This book introduces customs in India by following a young girl through her day at home and at school. All information is presented as seen through the eyes of six-year-old Geeta.
A Child’s Day in an Indian Village
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A Child’s Day in a Russian City
Seven-year-old Polina lives in St. Petersburg with her parents; her grandparents live next door. This book shows one day in her life and delivers plenty of cultural information
A Child’s Day in an Egyptian City
This book presents a day in the life of a child living in Cairo, discussing the social life, customs, religion, history, and language of Egypt.
Children of Belize
This book describes life in the small Central American country of Belize while following a variety of children in their daily activities.
Children of Cuba
The largest island in the Caribbean, Cuba is a place of mountains and forests, beaches and coral reefs, large cities and quiet villages. Its thriving cultural life has been shaped by the many different groups that have called Cuba home, including native peoples, Spaniards, and Africans. Frank Staub offers readers a clear portrait of what life is like for the children of Cuba.
My Two Worlds
Contrasts the two worlds of an eight-year-old Dominican American girl who lives in New York City but speaks Spanish as her native language and frequently returns to her island home.
Till Year’s Good End
Based on a Medieval Book of Hours, this book describes the monthly activities of rural peasants in England during the Middle Ages. Rhyming couplets banner the top of each page while a paragraph for each month elaborates on the daily chores, showing the round of seasons in the farm year.
A Child’s Day: In a South African City
Presents a day in the life of a child living in Johannesburg, discussing the social life, customs, religion, history, and language of South Africa.
Once upon a Full Moon
Elizabeth Quan’s father had made a success in the New World, but he longed for his home in China. So in the early 1920’s, he and his family set out on an arduous trip to the far side of the world. By train, ship, ferry, cart, and on foot, Elizabeth, her parents, and her brothers and sisters set off from Toronto to a village in China to visit the grandmother they have never met.From the mountain of luggage to the whales breaching in the Pacific and geishas on wooden sandals on the cobbled streets of Yokohama, Elizabeth Quan describes sights that would captivate any child. But hers is also a journey of personal discovery. Did she fit in in Canada, where her straight dark hair and even the foods she ate set her apart? Would she fit in in China where she was just as different to the people she met? In the course of her family’s travels she learns that home is a state of mind and that the moon can find us, no matter where we are.
Riddle of the Nile
The second book in the new Made In series of riddle books, Riddle of the Nile features Baby Crocodile. His dream is to become king of the Nile, but first he must solve a baffling riddle. His search for the answer takes young readers through ancient myths and modern mosques to the Great Sphinx, the New Library of Alexandria, and other amazing sights. Based on the author’s visits to Egypt, this crocodile’s-eye view of this ancient land is illustrated with collages inspired by Egyptian art. Adding to the fun are brief notes, a map of the Nile, and a Pyramid Fortune Game to make and play.