| This book is a wonderful way to introduce your children the different ways people live around the world.
Children will enjoy reading about the dreams and beliefs, hopes and fears, and day-to-day events of other children's lives, understanding not just the obvious differences between one another, but discovering the extraordinary similarities.
You will meet many children from different backgrounds - like Carlitos, a boy who lives on an Argentine ranch in a three-bedroom house and rides horses and drinks Mate tea. Or Suchart, from Thailand, a 12-year-old Buddhist monk in training who lives in a small hut on stilts, has no toys, and starts his day begging for alms in his small village. Thi Lien, in Vietnam wears beautiful batik died traditional clothes made by her mother, helps feed the family’s chickens, harvests rice, and collects firewood.
There is much to be gained from this book for both children and adults - a beautfiul celebration of children around the world!
Hardcover Book
80 pages
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