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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

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.

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.

My daughter loved this book starting at age 1 1/2. The simple text and colorful photos really pulled her in, and we read it again and again. Her 3-year old sister was interested too, although not as much so. I like this book because of the international, multi-cultural images, which are not abundant in children's literature.