Review: If the World Were a Village: A Book about the World's People
User Review - Kelli Harney - GoodreadsThis nonfiction book takes the world and the people that live in it and breaks it down to a village of a hundred people. It has information about the languages, religions, food and many more topics on ... Read full review
Review: If the World Were a Village: A Book about the World's People
User Review - Heidi - GoodreadsI used the second edition with my students. The second edition includes updated numbers and statistics. One of the things I like about this book is that it takes huge numbers that are too mind ... Read full review
Review: If the World Were a Village: A Book about the World's People
User Review - Kay - GoodreadsThis was an eye-opening book for any age. It is very well researched. It points out relative sizes of populations who speak specific languages, get an education, have a stable food supply, etc. The ... Read full review
Review: If the World Were a Village: A Book about the World's People
User Review - Lise - GoodreadsA fabulous book for both children and adults to learn about our world. The book is centered on demographics, but instead of impersonal statistics, the information is simply translated into a village ... Read full review
Review: If the World Were a Village: A Book about the World's People
User Review - Jill - GoodreadsVery interesting perspective though may be hard for some younger kids to understand. Read full review
Review: If the World Were a Village: A Book about the World's People
User Review - Dolly - GoodreadsThis book was featured as one of the selections for the August 2011 Maps and Geography themed books for the Picture-Book Club in the Children's Books group here at Goodreads. We didn't receive it from ... Read full review
Review: If the World Were a Village: A Book about the World's People
User Review - Kathryn - GoodreadsAt the time this book was written in 1999, the world held about six billion people! That number is remarkably difficult to grasp, for adults or children, but this book attempts to make it easier to ... Read full review
Review: If the World Were a Village: A Book about the World's People
User Review - Abigail - Goodreads6.2 billion - the world's population at the time that this book was published - is a very large number. So large, in fact, that many children (not to mention adults!) might have difficulty really ... Read full review
Review: If the World Were a Village: A Book about the World's People
User Review - Jenny - GoodreadsHelps children (and adults) catch a glimpse of what life is like around the world by imagining there are 100 people and then telling how many of them have enough food to eat, where they live, what ... Read full review
Review: If the World Were a Village: A Book about the World's People
User Review - Jorge - GoodreadsThis book was funny and amazing! Read full review
