Scan barcode
A review by lisavegan
Children Just Like Me by UNICEF
4.0
Ah, this is a UNICEF book, which I didn’t know until I had it in hand. I’ve always liked UNICEF; every year I trick or treated for them when I was young, and as I recall, quite a bit of my own savings got contributed as well.
This is a wonderful book highlighting various children from around the world. Each child is profiled and interesting aspects of their lives are shown: their families, friends, favorite foods, customs, religion, dress, toys, what they call their mother and father, schooling, how they write their name in their language, certain other details of their lifestyles, and so much more. There are a lot of photos included. The featured children range in age from six to twelve, but siblings and child relatives both younger and older than in this range are shown too.
The book is structured by continent, then by country and by individual child. At the beginning of each continent section, there are photos and information about the area.
As with all books like this I wanted even more details, more children, more countries, but it was more comprehensive than I’d expected.
At the end, the authors/creators talk a little about their journey through the various countries and recall certain details about what happened with individual children, and I found that interesting.
I was very uplifted to see so many of these children talk about their concerns about the environment, war, education, and other important world concerns. In the end, children are children/people are people everywhere, a not unexpected message to take away from a UNICEF book.
I was very touched by many of these children’s lives and stories.
Now, I want to read Children Just Like Me: Celebrations! It’s a similar book by the same team.
Ha! I started to put this book on my bookshelves instead of putting it on the pile of books that needs to go back to the library. Perhaps that does show I’d like to own this book, in part to share it with children. This is a great book for children and also a terrific book to share with children, including those too young to read the text for themselves.
This is a wonderful book highlighting various children from around the world. Each child is profiled and interesting aspects of their lives are shown: their families, friends, favorite foods, customs, religion, dress, toys, what they call their mother and father, schooling, how they write their name in their language, certain other details of their lifestyles, and so much more. There are a lot of photos included. The featured children range in age from six to twelve, but siblings and child relatives both younger and older than in this range are shown too.
The book is structured by continent, then by country and by individual child. At the beginning of each continent section, there are photos and information about the area.
As with all books like this I wanted even more details, more children, more countries, but it was more comprehensive than I’d expected.
At the end, the authors/creators talk a little about their journey through the various countries and recall certain details about what happened with individual children, and I found that interesting.
I was very uplifted to see so many of these children talk about their concerns about the environment, war, education, and other important world concerns. In the end, children are children/people are people everywhere, a not unexpected message to take away from a UNICEF book.
I was very touched by many of these children’s lives and stories.
Now, I want to read Children Just Like Me: Celebrations! It’s a similar book by the same team.
Ha! I started to put this book on my bookshelves instead of putting it on the pile of books that needs to go back to the library. Perhaps that does show I’d like to own this book, in part to share it with children. This is a great book for children and also a terrific book to share with children, including those too young to read the text for themselves.