71
- 46 Tai from Vietnam, pg 72
- 47 Andre from Australia, pg 74
- 48 Clara and Lucy from Australia, pg 75
- 49 Jamie from New Zeland, pg 76
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