Customer Reviews

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

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Stunning photographs, concise maps, and simple text that introduces the basics of a culture, a country, and a way of life make this book great "back seat" reading. Kids shouldn't be watching tv in the car anyway. Books like this will make the ride more enjoyable and enriching. It also would be a great addition to a pediatrician's waiting room, or a dentist.

I use this book in my grade 4 classroom. The pictures and writing help my United State's students better understand the world around them. This book is a favorite in my classroom.

Excellent book. The only thing is about Brazil. I lived in Brazil and only the super rich speak English and even some of the wealthy do not. If you go to Brazil, expect to hear Portuguese.

Be advised that not all countries are included in this book; the A to Z title wrongly implies a more comprehensive collection. My son had been asking about Argentina, Chile and Peru so I bought this book thinking they would be included. They were not.

The copy I received of this book was also horribly published. The countries were NOT in alphabetical order and the pages were all mixed up, so that the United States left hand page was matched with the Mexico right hand page, and the United States right hand page was after the Qatar left hand page. It's an incredibly shoddy publishing job.

I'm hoping other copies are in better condition because the book IS nice. Each country that's listed has a 2-page spread with a country map, flag, and series of photos that include local children. There are some statistics for each country (capital, language, population, etc.) and some text describing the land and the people. There is also a brief list of other countries beginning with the same letter.

If the pages hadn't been so badly collated, I would have kept my copy and given it a 4-star rating. As it is, I've returned it to Amazon for a full refund.

The countries in this book include:

Australia
Brazil
China
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
France
Guatemala
Hungary
India
Japan
Kenya
Lithuania
Mexico
Russia (as you can see my book is not in the correct order)
Senegal
Turkey
United States
Nigeria (we pick up where we left off after Mexico)
Oman
Philippines
Qatar
Vietnam (we pick up where we left off after the U.S.A.)
Western Samoa
Xanadu (make-believe)
Yemen
Zimbabwe

Such a refreshing outlook on children around the world! My 4 years old daughter and I love browsing and looking at the photos and learning interesting facts about kids in other countries.

Like in China kids right on the trains just like we did in our trip to Europe, that in India kids hug and "save" the trees by playing Chipko (we started doing that to our trees at home!), in Kenya boys build their own wooden bicycles and in Senegal girls wear beautiful dresses. Of course our favorite country page is Xanadu, where anything is possible and all dreams come true!

This book is great for young and first reader children, the pictures say 1000 words...Elementary age children will also enjoy learning cool stats like favorite sports, games and the number of kids each country has.

All in all this is an international treasure every family should have!

We purchased this book as a gift for a 6-year old child and found it to be a great gift. The information included in the book is perfect for young children and is a great tool for learning about different cultures. The combination of pictures, maps and text is very well done. We plan to purchase this book again for future gifts!