I can’t recall if I’ve mentioned here how much I love the book, Material World, though I know I’ve mentioned it in comments on other blogs. It is an amazing pictorial, showing various families from around the world with their material possessions along with text describing the families and how they live. My kids have loved this book.
Now, from the same photojournalist, Peter Menzel, comes Hungry Planet: What the World Eats. Again, through the images in this book, readers are introduced to families from all over the world and we learn just what each family eats in a week. UNbelievable.
Hungry Planet is a new release; I just got my copy last week and already I can tell that together with Material World, these two books have been one of the best “educational” investments we’ve made. Inspiring some pretty interesting conversations (not to mention the map searches) these books are serious “social studies” material. The kids are completely intrigued every time they pick them up.
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