cover image This Is My World: Meet 84 Kids from Around the Globe

This Is My World: Meet 84 Kids from Around the Globe

Lonely Planet Kids. Lonely Planet Kids, $19.99 (176p) ISBN SBN 978-1-78701-295-0

Esther lives in Uganda and “want[s] to be a pilot.” In Barbados, Arjun attends “a special school for children with autism, like me.” Yousef, a Syrian living in a Jordanian refugee camp, describes planting mint for tea. These are just a few of the children aged seven to 12 “on six continents and more than 70 countries” in Lonely Planet Kids’s offering, created in partnership with War Child UK, a nonprofit supporting children in conflict zones. In scrapbooklike spreads, children describe their family, home, likes, and dislikes, mentioning different facets of their experience—including autism and using a wheelchair—and describing a variety of family structures. Though LGBTQ representation is a notable omission, the book largely succeeds in its mission to show “how much children have in common.” Ages 6–8. (Sept.)