Children Just Like Me

Anabel Kindersley - Author
Barnabas Kindersley - Author

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A unique celebration of children around the world

Awards

Blue Peter Children's Book Award :Winner 2001

Introduction

Tadessa from Ethiopia, Suchart from Thailand, Celina from Brazil ... each has hopes and fears, dreams and beliefs. Their cultures are different, yet in many ways their daily lives are very similar, as are their hopes for the future and their ways of looking at the world.

Over the past two years, a photographer and a teacher have travelled to more than 30 different parts of the world to meet these children. Their stories are recorded in this remarkable book, published to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). Extraordinary photographs bring to life the children's families and homes, their clothes and food, their friends and favourite games, and other aspects of their daily lives.

The children live in places as diverse as New York, Mongolia, and the Amazon Basin. There are children from both industrialised and developing nations, including children from tribal cultures. Their environments include mountains, deserts, rainforests, plains, and polar regions. Most live in extended or nuclear families, but Suchart, a novice monk, live in a monastery, and Tedasse, an Ethiopian boy lives in an orphanage. Children everywhere will enjoy reading about the lives of these children who share their world...

"I'd love to travel into space because I want to see if there are any creatures on other planets." Ji-Koo, South Korea

"I like living by the river - I want to live here for the rest of my life. I love the forest, and it makes me sad when people chop down the trees." Celina, Brazil

"I think that the best thing about being a child is that you get lots of love from your family." Michael, Israel

"I see on television that there is a lot of war and fighting in the world, and I wish that it would end and that the world could be peaceful." Houda, Morocco

• A remarkable insight into the lives of children from all over the world.
• Produced in association with UNICEF to mark its 50th anniversary. Since 1946, UNICEF has been the world's largest organisation working on behalf of children, with activities in more than 140 countries.
• UNICEF is dedicated to promoting an understanding of the needs and rights of children everywhere.
• UNICEF receives a royalty for every copy of this book sold.

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Reviews

Review by: Holly, 31 July 2004

I have read this book loads of times and I think its great. It gives a real insight to how children live all over the world. Its fab!

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Press reviews

TES Award
The Times Educational Supplement

"A book every teacher will welcome...an utter delight."
Child Education

"Children Just Like Me is a total winner...very upbeat, very unpatronising and brilliantly laid out."
Harpers & Queen

"This will fascinate any child."
Sunday Express

"Lives up to its promise of offering a unique celebration of children around the world."
Child Education

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Table of contents

Foreword by UNICEF
Children of the World
The Americas
Oscar, from Bolivia
Carlitos, from Argentina
Celina, from Brazil
Omar, from Mexico
Carlos, from New Mexico, USA
Nicole, from California, USA
Taylor, from New York, USA
Taryn, from Illinois, USA
Gabriel, from Alaska, USA
Levi, from Canada
Europe
Ari, from Finland
Monika, from Hungary
Bogna, from Poland
Olia, from Russia
Rachel, from France
Yannis, from Greece
Africa
Mohammed, from Egypt
Bakang, from Botswana
Aseye, from Ghana
Houda, from Morocco
Esta, from Tanzania
Tadesse, from Ethiopia
Asia
Guo Shuang, from China
Erdene, from Mongolia
Daisuke, from Japan
Yong-Koo and Ji-Koo, from South Korea
Meena, from India
Sarala, from India
Michael, from Israel
Sabah, from Jordan
Southeast Asia and Australia
Thi Lien, from Vietnam
Suchart, from Thailand
Edgar, from the Philippines
Subaedah, from Indonesia
Ngawaiata, from New Zealand
Rosita, from Australia
Barnabas' and Anabel's travel diary
Index

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