A School Like Mine [Hardcover]

DK Publishing (Author), Unicef (Contributor)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 18, 2007 | Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up

A mind-broadening journey to classrooms around the world, this unique celebration of the commonalities and differences between school days in different countries will enrich knowledge and delight imagination as kids share in the experiences of their peers around the world.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 8 and up
  
• Hardcover: 80 pages
• Publisher: DK Publishing (June 18, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0756629136
• ISBN-13: 978-0756629137
• Product Dimensions: 12.1 x 10.2 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #124,348 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Penny Smith has worked as a journalist and TV presenter. She has presented the GMTV News Hour since 1993, and has also worked for Sky News and Classic FM. She also has a regular newspaper column. 'Coming Up Next' is her first novel.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A child's life around the world, June 18, 2009

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KSL "emma-and-me" (Florida, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A School Like Mine (Hardcover)

This book shows pictures of children from all over the world. There are several big pictures and 7-10 smaller photos included. The pictures include a photo of the outside of the school, sometimes the inside, games children play, sometimes inside the children's home, favorite toys and some pages include a Day-to-day and a quote from the child featured.

The book is divided by contents - Americas, Africa, Europe, Asia and Australasia.

Americas include: Peru - Maria from Pampacancha(Andes region), Brazil - Yasmin - Rio de Janeiro & Ana - Rio, Mexico - Jucari lives in Mexico City & Carmen lives in Aguascalientes Mexico. United States has 3 children - Emmy - Houston Texas, Ian - Boston and Sander is from California. Canada Lukasi lives in Quebec.

Africa includes: South Africa - Fundi & Sibusiso, Safaa from Cairo, Semira - Ethiopia and Susan from Botswana.

Europe: Francis lives in London England, Michael - Ireland, Anna - Paris France, Flora - Belgium, Isabelle - Netherlands, Soren - Denmark, Chiara - Italy, Fanny - Germany and Marek from Poland and France) - Twins Alvaro and Nancho from Spain.

Asia: Ksenia - St. Petersburg Russian Federation, Alexei - north of Russian Federation, Aysima - Turkey, Dana - Jordan, Yotam - Israel, Deepak, Umandhara & Renna are all from India. From China - Xinpei (southwest China), Yiting Shanghai, Jiyu - Zhua Jia Jiano (west of Shanghai) and Hassa from Mongolia. South Korea - Sun-Woo, Japan - Momona, East Timor is where Junivio lives.

Autralasia: Gapirri from Australia and Parekaawa from New Zealand.

This book shows that children around the world doing things most children do and are familiar with school lunches, uniforms or no school uniforms, classes, chores at home, homework, playing games or outside and being with friends.

As well as other things children might not have to do here in the United States like having to walk 5 miles to school and back each day, signs on doors that say this is a gun-free zone (South Africa), or having to eat school lunches nothing from home is allowed, serving classmates lunch (Japan) and growing food for school and home (Mexico)to name a few things that are different.

When you purchase this books .75 goes to UNICEF for a School-in-a-box. A School-in-a-box contains posters, book bag, pencils, giant compass, adhesive tape, safety scissors, large scissors, measuring tape, pens, paintbrush, pencil sharpener, drawing slate, blackboard eraser, colored chalk, exercise books, crayons, white chalk, rulers, teaching clock and triangle, blackboard paint all inside a lockable metal box so that children who are in a temporary learning space set up by UNICEF can be in a safe and child-friendly place where children are free to learn. Each box has enough supplies for a teacher and 80 students. To learn more about a box full of hope School-in-a-Box you can go to www.unicef.org

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Nice book, March 31, 2008

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Megan Deperro (NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A School Like Mine (Hardcover)

I love this book and my students love this book, but my students 3rd graders told me it could've went a bit more indepth about each school.

Also, I teach 24 students. 22 are Black, 1 is Native American, and 1 is white. They all from the hood (violent, gang ridden area). Not 1 of the American children in this book was a child of color and/or came from a bad area. I like how they did suburb, country, city but all children seemed white middle class. What about white poor or black middle class or black poor or Native American?

Otherwise I really recommend this book : )

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars schoool in other countries, January 27, 2009

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mary donegan (columbia, md. United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A School Like Mine (Hardcover)

A great book...helps children to understand how privileged they are to have such a good school system in this country....helps them recognize that everyone is not as fortunate as they are. Gives them an awareness of how tenacious children in other cultures are, how they long for an education and the lengths some have to go to get educated. A good look into children's lives around the world