This book is a children’s book about a young boy who travels around the globe, visiting friends in 13 different countries spanning all six populated continents. Along the way, he introduces us to each friend’s environment and customs, and shares interesting facts about each country’s culture, language, food, geography, wildlife, landmarks and more.
It is important to have children’s books that explain different cultures rather then touching on them because kids will learn about what cultures there are and why there are different cultures. The goal is to have students read books like A Ticket Around The World and understand that everyone is different and everyone believes different things, so we can accept everyone for who they are and where they come from. We are all human and we just are trying to pave the path of life.
I think the Ticket Around The World book is a good book to have in your classroom to expose children to the different customs, environments, languages, food, and what that area would look like if you lived there. This book is a good way to teach children that all people come from different backgrounds and might live life a little differently from you, but that’s okay.
This book would be great in my future classroom as a history teacher! I hope other authors see this book and are inspired to make others like it.