Title: IF YOU WERE ME AND LIVED IN … CHINA
Series: A Child’s Introduction to Culture Around The World
Author: Carole P. Roman
Illustrator: Kelsea Wierenga
Type of Book: eBook
Length: 30 pages
ISBN: 9781511440844
Genre: Children’s Non-Fiction
Release Date: June 7, 2015
Publisher: CreateSpace
Rating: 5 out of 5 Stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
~ I received a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
I really love the idea of having children’s books that introduce kids to other cultures. In today’s global economy, it is will be very important that children grow up knowing about other races, religions and cultures.
This book won the NABE Pinnacle Book Achievement Award 2015 – for Children’s Interest
I believe these types of books are also essential to eliminating racism and prejudice from our world. Everyone knows that today’s children are our future leaders and instilling a sense of global community in them at a young age can only be a good thing.
I love the fact that the author has included the information of how to pronounce the words that may be unfamiliar to the reader, such as showing that China is pronounced as Chai-Na. What a great idea!
The only negative I could come up with regarding this book would be that I would have liked the font to be larger and that I would have preferred to see an extra empty line between sentences just to make reading the book easier.
This series has books about many different countries and I hope to get a chance to read all of them. I am also looking forward to sharing these books with my three year old granddaughter and introducing her to other cultures.
According to Amazon, these books are targeted at readers ages 3 to 10, but even adults may find themselves learning things they had not known before.
The illustrations are clean and relevant. They are the perfect compliment to the story.
I rate this book as 5 out of 5 stars. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Named to Kirkus Reviews’ Best of 2012 for her first book, award winning author Carole P. Roman started writing as a dare from one of her sons. Using an imaginary game she played with her grandson as a base, Captain No Beard was born.”Captain No Beard- An Imaginary Tale of a Pirate’s Life” has not only been named to Kirkus Best of 2012, it received the Star of Exceptional Merit, and won the Pinnacle Award for 2012. “Pepper Parrot’s Problem with Patience” Book 2 in the series, received 5 Stars from The ForeWord Review The Clarion Review. Strangers on the High Seas has won second place in the Rebecca’s Reads Choice Awards 2013. It has followed with six more books to the series.
Her new non fiction series, “If You Were Me and Lived in…” combines her teaching past with her love of exploration and interest in the world around us. The debut book in the series, “If You Were Me and Lived in…Mexico” has won the Pinnacle Award for Best in Children’s Non Fiction 2012. France, South Korea, and Norway. Rebecca’s Reads has given If You Were Me and Lived in…Norway an honorable mention in the 2013 Choice Awards. If You Were Me and lived in …France won second place. ForeWord Review has nominated If You Were Me and Lived in…France for best in children’s non fiction literature 2013. They will be followed with Kenya, Turkey, India, and Australia. She plans to do Portugal, Greece, and Argentina next year.
Writing for children has opened up a whole second act for her. While she is still working in her family business, this has enabled her to share her sense of humor as well as love for history and culture with the audience she adores. Roman lives on Long Island with her husband and near her children.
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ABOUT THE ILLUSTRATOR:
Kelsea Parks Wierenga graduated with a BFA in Illustration from the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design in 2006. She has worked seven years as a professional illustrator and designer for CreateSpace.com, a Print On Demand book publisher in Charleston, South Carolina. Sometimes I’m a Fire-Breathing Dragon is an original story that Kelsea wrote, illustrated and published in 2010.
Kelsea is currently illustrating author Carole P. Roman’s cultural children’s book series available on Amazon.com. These informative and entertaining books detail every day life for kids living in countries around the world including: Mexico, France, South Korea, Norway and many more.
To learn more visit https://kelsea.carbonmade.com/about
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