Ellen Lawrence
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When we think of home, we might think of living in an apartment or a house, but not everyone lives in a home like this. Some children grow up on a houseboat in a floating village. Others live in huts that are carefully crafted from branches and animal dung. And many children live in makeshift tent homes in refugee camps. In A Place to Call Home, young readers will learn about the many different types of structures and places that children and their...
2) Time to play
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"Inside this book, discover the games that children play with coconut shells, rubber bands, and even old tires. Find out how kids in Africa play soccer, even when they don't have a ball. And see the wonderful homemade toys that children make from trash and other materials in the world around them."--Page 4 of cover.
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"Inside this book, discover what kids around the world do at school. See a school inside a tent and a classroom made out of branches. Find out about a library that travels on the back of a camel, and visit one of the smallest schools in the world!" --P. [4] of cover.
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Perhaps you take the bus to school or ride in the car. But imagine traveling to school on your familys donkey cart or paddling to school along a jungle river in a canoe! How We Get Around explores the many different ways in which people travel during their everyday lives. From high-speed bullet trains in Japan to snowmobiles in Alaska, were all on the move in dozens of different ways.
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"What special days do you celebrate? In this book, you can visit a Viking celebration and a festival in Mongolia where children take part in horse races. Discover how people in India throw powdered paint at each other during the festival of Holi, and join Japanese families as they celebrate the arrival of spring under the cherry blossom trees"--Publisher description.