If the World Were 100 People: A Visual Guide to Our Global Village - Hardcover

McCann, Jackie

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0593310705 ISBN 13: 9780593310700

Publisher: Crown Books for Young Readers, 2021

Synopsis

Help your child become a global citizen with this accessible introduction to the people who live on our planet, with big ideas broken into bite-size chunks through clever graphic design. Perfect for home and classroom settings!

With almost 7.8 billion people sharing the earth, it can be a little hard to picture what the human race looks like all together. But if we could shrink the world down to just 100 people, what could we learn about the human race? What would we look like? Where and how would we all be living? This book answers all these questions and more!

Reliably sourced and deftly illustrated, If the World Were 100 People is the perfect starting point to understanding our world and becoming a global citizen. If we focus on just 100 people, it's easier to see what we have in common and what makes us unique. Then we can begin to appreciate each other and also ask what things we want to change in our world.

About this title

About the Author

Jackie McCann is a children's writer and editor from Northern Ireland who lives in London. She has written, edited, and generally concocted children's nonfiction books for many different children's publishers for the UK and international markets. She loves books with tabs, slides, holes, and pops!

Aaron Cushley is an illustrator and a doodler of dogs. From Belfast, he studied Illustration and Graphic design at the University Of Ulster Belfast School of Art & Design. Aaron's work stems from his inner child and the innocence and creativity that emerges when he takes a pencil in his hand.

Reviews

Gr 2–5—Using clear, colorful, and inviting infographics and short, interesting text, this book asks "big questions" about life on Earth. McCann opens by asking, "How many people are there in the world?" Since there are approximately eight billion, the author suggests that instead of dealing with such a big number, readers should imagine instead that the world consists of only 100 people. That way, each person represents 80 million people. This approach pares the statistics down to a small, manageable size so we see that 50 of the 100 people are female, 50 are males, 25 are children under 14 years old, and 8 are people more than 65 years old. Using the more easily understandable number of 100 people, the author raises 10 big questions such as: "Where does everyone live?" "Is there enough food to go around?" The final question is, "What are the big questions?" Here the author raises important queries like: "How can we reduce waste and improve the way we share the food we have?" While other books and educational materials have dealt with thinking about the world population as 100 people, this is an up-to-date invitation to think about important issues we are facing right now. Using the text and infographics, readers can discuss the questions raised, do some additional research, and ultimately take informed action. VERDICT This is a terrific find for social studies teachers who want to promote inquiry and active citizenship.—Myra Zarnowski, City Univ. of New York

Edition details

• Publisher: Crown Books for Young Readers
• Publication date: 2021
• ISBN 10: 0593310705
• ISBN 13: 9780593310700
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Cushley Aaron