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A celebration of diverse world cultures from the brilliant Peter Spier, one of the most beloved children's illustrators of the last fifty years. In this breathtaking tour around the world, young readers can pore over the many details that make each country and culture unique and special--illuminated by Spier's detailed and witty illustrations of festivals and holidays, foods, religions, homes, pets, and clothing. In print since 1980, this classic, boundary-pushing book is a must-have in today's global age--a tribute to the ways in which we as the world's citizens are at once both different and the same.
★ "The Caldecott Medalist has created his most ambitious and impressive picture book so far, with minutely detailed and exquisite paintings of human beings on all four continents."-- Publishers Weekly , starred review
"A wonderful introduction to a global view that will answer and arouse curiosity in the young and act as an absorbing reminder for any age."-- School Library Journal
· The Christopher Award
· An American Bookseller Pick of the Lists
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Kirkus评论
There are lots and lots of people in the world""; they are all different in diverse ways; and ""isn't it wonderful that each and every one of us is unlike any other."" Illustrating that theme are a plethora of examples from the shapes of noses, to the games people play, to individual inclinations (for solitude or company), to gradations of wealth (""And some of them are rich, although most are not. And very many are desperately poor""). The national variations tend to be overplayed (the English domiciles pictured are a castle and a Kate-Greenaway cottage, the Scandinavian a log compound not seen outside museums), giving kids a ""picturesque"" impression of what the world is like that resurrects some very old-fashioned stereotypes (Russian eating habits are represented, for goodness sakes, by Cossacks carrying flaming skewers). And one might ask whether this hodgepodge is really the place to tell kids that ""Most people are decent, honest, friendly, and well meaning, but some are none of these""--as exemplified by prisoners behind barred windows. But taken un-seriously, it's nothing worse than a waste of time--especially in a world whose authentic differences kids can see every day on TV. Copyright ©Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.