"Little one, / whoever you are, / wherever you are, / there are little ones / just like you / all over the world." So begins the Australian author Mem Fox's joyful picture book "Whoever You Are," a celebration of the world's diverse cultures, both our similarities and differences. Leslie Straub's innovative, colorful, folk art-style oil paintings of children from all corners of the globe are bordered with photographs of hand-carved, bejeweled frames--and they all reflect Fox's message that no matter where we come from, within our hearts "Joys are the same, / and love is the same. / Pain is the same, / and blood is the same." A gem!
| ISBN | 0152060308 | | Pages | 32 | | ISBN13 | 9780152060305
(What's this?) | | Volumes | 1 | | Publisher | Harcourt Children's Books | | Weight (grammes) | 100 | | Imprint | Harcourt Children's Books | | Series title | Reading Rainbow Books (Paperback) | | Format | Paperback | | Height (mm) | 198 | | Publication date | 21 Apr 2007 | | Width (mm) | 201 | | Illustrator | Leslie Staub | | Spine width (mm) | 5 | | DEWEY | 305.8 | | Academic level | Children | | DEWEY edition | DC21 | |
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"An essential book that acknowledges in the simplest of terms our common humanity."--"Kirkus Reviews"
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