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A School Like Mine

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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

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 : )

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

Wonderful companion to A Life Like Mine. Great book to keep out to help children keep perspective.

This series of books is incredible. My daughter loves nonfiction and it was great for her to learn about others around the world and giver her some insight (even at a young age of 6) into how others live and that not everyone is like her. I recommend getting many from the series- home, work, food etc. All great books with great photos. She loved to connect with specific kids from the books as well because they were real.

This title covers countries from six of the seven continents (Antarctica is not covered). What I especially liked was how they tried to show multiple students from the bigger countries. This shows that schools vary a great deal inside as well as outside the country. The book also tries to balance rural and urban environments, providing a more comprehensive look at schools worldwide. The numerous photographs make the information more real to the reader. The organization is attractive and follows the format that DK's Eyewitness books have made so popular. A great way to help broaden students view of the world.