Children just like me / written by Catherine Saunders, Sam Priddy, and Katy Lennon.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, New York : DK Publishing, 2016Edition: First American editionDescription: 80 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 30 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
Audience:
  • Educational level group: Kindergartners
  • Educational level group: First grade students
  • Educational level group: Second grade students
  • Educational level group: Third grade students
  • Educational level group: School children
  • Age group: Children
  • Age level: Preteens
  • Educational level group: Fourth grade students
  • Educational level group: Fifth grade students
  • Educational level group: Sixth grade students
  • Educational level group: Seventh grade students
  • Educational level group: Eighth grade students
  • Educational level group: Middle school students
ISBN:
  • 9781465453921
  • 146545392X
Other title:
  • At head of title: DK
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 305.23 23
  • 305.23 14
LOC classification:
  • HQ781 .S33 2016
Online resources:
Contents:
North America -- South America -- Europe -- Africa -- Asia -- Southeast Asia and Australasia.
Summary: Highlights the lives of children from over thirty countries around the world, explaining how their experiences are different, and yet the same, all over the globe.Summary: A favorite in classrooms, libraries, and homes, Children Just Like Me is a comprehensive view of international cultures, exploring diverse backgrounds from Argentina to New Zealand to China to Israel. With this brand new edition, children will learn about their peers around the world through engaging photographs and understandable text laid out in DK's distinctive style. Highlighting 36 different countries, Children Just Like Me profiles 44 children and their daily lives. From rural farms to busy cities to riverboats, this celebration of children around the world shows the many ways children are different and the many ways they are the same, no matter where they live. Meet Bolat, an eight-year-old from Kazakhstan who likes to cycle, play with his pet dogs, and play the dromba; Joaquin from New Jersey who enjoys reading and spending time with his family, and whose favorite food is bacon; or Yaroslav from Moscow who likes to make robots. Daily routines, stories of friends and family, and dreams for the future are spoken directly from the children themselves, making the content appropriate and interesting to draw in young readers. -- From amazon.com.
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Highlights the lives of children from over thirty countries around the world, explaining how their experiences are different, and yet the same, all over the globe.

Includes index.

North America -- South America -- Europe -- Africa -- Asia -- Southeast Asia and Australasia.

A favorite in classrooms, libraries, and homes, Children Just Like Me is a comprehensive view of international cultures, exploring diverse backgrounds from Argentina to New Zealand to China to Israel. With this brand new edition, children will learn about their peers around the world through engaging photographs and understandable text laid out in DK's distinctive style. Highlighting 36 different countries, Children Just Like Me profiles 44 children and their daily lives. From rural farms to busy cities to riverboats, this celebration of children around the world shows the many ways children are different and the many ways they are the same, no matter where they live. Meet Bolat, an eight-year-old from Kazakhstan who likes to cycle, play with his pet dogs, and play the dromba; Joaquin from New Jersey who enjoys reading and spending time with his family, and whose favorite food is bacon; or Yaroslav from Moscow who likes to make robots. Daily routines, stories of friends and family, and dreams for the future are spoken directly from the children themselves, making the content appropriate and interesting to draw in young readers. -- From amazon.com.

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