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One World, One Day (Barbara Kerley Photo Inspirations)

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All around the world children begin to rise after the sun comes up. They get up out of their beds, wash themselves "and celebrate a new day." Mmmmm, it's time for breakfast. The children have many different kinds of breakfasts to start their day. Some have porridge, some have pancakes while others have churros or toast. "Hot sweet tea with plenty of milk" is a good way to top it off. Eight little girls with smiley impish faces are getting ready to head to school. Some children only have to walk a short way to school while others have to cross a river using a cable. Riding a bus or hopping on a bus is a very easy way to get to school!

At school it is time to get serious. Children around the world read, write, have music lessons, write math problems on the board, work on their science projects and dabble in arts and crafts. Of course everyone seems to love recess and lunch. In the afternoon there's more learning to do and then "kids stand up, clean up and head for home any way they can." Some children aren't done when school is out. They have to work, play, do homework, finish chores and then think . . . about "what's for dinner?" Of course everyone has something that's a bit different than the next person. When the sun sets it's time for family and then time to get to bed. Sleep well, for the next day will come soon!

This is a beautiful pictorial book that captures the daily lives of children around the world. Despite their differences, on some level they are all alike. As the author states, "Kids go to school, they play, they spend time with their families. This book represents one day, from sunrise to sunset, around the world-a day we share together." The photographs are stunning and very appealing. They capture everything from impish grins to beaming smiles (no crying here!). In the back of the book each photograph is reproduced and has a location and most have a "story" underneath. There is also a map showing where the photographs were taken. This is a book that school children will be fascinated with. How did you spend your school days?

I cannot think of a better way to express how I feel about it, other than to urge you to buy it or borrow it NOW. It is informative, educational, poignant, heart wrenching, jolly, lighthearted--the photos are beyond words.

To actually see how children around the globe spend their day--just amazing. it will make the American youngster sit up and take an interest, that's for sure.

I love this book.

I read this aloud to my kids. Then they wanted to individually page through the book and look at the pictures. Then they wanted to look at the last few pages of the book which tell where each picture was taken. It was bedtime so I made them go to sleep, but I wouldn't be surprised if tomorrow they're eager to look on a globe to find where each picture is from. Excellent photos, and although the faces and places look different, the book emphasizes similarities in our day-to-day lives.

"At dawn, as the sun slips over the horizon, kids around the world get up, wash up, and celebrate a new day." Barbara Kerley has combined Simple text with dynamic photographs to create a powerful statement of global connectedness. Based on Kerley's Peace Corp Volunteer experience in the early `80s and continued travels since then, she has been "convinced ...that all of us around the world have much in common, and that the more we can embrace our commonality, the more tolerant we can be of our differences."

This book with its divergent compilation of photographs and minimal text is a great read-a-loud even with the youngest of children, yet also provides in the appendix additional information about each photo for the curious child or adult. Each reference has a thumbnail photo as well as a page number reference (which is great since the book has no page numbers?) There is also a world map giving the locale of each photograph.

My daughter and son-in-law chose this for my granddaughter's Christmas book. It became an instant favorite! It is requested and read several times a day! Little Corrina just turned two in October, but she already has this book memorized, and recited it over the phone for me yesterday. A wonderful choice for teaching your children that we are all essentially family on this Earth.

I purchased this book as a gift for my grandmother, who was a preschool teacher for many many years and has more love and appreciation for children than anyone I know. She also loves National Geographic magazine so I thought this would be a wonderful coffee table book for her. The text was very sweet, and of course the pictures were GORGEOUS. This book is appropriate for any age level (though it may be a little lengthy for some children). It has simple, easy to follow text that is fairly good size so it would also make a very good read a loud book for a young child, yet the text and photos are engaging enough for older children and adults as well.

Having a background in International Relations and Comparative Politics, and as a Montessori teacher, I am constantly on the look out for books and materials that are culturally sensitive, accurate, and show children in a modern context. I appreciated this book, because the photos and text were of modern children in modern dress. I also love that it shows children in every day activities that ALL people can relate to. This book is wonderful for stimulating discussion of world cultures, geography, and social studies. This book would be a wonderful gift for a teacher or school's library, as well as anyone's personal library.

A beautiful book and my daughter loves it! I highly recommend this book for anyone who enjoys reading, homeschooling, child development and wanting to learn about how we are all connected.