About this item
A successor to the popular Children Around the World written and illustrated by Donata Montanari, this book allows young readers to visit with fourteen children, each from a different country, to learn about their families. Based on real children, each one's story fills a two-page spread and is told in the first person, beginning with a greeting in the child's native language. From Ryan, who lives on a Texas cattle farm, to Nkoitoi, who tends the family goat in Kenya, to Baatar, who moves regularly with his nomadic family in Mongolia, there is a vast range of homes, locations, customs and activities presented here, all of it enthusiastically illustrated with bright colors and vivid detail by illustrator Jessica Rae Gordon. There is variety in the heads of the families as well: a single parent, multiracial parents and same-sex parents are all represented.
About the Author
I have over 40 books for children and educators: from Emma's Eggs to the picture book biography of Robert Bateman. My books include humorous picture books, poetry, first chapter books and a lot of nonfiction. I love writing, researching and juggling language. I also conduct author visits to schools around the world as well as writing workshops for students and teachers.
