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Children Just Like Me: A New Celebration Of Children Around The World
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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.
Frequently Asked Questions About Children Just Like Me: A New Celebration Of Children Around The World
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How long does it take to read Children Just Like Me: A New Celebration Of Children Around The World?
It takes about 4 Hours and 35 minutes on average for a reader to read Children Just Like Me: A New Celebration Of Children Around The World. This is based on the average reading speed of 250 Words per minute.
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What is the reading level for Children Just Like Me: A New Celebration Of Children Around The World?
The recommended reading level for Children Just Like Me: A New Celebration Of Children Around The World is 2nd Grade through 5th Grade .
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What is the Lexile score for Children Just Like Me: A New Celebration Of Children Around The World?
The Lexile score for Children Just Like Me: A New Celebration Of Children Around The World is 920.
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How long is Children Just Like Me: A New Celebration Of Children Around The World?
Children Just Like Me: A New Celebration Of Children Around The World is 80 pages long.
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Derived From Web , Feb 6, 2022
Very sweet book and well-made, but I wasn 't expecting same-sex relationships in the book. I have seen one so far, but I was not prepared to have that conversation with my five-year-old yet... I wish there would have been some kind of disclaimer that would have alerted parents that it was there.
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Great book; interesting information about children from other countries and cultures.
Derived From Web , Oct 6, 2021
Lots of colorful pictures of other children around the world, giving a glimpse of life as a child in their respective countries. The book breaks the world by continents and has a decent amount of children from each. This book is a great introduction to children about how children all over the world want basically the same things.
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Great, but very inferior to 90s version
Derived From Web , Sep 17, 2021
The 90s version of this book was my favorite book as a child by far. So much so that 25 years later I can still tell you Edgars nickname, the town where Rositas teacher gave her a wallet and what Ngwaiata dreams most when she grows up. I was so excited to get this new version ''. Anyone seeing it independently of the first book will love it, but if you compare the amount of information, Book 1 was more detailed waaaaay. I find myself reading this one and saying : the whole way to Bahrain for 4 sentences?! '' ?
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It's meh
Derived From Web , Jun 13, 2021
The 1994 version is much more appropriate for Christian homeschoolers. While it is different, it is more appropriate and allows for conversation about outdated families around the globe. Not sexual status or marital status of adults. It is about the children. The information is accurate, each page layout was thought well. It is a public school for good teachers. It is overall meh. Neither bad nor good.
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Disappointment
Derived From Web , Oct 7, 2020
This is my least favorite. I thought DK would provide countries, but they are very selective and very few countries are mentioned. The content is seriously lacking. This one is major, let down. If you know of any good books about children around the globe, let me know.
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My 5 yr old LOVES this book
Derived From Web , Feb 18, 2020
This is a really great book, my 5 yr old loves looking at all the pictures and we love reading it together.
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7 year old LOVES this book!
Derived From Web , Sep 18, 2018
My 7 year old daughter loves this book absolutely - she sits to read it and looks through every single day! We have the updated version and she loves to see their signatures, how they say hello, and what their families, homes and schools look like. Even for children too young to read yet, it is great to look at. Already bought a second copy to gift to my niece of 6 years old.
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The pictures are beautiful and each page has interesting information about that country ...
Derived From Web , Nov 14, 2017
The pictures are beautiful and each page has relatable information about that country with interesting details that help you to see how much we have in common with people around the world. I am grateful that they show a variety of family structures. Most families shown have two parents and two children, but there are some examples of families with a child or several children and some families with a single parent.
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Good introduction for children to relate their lives and environments to others
Derived From Web , Oct 25, 2017
I love this book ''. While it is aimed at the 7-10 age group, I used it to introduce my four-year-old grandson to the concept of different cultures. He loves looking at the different children in the book, seeing how they write their names, seeing the interests he shares and noting differences. For his pre-K class, he had to present a poster about his parents'cultures and this was the perfect introduction to get him excited and interested in this project.
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Not nearly as great as the first edition.
Derived From Web , Jun 3, 2017
A weak follower in the series. One of the strengths of the comparative edition was that it showed children from all over the world, some of whom live in first poverty. But this fact was not overtly inferred, but could easily be mentioned from the pictures of their living arrangements. Here I understand that politics is at work --- and nobody wants to reinforce stereotypes about regions or countries being continually impoverished -- but the children in this new edition seem to be all part of highly educated, relatively similar income families. Naturally, there are some exceptions, but much less diversity than in the first edition. One more feature -- there is less text and information about families and their culture. In general, this issue is not as informative as the first edition.
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