Explores the many different shades of human skin, and points out that skin is just a covering that does not reveal what someone is like inside.
Shades of People
Early Years (ages 2-6)
The Baby Book (World’s Family Series)
Photographs of babies from many nations, engaged in typical activities.
The Mommy Book
Photographs of mothers around the world depict a positive look at the relationship between mothers and children.
The Daddy Book (World’s Family Series)
A loving, positive look at fathers around the world and how they relate to their children.
Families
Some children live with their mothers and fathers. Others have stepparents or live with just one parent. Still others live with grandparents or foster parents who chose them specially. But all children all around the world, are part of families–big and small, loving, sharing, and caring for one another. This look at all kinds of families from all over the world helps young children begin to think about families they belong to, as it gives them a glimpse into the rich variety of world cultures.
You Can Do Anything, Daddy
After receiving assurances that his father would save him from increasingly dangerous and scary pirates, a boy reassures his father in return.
La tataranieta de Cucarachita Martina
A Is For Africa
The author, a member of the Igbo tribe in Nigeria, presents text and her own photographs of twenty-six things, from A to Z, representative of all African peoples.
I’ve Become A Fire-Breathing Dragon!
There was a mosquito by the name of Botai who carried the fire-breathing disease. Botai liked to suck blood from people with bad tempers. Ahguli was a bad temper dragon. Early this morning, Ahguli got stung by Botai and grew a bump. Naturally, he was very angry. Ahguli shouted and did not expect that … He would breathe fire. Do you know how inconvenient it is for a monster to breathe fire like this ? What should Ahguli do to put out the fire ?
A Promise Is A Promise (Classic Munsch)
Allashua and her family outwit the Qallupilluit from keeping Allashua’s brothers and sisters under the ice.