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Children of the U.S.A.

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Despite its title, and the promising photographs, this book barely mentions children. The text is so dull and just-the-facts I suspect it might as well have been written by tourism and cultural boards. The book takes one city from each state, and gives us a rundown of the origins of its name, its geography, its major ethnic groups, its industry, its cultural highlights, etc. Alright, I guess, if you're an adult going on a cross-country road trip.

My 5-year-old daughter was very disappointed in this book, as she loves learning about other children and their cultures, and reading it to her I felt like I was back in Social Studies class with a textbook. We'll be returning this for a refund.

(Try "Children Just Like Me" if you're looking for a good multicultural book that talks about the everyday lives of children.)

The collaborative work of Maya Ajmera, Yvonne Wakimk Dennis, Arlene Hirschfelder and Cynthia Pon, "Children Of The U.S.A." offers boys and girls a profusely illustrated celebration of the diverse and ethnically varied cultural and religious backgrounds of kids in this country. Children are featured as the live and play in fifty-one American cities (one for each state) and represent kids from all classes and walks of society, all colors and both genders. A simply wonderful celebration of American diversity in the form of boys and girls from across the country, "Children Of The U.S.A." is a welcome and enthusiastically recommended addition to family, school, and community library collections.

Good for kids who have to move to new neighborhoods, new towns/states! Would be a great addition to all grade school libraries.