Books in Just Like Me! series

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.To celebrate the twentieth anniversary of this special project, all-new photography, maps, and facts give unique insight to children's lives in our world today showing their homes, food, outfits, schools, families, and hobbies.A passport to a celebratory journey around the world, Children Just Like Me is perfect for children who are curious about the children of the world and their stories.

This remarkable new book from photographer and writer team Barnabas and Anabel Kindersley captures the color and vibrancy of international children’s festivals. For 12 months, Barnabas and Anabel traveled around the world, meeting children and talking to them about the celebrations and festivals they enjoy. The children’s stories were recorded in this beautiful book, published in association with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). Original photography and the children’s own words bring to life many of the world’s major religious and local celebrations from countries as far apart as Japan and Mexico, India, and Sweden. From the dazzling costumes of the Rio Carnival to the role of the elephants in Sri Lanka's Esala Perahera, children everywhere will love learning about the festivals and the wonderful ways in which these events are celebrated around the world.

Get the facts on some of nature's most beloved animals and discover the unexpected ways humans and birds are similar in Just Like Us! Birds. Appealing mix of photographs and cartoon illustrations. What animal composes music, decorates its home, weaves, and even gives gifts? BIRDS! While they may eat bugs and lay eggs, we actually have a lot in common with our winged friends. From their parenting to their homemaking, their fishing to their dancing, birds do have lots in common with people—though with fascinating twists all their own. Factual, funny and featuring a dynamic mix of photographs and cartoon illustrations, Just Like Us! Birds will charm even the most reluctant nonfiction readers.

Get the facts on one of nature's most remarkable insects and discover the unexpected ways humans and ants are similar in Just Like Us! Ants. Appealing mix of photographs and cartoon illustrations. What animal farms, builds roads, constructs rafts, and even babysits its younger siblings? ANTS! While they might seem as different from humans as animals can possibly be, we actually have a lot in common with these creepy, crawly insects. From their families to their jobs, their farms to their construction work, ants are a lot like us—though with fascinating twists all their own. Factual and funny and featuring a dynamic mix of photographs and cartoon illustrations, Just Like Us! Ants will charm even the most reluctant nonfiction readers.