Around the World in 180 books

24/07/2015

24 JULY - USA - Moonbird https://180books.wordpress.com/2015/07/24/24-july-united-states-of-america-_-moonbird/

Wow - how to choose a book from the USA? Tough call and so we went for the kind of book we simply love in our home school - we call them living books - they are educational and yet hugely captivati...

23/07/2015

23 JULY - MEXICO - Tito Puento https://180books.wordpress.com/2015/07/23/23-july-mexico-tito-puente/

We nipped across for a bit of toe tapping with this fun book about Tito Puente. Beautiful illustrations by Rafael Lopez and a fabulous video on you tube which is an amazing tie in with the book whi...

23/07/2015

22nd JULY - ST KITTS AND NEVIS - Adventure at Brimstone Hill https://180books.wordpress.com/2015/07/22/july-22-st-kitts/

This book from a tiny island with just over 45 000 people, most with an African connection, was a hit with the children - we read through it in one sitting! The more we read in the Caribbean the m...

21/07/2015

21st July - GUYANA - Kite Flying in the Village https://180books.wordpress.com/2015/07/21/july-21st-guyana/

A fun book from Guyana about the Easter kite flying festival. We could imagine the beautiful colourful kites against a blue sky and a sparkling ocean. Was fabulous for showing how similar childhoo...

20/07/2015

July 20th - PARAGUAY - Something special
https://180books.wordpress.com/2015/07/20/july-20th-paraguay-something-special/

06/02/2015

29th January - CURACAO - The Cay http://180books.wordpress.com/2015/01/29/january-29th-curacao-the-cay/

From an emotive book in pictures to an emotive book of words. The thoroughly gripping tale, written by Theodore Taylor. He took a quick three weeks to write a multilayered book of excellence. We pa...

06/02/2015

6th February - TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO - Act of God http://180books.wordpress.com/2015/02/06/february-6th-trinidad-and-tobago-act-of-god/

So we have started our island adventure through the Caribbean with a short story from Trinidadian Therese Mills The Avocado. The children shrieked.It is fun. We have been through the whole collecti...

05/02/2015

5th February - VENEZUELA - The Streets are free
http://180books.wordpress.com/2015/02/05/february-5th-venezuela-the-streets-are-free/

From one book of a young boy's ability to be brave and grow into his situation to another book of children effecting change in their city. We enjoyed Kurusa's book based on a true story which reson...

23/01/2015

23rd january - URUGUAY - Dibujos Invisibles https://180books.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=152&action=edit

22/01/2015

22nd January - SOUTH GEORGIA AND SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS Shackleton's boat journey http://180books.wordpress.com/2015/01/22/january-22-south-georgia-and-sandwich-islands-shackletons-boat-journey/

From the rainforests of Ecuador to remote little pieces of land making up the frozen archipelago of South Georgia and Sandwich Islands. As there is no permanent population, we have chosen to read a...

22/01/2015

21st January - COSTA RICA - My brother needs a boa http://180books.wordpress.com/2015/01/21/january-21st-costa-rica-my-brother-needs-a-boa/

From a very heavy read in Suriname we are whisked away to the rainforest of Costa Rica by Anne Weston and her fun tale of a store owner and a problem only the right snake can remedy. Rainforest lif...

19/01/2015

19th January - Suriname - The juju of Basyan Ajuku
http://180books.wordpress.com/2015/01/19/january-19th-suriname-the-juju-of-basya-ajuku/