The subject of population is enhanced by illustrations in People. This is a book esigned for children emphasizing the differences among the four billion different people on earth. The pictures show aspects of culture on all parts of the earth and encourages appreciation of the differences that people have. The book addresses population issues in an easy to understand format. The book is a little outdated with regards to statistics however it is still a good introduction to population issues.

This book takes the reader on a colorful journey with four youngpeople through four different Boston neighborhoods. Each of the children featured has a different ethnic background and opens the doors to their unique qualities of their communities. The book does an excellent job of making the reader comfortable with different cultures and offers the reader ideas for exploring their own neighborhoods.

Like me and You is a song book to read that uses illustrations and music in celebration of children around the world. The book demonstrates that although people are different everywhere they still share some common bonds.

This beautiful picture book is filled with colorful embroidered pictures that illustrate each segment of the story that turn in to a large story cloth. Dia's Story Cloth tells the history and culture of the Hmong people and how many of them migrated from China to Laos and some of them continued on moving to the United States.

Watercolor illustrations enhance the story of a girl who goes to visit her grandparents' ranch on the Pampas during her summer vacation. The geography of the Pampas come alive in the story and introduce the culture and language used in Argentina. The bookincludes a map of South America and an illustrated mini Spanish dictionary. Lesson.

Festivals from around the world accompany stories showing differences and similarities in holidays celebrated by people all over. The reader will enjoy learning about the variety of festivals and the ways in which they are celebrated.

The American pioneer experience is recreated as a fourteen-year- old Amish girl abandons convention leaving her home in Pennsylvania to travel with her father across the continent by wagon train in 1849. A variety of cultures are introduced through the emigrants that make up the wagon train party before leaving St. Joseph, Missouri. The perils that faced pioneers are examined throughout the story.

Yoko is a Japanese girl but has lived with her family in northern Korea all of her life. At the end of World War II, Yoko and her family are in danger as the Koreans rise to take control of their homeland. Forced to flee their home, Yoko and some of her family members are forced to flee their home in search of safety. Forced migration is dealt with and the tragedies that sometimes occur because of a clash of cultures. Lesson