Children Like Us
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Take a journey around the world to discover the schools of children just like you!
Where in the world do children walk along a narrow mountain path to get to school?
Where do children learn outside to keep cool, and where do they learn inside with a cosy fire?
What do children eat for lunch and what games do they play at break time?
Find out in Schools Around the World!
Children will love reading about the school days of their contemporaries in other countries; from the City Montessori school in India with 47,000 pupils, to the children who study long-distance with Australia's School of the Air - they'll be amazed by the places children learn in around the world.
Our world is full of amazing and different things. The Children Like Us series introduces children to people and places around the world. It shows them how different cultures live in unique ways and enables them to compare other people's lives with their own.
Inclues Art Station activities where readers are encouraged to use their new knowledge creatively!
Take a journey around the world to discover the transport methods used by of children just like you!
Where in the world do children learn to run their own railway?
What is the best way to travel across a sandy desert?
What colours are the cable cars of La Paz, in Bolivia?
Find out in Transport Around the World!
Children will love reading about the transport that their contemporaries in other countries use; from boats paddled between houses and carts pulled across busy cities, to riding reindeer and the fastest trains!
Includes Art Station activities where readers are encouraged to use their new knowledge creatively!
Take a journey around the world to discover some fantastic foods eaten by children just like you!
Where in the world do children eat soup for breakfast?
What is eaten at New Year's Eve celebrations in Italy?
Where do people eat fried tarantulas as a tasty snack?
Find out in Food Around the World!
Children will love reading about their contemporaries in other countries; from foods eaten at festivals and weddings, to snacks sold at street stalls, and drinks enjoyed by everyone.
Our world is full of amazing and different things. The Children Like Us series introduces children to people and places around the world. It shows them how different cultures live in unique ways and enables them to compare other people's lives with their own.
Inclues Art Station activities where readers are encouraged to use their new knowledge creatively!
Take a journey around the world to discover some fantastic clothes worn by children around the world!
What do children wear in Russia where the temperature drops to minus 50?
What do children wear in the Middle East to protect themselves from burning sun and stinging sandstorms?
What do colours mean in clothes? Why do the Masai wear red, and Buddhist monks wear orange?
Find out in Clothes Around the World!
Children will love reading about their contemporaries in other countries, finding their way through clothes for special days and working days, clothes for hot and cold climates, and clothes made from the natural world.
Our world is full of amazing and different things. The Children Like Us series introduces children to people and places around the world. It shows them how different cultures live in unique ways and enables them to compare other people's lives with their own.
Inclues Art Station activities where readers are encouraged to use their new knowledge creatively!
Take a journey around the world to discover the homes of children just like you!
Where in the world do children live in reed houses on floating islands?
Where are the highest homes: in the city skyscrapers, or in the snowy mountains?
Why are some houses in India painted blue, and why do some people in South Africa paint patterns on their homes?
Find out in Homes Around the World!
Children will love reading about the homes of their contemporaries in other countries; from underground homes and floating homes, to eco-homes, and the most unusual homes.
Includes Art Station activities where readers are encouraged to use their new knowledge creatively!
Take a journey around the world to discover the toys and games of children just like you!
Where in the world do children play 'the blanket toss' game?
Where do children practice their skills for fierce kite fighting tournaments?
What's inside a Russian matryoshka doll?
Find out in Toys and Games Around the World!
Children will love reading about the toys and games that their contemporaries in other countries play; from children who make their own toys to computerised robots and remote-controlled flying quadcopters!
Includes Art Station activities where readers are encouraged to use their new knowledge creatively!