Elementary - Connections Among Cultures
Sorted by Call Number / Author.
304.6 SMI/Smith, David J. If the world were a village : a book about the world's people. Toronto ; : Kids Can Press, 2005, c2002.
Breaks down the population of the world into a collection of one hundred representative people and describes what one would find in this global village, covering languages, ages, religions, food, air and water, schooling, and possessions, accompanied by vivid color illustrations.
305 KAL/Kalman, Bobbie. How are we the same and different? St. Catharines, Ont. ; : Crabtree Pub., c2009.
Same and different? -- The same bodies -- Growing and changing -- Earth is our home -- We have different cultures -- Different beliefs -- We have different talents -- You from A to Z -- Yes, we can! -- How can we be happy? -- Making a difference -- Different is beautiful!. Photographs and simple text introduce young readers to the ways that people around the world are both similar and different, and discusses physical similarities, cultural differences, and more.
305.2 SMI/Smith, David J. (David Julian), 1944-. This child, every child : a book about the world's children. Toronto ; : Kids Can Press, c2011.
Meet the children -- Children around the world -- Children and their families -- Children at home -- Children's health -- Children on the move -- Children at school -- Are boys and girls treated equally? -- Children and work -- Children at play -- Children and war -- Children and the future -- Children's rights -- Learning more about the world's children. Looks at how children live in countries around the world, discusses whether their basic needs for clean air and water, adequate food, health care, and education are being met, and shares stories of individual children.
320.4 WYA/Wyatt, Valerie. How to build your own country. Toronto, ON ; : Kids Can Press, c2009.
An interactive guide to building a country that teaches children the basics of nation-building and highlights events that have shaped countries throughout history.
E DIA/Diakité, Penda. I lost my tooth in Africa. 1st ed. New York : Scholastic Press, 2006.
While visiting her father's family in Mali, a young girl loses a tooth, places it under a calabash, and receives a hen and a rooster from the African Tooth Fairy.
E KOS/Kostecki-Shaw, Jenny Sue. Same, same but different. 1st ed. New York : Henry Holt, 2011.
Pen pals Elliott and Kailash discover that even though they live in different countries--America and India--they both love to climb trees, own pets, and ride school buses.
E TYL/Tyler, Michael. The skin you live in. Chicago : Chicago Children's Museum ;, c2005.
Presents a rhyming verse that describes skin and its many attributes, including its color, its elasticity, and all the things it does.
361.7 SHO/Shoveller, Herb. Ryan and Jimmy : and the well in Africa that brought them together. Toronto, ON ; : Kids Can Press, c2006.
Chronicles the friendship of Ryan Hreljac and Akana Jimmy, who became penpals after Ryan, a Canadian boy, raised money to build a well in Jimmy's village in Uganda, and explains how they became brothers.
529.2 PER/Perrin, Clotilde, 1977-. At the same moment, around the world. San Francisco : Chronicle Books, 2014.
Starting from the Greenwich meridian, takes the reader east imagining what children are doing at that moment in each of the twenty-four time zones.
305.2 HOL/Hollyer, Beatrice. Wake up, world! : a day in the life of children around the world. 1st American ed. New York : H. Holt, 1999.
Describes how children in eight countries spend their mornings.
305.2 KER/Kerley, Barbara. One world, one day. Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, c2009.
Photographs and poetic text describe the shared daily activities of people around the world, such as preparing breakfast.
305.2 KIN/Kindersley, Barnabas. Children just like me : a unique celebration of children around the world. 1st American ed. New York : DK, 1995.
Photographs and text depict the homes, schools, family life, and culture of young people around the world.
305.23 LIF/A life like mine. 1st pbk. ed. London ; : DK, 2006, c2002.
Looks at what life is like for children of different countries and how each child can fulfill his or her hopes and ambitions no matter how little or much their human rights are infringed.
305.8 FOX/Fox, Mem, 1946-. Whoever you are. 1st Voyager Books ed. San Diego : Harcourt, 2001, c1997.
Despite the differences between people around the world, there are similarities that join us together, such as pain, joy, and love.
305.8 LES/Lester, Julius. Let's talk about race. 1st ed. [New York] : HarperCollins, c2005.
The author introduces the concept of race as only one component in an individual's or nation's "story."
306.8 ADA/Adamson, Heather, 1974-. Families in many cultures. Mankato, Minn. : Capstone press, c2008.
Full-color photographs and simple text describe various families and cultures from around the world.
341.4 EVE/Every human has rights : a photographic declaration for kids. Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, c2009.
Combines photographs with poetry to offer an overview of the thirty rights granted to all people by the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
371 SMI/Smith, Penny. A school like mine : a unique celebration of schools around the world. 1st American ed. London ; : DK, 2007.
Examines the similarities and differences between schools and students in various parts of the world.
398.2 MOO/Moore, Emma V. Manu's ark : India's tale of the great flood. San Rafael, CA : Mandala Kids, c2012.
When King Manu prays for God Vishnu to protect the world, his prayers are answered with a tiny fish who grows larger and larger until he enters the ocean and announces that a great flood is coming and Manu must save his people and animals by putting them on an ark.
629 BAE/Baer, Edith. This is the way we go to school : a book about children around the world. New York : Scholastic, c1990.
Describes, in text and illustrations, the many different modes of transportation children all over the world use to get to school.
E KAT/Katz, Karen. Can you say peace? 1st ed. New York : Holt, 2006.
Every September 21 on the International Day of Peace, children around the world wish in many different languages for peace.
E ROT/Rotner, Shelley. Shades of people. 1st ed. New York : Holiday House, c2009.
Explores the many different shades of human skin, and points out that skin is just a covering that does not reveal what someone is like inside.
304.6 SMI/Smith, David J. If the world were a village : a book about the world's people. Toronto ; : Kids Can Press, 2005, c2002.
Breaks down the population of the world into a collection of one hundred representative people and describes what one would find in this global village, covering languages, ages, religions, food, air and water, schooling, and possessions, accompanied by vivid color illustrations.
305 KAL/Kalman, Bobbie. How are we the same and different? St. Catharines, Ont. ; : Crabtree Pub., c2009.
Same and different? -- The same bodies -- Growing and changing -- Earth is our home -- We have different cultures -- Different beliefs -- We have different talents -- You from A to Z -- Yes, we can! -- How can we be happy? -- Making a difference -- Different is beautiful!. Photographs and simple text introduce young readers to the ways that people around the world are both similar and different, and discusses physical similarities, cultural differences, and more.
305.2 SMI/Smith, David J. (David Julian), 1944-. This child, every child : a book about the world's children. Toronto ; : Kids Can Press, c2011.
Meet the children -- Children around the world -- Children and their families -- Children at home -- Children's health -- Children on the move -- Children at school -- Are boys and girls treated equally? -- Children and work -- Children at play -- Children and war -- Children and the future -- Children's rights -- Learning more about the world's children. Looks at how children live in countries around the world, discusses whether their basic needs for clean air and water, adequate food, health care, and education are being met, and shares stories of individual children.
320.4 WYA/Wyatt, Valerie. How to build your own country. Toronto, ON ; : Kids Can Press, c2009.
An interactive guide to building a country that teaches children the basics of nation-building and highlights events that have shaped countries throughout history.
E DIA/Diakité, Penda. I lost my tooth in Africa. 1st ed. New York : Scholastic Press, 2006.
While visiting her father's family in Mali, a young girl loses a tooth, places it under a calabash, and receives a hen and a rooster from the African Tooth Fairy.
E KOS/Kostecki-Shaw, Jenny Sue. Same, same but different. 1st ed. New York : Henry Holt, 2011.
Pen pals Elliott and Kailash discover that even though they live in different countries--America and India--they both love to climb trees, own pets, and ride school buses.
E TYL/Tyler, Michael. The skin you live in. Chicago : Chicago Children's Museum ;, c2005.
Presents a rhyming verse that describes skin and its many attributes, including its color, its elasticity, and all the things it does.
361.7 SHO/Shoveller, Herb. Ryan and Jimmy : and the well in Africa that brought them together. Toronto, ON ; : Kids Can Press, c2006.
Chronicles the friendship of Ryan Hreljac and Akana Jimmy, who became penpals after Ryan, a Canadian boy, raised money to build a well in Jimmy's village in Uganda, and explains how they became brothers.
529.2 PER/Perrin, Clotilde, 1977-. At the same moment, around the world. San Francisco : Chronicle Books, 2014.
Starting from the Greenwich meridian, takes the reader east imagining what children are doing at that moment in each of the twenty-four time zones.
305.2 HOL/Hollyer, Beatrice. Wake up, world! : a day in the life of children around the world. 1st American ed. New York : H. Holt, 1999.
Describes how children in eight countries spend their mornings.
305.2 KER/Kerley, Barbara. One world, one day. Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, c2009.
Photographs and poetic text describe the shared daily activities of people around the world, such as preparing breakfast.
305.2 KIN/Kindersley, Barnabas. Children just like me : a unique celebration of children around the world. 1st American ed. New York : DK, 1995.
Photographs and text depict the homes, schools, family life, and culture of young people around the world.
305.23 LIF/A life like mine. 1st pbk. ed. London ; : DK, 2006, c2002.
Looks at what life is like for children of different countries and how each child can fulfill his or her hopes and ambitions no matter how little or much their human rights are infringed.
305.8 FOX/Fox, Mem, 1946-. Whoever you are. 1st Voyager Books ed. San Diego : Harcourt, 2001, c1997.
Despite the differences between people around the world, there are similarities that join us together, such as pain, joy, and love.
305.8 LES/Lester, Julius. Let's talk about race. 1st ed. [New York] : HarperCollins, c2005.
The author introduces the concept of race as only one component in an individual's or nation's "story."
306.8 ADA/Adamson, Heather, 1974-. Families in many cultures. Mankato, Minn. : Capstone press, c2008.
Full-color photographs and simple text describe various families and cultures from around the world.
341.4 EVE/Every human has rights : a photographic declaration for kids. Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, c2009.
Combines photographs with poetry to offer an overview of the thirty rights granted to all people by the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
371 SMI/Smith, Penny. A school like mine : a unique celebration of schools around the world. 1st American ed. London ; : DK, 2007.
Examines the similarities and differences between schools and students in various parts of the world.
398.2 MOO/Moore, Emma V. Manu's ark : India's tale of the great flood. San Rafael, CA : Mandala Kids, c2012.
When King Manu prays for God Vishnu to protect the world, his prayers are answered with a tiny fish who grows larger and larger until he enters the ocean and announces that a great flood is coming and Manu must save his people and animals by putting them on an ark.
629 BAE/Baer, Edith. This is the way we go to school : a book about children around the world. New York : Scholastic, c1990.
Describes, in text and illustrations, the many different modes of transportation children all over the world use to get to school.
E KAT/Katz, Karen. Can you say peace? 1st ed. New York : Holt, 2006.
Every September 21 on the International Day of Peace, children around the world wish in many different languages for peace.
E ROT/Rotner, Shelley. Shades of people. 1st ed. New York : Holiday House, c2009.
Explores the many different shades of human skin, and points out that skin is just a covering that does not reveal what someone is like inside.