A Place Called Home: Look Inside Houses Around the World (Lonely Planet Kids)

by Lonely Planet Kids (Author) Rebecca Green (Illustrator)

A Place Called Home: Look Inside Houses Around the World (Lonely Planet Kids)
Reading Level: K − 1st Grade

Take a sneak peek inside homes from all around the world with this charming lift-the-flap book, written by Kate Baker and beautifully illustrated by Rebecca Green. From cozy wooden houses in snow-blanketed Greenland to traditional Maasai mud huts in East Africa, young children will discover different ways of living across the globe and get a unique glimpse into diverse cultures and communities.

Suitable for children aged three and upwards, the colorful artwork is filled with fun details, helping to bring these miniature worlds to life. With flaps on every page allowing kids the chance to open doors, peep through windows and uncover what makes each distinct culture tick, this book encourages kids to be curious about our diverse world. Whether it's Mongolian yurts in the rolling plains of the Gobi Desert or raised jungle homes in the wilds of the Amazon Rainforest, A Place Called Home will take you on a journey all around the world to see how other people live.

About Lonely Planet Kids: Lonely Planet Kids - an imprint of the world's leading travel authority Lonely Planet - published its first book in 2011. Over the past 45 years, Lonely Planet has grown a dedicated global community of travellers, many of whom are now sharing a passion for exploration with their children. Lonely Planet Kids educates and encourages young readers at home and in school to learn about the world with engaging books on culture, sociology, geography, nature, history, space and more. We want to inspire the next generation of global citizens and help kids and their parents to approach life in a way that makes every day an adventure. Come explore!

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Joe Fullman is a freelance author based in London. Over the past 20 years, he has - by a rather neat symmetry - written and contributed to guidebooks to around 20 countries. That means he's visited an awful lot of museums - although he's always happy to fit in a couple more. In between his foreign adventures, Joe has also found time to write children's books on everything from dinosaurs and space to music and ancient history. Joe also authored Incredible Cabinet of Wonders for Lonely Planet Kids, released in October 2017.
Classification
Non-fiction
ISBN-13
9781788689342
Lexile Measure
-
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Lonely Planet
Publication date
June 20, 2020
Series
Lonely Planet Kids
BISAC categories
JNF038000 - Juvenile Nonfiction | People & Places | General
JNF052020 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Social Science | Customs, Traditions, Anthropology
JNF027000 - Juvenile Nonfiction | House & Home
JNF069000 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Diversity & Multicultural
Library of Congress categories
Dwellings
Board books
Lift-the-flap books

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