On the Go [Hardcover]

Ann Morris (Author), Ken Heyman (Photographer)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1990 | Age Level: 4 and up

Striking photographs and simple text convey to young children the many ways people around the world travel from one place to another.

Editorial Reviews

Review

Comprehensive and intriguing." -- -- School Library Journal --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

About the Author

Ann Morris's many books include Families, Bread Bread Bread, Hats Hats Hats, On the Go, and Loving. She lives in New York City.

As a children's book writer, Ann Morris has been able to successfully integrate her varied experiences in teaching young children, travel, writing, and editing. Having grown up in the polyglot public schools of New York City, where each child's ethnic heritage was revealed by his name or by the contents of the lunch box from home filled with sausages, egg rolls, matzos, or pizza, she developed a strong Interest In cultures other than her own. " I'm a gypsy by nature," she says. "I always have my suitcase packed."

She and photographer Ken Heyman once traveled across the United States to document the lives often different families. Both she and the teacher's pupils liked the snake charmer/teacher who taught class in a circus trailer with her favorite boa around her neck. Although Ms. Morris has never tried this stunt he herself, she has taught children in public and private schools in New York City, and adults at Bank Street College, Columbia Teachers College, New York University, and Queens College of the City University of New York. More recently she has been teaching writing for children at The New School.

Ann Morris left teaching to become editorial director of Scholastic's early childhood department. Now she devotes her professional time to writing and all her other time to 11 people watching, music in any and all Forms, cat care, cooking and eating, and travel." All of these experiences, she says, provide material for her books.

In Israel Ms. Morris was caught up in the enchantment of the place as well as the conflicts that are a consequence of its history. One of her books, When Will They Stop Fighting? (Atheneum), reflects her concern about children who have become the victims of these conflicts.

Ann Morris worked with photographer Ken Heyman while producing an award-winning series of sound-filmstrips for young children. Since then the author-photographer team has created several books in a multicultural series for Lothrop, including Hats, Hats, Hats; Shoes, Shoes, Shoes; and Bread, Bread, Bread. Her interest in travel and the arts brought her to the famous Vaganova, Academy, where children of the famous Kirov ballet company are instructed. This resulted in On Their Toes (Atheneum), followed by Dancing to America (Dutton), photographed by Paul Kolnik. The latter book is about one of the Russian children and his family who emigrated to New York, where he now participates in our own School of American Ballet. Her book Karate Boy (Dutton) features her nephew and his friends in karate class. She thinks of this as a "family book" in that it was photographed by her cousin, David Katzenstein. Light the Candle Bang the Drum (Dutton), with illustrations by Peter Linenthal, is about holidays around the world.

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4 and up
  
• Hardcover: 32 pages
• Publisher: William Morrow & Company; 1st edition (October 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0688063365
• ISBN-13: 978-0688063368
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 8.1 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,431,448 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Ann Morris's many books include Families, Bread Bread Bread, Hats Hats Hats, On the Go, and Loving. She lives in New York City. As a children's book writer, Ann Morris has been able to successfully integrate her varied experiences in teaching young children, travel, writing, and editing. Having grown up in the polyglot public schools of New York City, where each child's ethnic heritage was revealed by his name or by the contents of the lunch box from home filled with sausages, egg rolls, matzos, or pizza, she developed a strong Interest In cultures other than her own. "I'm a gypsy by nature," she says. "I always have my suitcase packed."
She and photographer Ken Heyman once traveled across the United States to document the lives often different families. Both she and the teacher's pupils liked the snake charmer/teacher who taught class in a circus trailer with her favorite boa around her neck. Although Ms. Morris has never tried this stunt he herself, she has taught children in public and private schools in New York City, and adults at Bank Street College, Columbia Teachers College, New York University, and Queens College of the City University of New York. More recently she has been teaching writing for children at The New School.
Ann Morris left teaching to become editorial director of Scholastic's early childhood department. Now she devotes her professional time to writing and all her other time to people watching, music in any and all Forms, cat care, cooking and eating, and travel. All of these experiences, she says, provide material for her books.
In Israel Ms. Morris was caught up in the enchantment of the place as well as the conflicts that are a consequence of its history. One of her books, When Will They Stop Fighting? (Atheneum), reflects her concern about children who have become the victims of these conflicts.

Customer Reviews

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars How do other children get from here to there around the world, March 7, 2007

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This review is from: On the Go (Around the World Series) (Paperback)

This is just a really simple book showing how children travel around the world. Each page has 1 photo and 1 or 2 sentences so it's perfect for begining readers. There is a index in the back of the book that tells where each photo was taken and then on the last page a map showing where each photo was taken.

This is a really nice book that can show your child how people in other countries travel about and how we might look different, but we do some of the very same things. And also opens up a chance to discuss how people in different cultures live and how it might be the same or different.

Here's a list of the places and photos in this book

Boats - from Peru, Hong Kong, Somalia, Australia & the US

Bicycles - India, Nigeria

Walking/ Carrying - Ghana, Hong Kong, Bali, India, Germany

Buses- Germany, Egypt,

Trains - Germany, Denmark, Monorail - US

Planes, Germany, US & Space Shuttle

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful world travel, world culture book, March 2, 2011

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Assoc For Natural Psych "world of nature" (Newark, NJ) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: On the Go (Around the World Series) (Paperback)

Read this book with third grade students. It captured them. Beautiful photos from all over the world about how people get about. It starts with the lowest tech, boats as on the cover, and ends with the highest tech, airplanes and going to the moon. It includes countries such as Hong Kong (China), India - rickshaw, etc. Very nice for early childhood. If a teacher reads to the children, the children should understand that going to the moon is not necessarily better than getting around in Hong Kong by boat. High tech doesn't necessarily mean better. If you use this book to teach children about different cultures, and how they might get around themselves in their city, then there are great lessons and great pictures here.

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful opportunity to show kids the world, May 19, 2010

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D. Fernandez (New York, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: On the Go (Around the World Series) (Paperback)

My 2 and 4 year old love this book and ask for it every night. My 4 year old has memorized the country corresponding to almost every photo, and when she forgets, my 2 year old remembers! My older child can also identify most of the countries in the map in the back (doesn't show every country, just the countries where the photos were taken, making it easier to ID the countries), and my 2 year old can identify a couple of them.

There are not many other opportunities in our day to day life to expose the kids to the cultures and people of other countries, so I really appreciate this book.