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If the world were a village : a book about the world's people / written by David J. Smith ; illustrated by Shelagh Armstrong.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublisher: Toronto, ON : CitizenKids | Kids Can Press, [2011]Copyright date: © 2011Edition: Second editionDescription: 32 pages : color illustrations ; 32 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781554535958
  • 1554535956
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • j304.6 22
LOC classification:
  • HB883 .S63 2011
Other classification:
  • cci1icc
  • coll6
  • coll8
  • coll13
Contents:
Welcome to the global village -- Nationalities -- Languages -- Ages -- Religions -- Food -- Air and water -- School and work -- Money and possessions -- Energy -- Health -- The village, past, present and future -- Teaching children about the global village.
Summary: Comparing the world population to a village of 100 persons, the author reveals such facts as the languages of the village, how much each earns, if the person is literate, has a television and has enough to eat.
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Fiction Books College Library j304.6 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available CO17562
Fiction Books College Library j304.6 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available CO17563
Fiction Books College Library j304.6 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available CO17564
Fiction Books College Library j304.6 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available CO17565

"Originally published in 2002"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references.

Welcome to the global village -- Nationalities -- Languages -- Ages -- Religions -- Food -- Air and water -- School and work -- Money and possessions -- Energy -- Health -- The village, past, present and future -- Teaching children about the global village.

Comparing the world population to a village of 100 persons, the author reveals such facts as the languages of the village, how much each earns, if the person is literate, has a television and has enough to eat.

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