The Barefoot Book of Children empowers young readers to learn about children around the globe and ponder their own place in it.

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 what challenges they face.

Follows the daily lives of 59 children from around the world, including such places as Australia, Brazil, and Germany, and discusses how schools, meals, and play can be different or similar in different places in the world.

Introduces children from around the world and discusses where they live, how they play, and what their schools are like.

Have you ever wondered how kids live in other countries? This book gives you a great opportunity to look inside homes on all continents and discover how different kids’ lives can be. People build their homes for comfort and to suit local conditions. Do you know how children live in Mongolia? Or what life’s like in an icy igloo? How about in a rainforest? Come with us to take a look at homes in all parts of the world, and to make new friends who’ll...

"Children around the world live different lives from one another--different cultures, different geographic and socio-economic realities, differing access to health and education. Despite these differences, they all share common needs: the need to feel loved and protected, the need to have a place to live, the need to learn, to eat, to play, to share, and to dream for the future. Grounded in careful and extensive research, this book by best-selling...

Text and photographs from countries around the world present activities that children everywhere have in common.