Whoever You Are

Enjoy this picture book celebration of diverse childhoods, and the essential things that make us all the same.
"A compelling exploration of the differences between children that make them unique as well as the common humanity that unites them." (Publishers Weekly)
Every day all over the world, children are laughing and crying, playing and learning, eating and sleeping. They may not look the same. They may not speak the same language. Their lives may be quite different from each other. But inside, they are all alike.
Stirring words and bold paintings weave their way around our earth, across cultures and generations and remind children to accept differences, to recognize similarities, and?most importantly?to rejoice in both.

Info autore

MEM FOX is the author of many acclaimed books, including Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes, Possum Magic, Koala Lou, Time for Bed, and, for adults, Reading Magic: Why Reading Aloud to Our Children Will Change Their Lives Forever. She lives in Adelaide, Australia.Leslie Staub's paintings have been exhibited in galleries throughout the United States. In addition to picture books, she illustrated Lives: Poems About Famous Americans. She lives just north of New Orleans, Louisiana.

Riassunto

Enjoy this picture book celebration of diverse childhoods, and the essential things that make us all the same.
"A compelling exploration of the differences between children that make them unique as well as the common humanity that unites them." (Publishers Weekly)
Every day all over the world, children are laughing and crying, playing and learning, eating and sleeping. They may not look the same. They may not speak the same language. Their lives may be quite different from each other. But inside, they are all alike.
Stirring words and bold paintings weave their way around our earth, across cultures and generations and remind children to accept differences, to recognize similarities, and—most importantly—to rejoice in both.

Testo aggiuntivo

"An essential book that acknowledges in the simplest of terms our common humanity."--Kirkus Reviews

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Mem Fox, Fox Mem Fox, Leslie Staub
• Con la collaborazione di: Staub Leslie Staub (Illustrazione), Leslie Staub (Illustrazione)
• Editore: Houghton Mifflin Company
• Lingue: Inglese
• Raccomandazione d'eta': 4 a 7 anni
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 01.10.1997
• EAN: 9780152007874
• ISBN: 978-0-15-200787-4
• Pagine: 32
• Dimensioni: 254 mm x 267 mm x 9 mm
• Peso: 426 g
• Categorie: Libri per bambini e per ragazzi > Saggi / saggi illustrati > Storia, politica; Libri scolastici > Libri scolastici per istituti a indirizzo generale; JUVENILE NONFICTION: Social Topics / Emotions & Feelings, JUVENILE NONFICTION: Poetry / General, JUVENILE NONFICTION: Social Topics / Prejudice & Racism, JUVENILE NONFICTION: People & Places / General, JUVENILE NONFICTION: History / General, JUVENILE NONFICTION: Social Topics / Adolescence, JUVENILE NONFICTION: Social Topics / Friendship, JUVENILE NONFICTION: Diversity & Multicultural, JUVENILE NONFICTION: Social Science / General