October 2013, Frances Lincoln Children's Books, 32 pages, Hardback, Review copy
Themes: different
customs and cultures, Brazil, Morocco, Kenya, Netherlands, Sweden, Russia,
India, China, Japan,
Summary from Frances Lincoln
I want a friend but who will I choose?
Take a trip around the world,
meet children from lots of different places and peep into their lives.
Nayuleska's thoughts
Diversity
is a key part of this book. I liked how a similar format was followed for each
country visited.
The
left page had a banner at the top naming the country and depicting how the
nameless child got there.
There
is a full page picture of the child meeting another child from that country,
with a speech bubble of
hello
in the relevant language, and the name of the child. The right hand page has
several pictures and
labels
explaining where each child lives, what they like to do, what their family is
like, etc.
I liked the different coloured skin, hair and
clothes, everyone looks friendly. One of the girls has a
wheelchair
as part of her life, and the Chinese girl has a cute bag with a bunny on as
well as a sweet
outfit.The
nameless child doesn't change clothes, not even when he visits colder climates,
but apart
from
that this is an ace read with a large pull out flap at the end which made me
smile because it would
be
wonderful if everyone didn't care about differences and were all friends. It's
a positive message for
readers
to take away, along with hopefully an interest in finding out more about other
countries.
Be sure to check out Catherine and Laurence's website.
Suggested
read
Another story full of all sorts of people is Max The Champion by Sean Stockdale, Alexandra Strick & Ros Asquith (Children's, Picture book, 10/10E)
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