Children from Australia to Zimbabwe: A Photographic Journey around the World by Maya Ajmera

Children from Australia to Zimbabwe: A Photographic Journey around the World Reviews

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  Melody Harmon

  My kids loved this book, and so did I! It has lots of neat facts throughout the books, but also a lot of excellent pictures for you to look at.
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  Caroline

  A beautiful A to Z photo journey about kids from around the world.
  
  Will definitely revisit this one in the future for learning more about other cultures.
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  Ashton Jonas

  This book gives countries for each letter of the alphabet and tells about children who live in that country and what it is like to live there along with other facts about the book. I really like the book because it gives information out different people groups and that would be valuable for a geography lesson, you could even do a country a week and have the kids do other research as you go down the alphabet to learn more about where in the world the country is and the people that live there. I also like that the pictures in the book are pictures of the actual people instead of being drawn.
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  sarafem

  This was a great book to look at as an adult interested in other cultures. It was not interesting enough, in my opinion, to get children interested in learning about other cultures - which to me seems the point of the book. I would have preferred a book less reference-y that might have instead presented a small paragraph or chart with the information they provided, accompanied by a short traditional tale or something from the country/culture. Again I don't know that I would see a child pick that up on their own, but it would be something wonderful for children and parents to read and look through together.
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  Cindi

  As an adult, I enjoyed to book "Material World" more than this book. This one is nice for kids though because it is only about kids and the pictures are all of kids. My own children spent time together and alone looking at pictures in this book. I'm not totally sure how much reading took place.
  
  I'm very grateful that my kids are able to attend a school where there are children from all over the world. Quite often parents come in to teach classrooms about their cultures and countries.
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  Julie

  The photographs and facts in this tell about 26 countries, one for each letter of the alphabet. There are facts about the culture, population, leaders, sports, and more for each country. It even tells how many other countries also start with that letter. For X, there is no real country with that letter, so the book used a made up country from an elementary class. The students had different facts and quotes to share, and even a large mural they all made! I was a little confused at first until I read that it was fake; I knew I hadn't heard of it before!
  
  This book is a great way to spread cultural awareness in an elementary classroom. I think third-fifth graders could use this book for research or just to learn about other cultures, and possibly their own heritage. Children need to be aware of other cultures in the world, and while this book obviously doesn't have all of them, it does give children a variety of new perspectives.