ONE WORLD TOGETHER

– Book by Catherine and Laurence Anholt –

One World Together

Author and Illustrator: Catherine and Laurence Anholt
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A gentle engaging story for little ones which encourages friendship and the understanding of different global cultures.

We travel to nine different countries with a little boy who is looking for a new friend. He discovers that we are all ‘one world together’ even though we might be separated by distance.

Each child greets him in their own language and he learns several interesting things about where they live, what they like to do and a few cultural aspects of their lives.

Paulo is from Brazil. He lives in a high rise building in a big city.
Mohamed lives in Morocco and loves to play in the small lane ways with his friends.

‘Jamba’ Luka calls in welcome. In Kenya everyone conserves water and Luka sleeps safely each night under a mosquito net. In the Netherlands the twins show us windmills and canals and their own secret garden.

Little Lilly lives in Sweden. She has a wheelchair but loves sitting on the mat playing with her new baby sister. She is also learning the recorder. Galina lives in snowy Russia. She is excited because her mum is going to have a baby.

In India they have heavy monsoon rains and Vani wears a beautifully coloured sari.
‘Ni Hao’ says Li. China has a huge population and everyone eats with chopsticks!
‘Ohayou’ says Yuuki politely. He lives in Japan where children bow in greeting to their teachers each morning.

Rich colourful scenes show us landscapes, cities and home environments. Animals, clothing and cultural festivals are brought to life in the expressive vibrant detail of the illustrations which have a friendly childlike aspect of their own.

Ringed by the hand holding children of many nations, a large fold out world completes this book nicely.

The universal themes of play and family make One World Together a beautiful celebration of global friendship.

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