School Days Around the World (DK READERS)

52 Pages·2007·10.63 MB·English

by  Catherine E. Chambers

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READERS
Level 3
Spacebusters: The Race to the Moon The Big Dinosaur Dig
Beastly Tales Space Heroes: Amazing Astronauts
Shark Attack! The Story of Chocolate
Titanic School Days Around the World
Invaders from Outer Space LEGO: Mission to the Arctic
Movie Magic NFL: Super Bowl Heroes
Plants Bite Back! NFL: Peyton Manning
Time Traveler NFL: Whiz Kid Quarterbacks
Bermuda Triangle MLB: Home Run Heroes: Big Mac,
Tiger Tales Sammy, and Junior
Aladdin MLB: Roberto Clemente
Heidi MLB: Roberto Clemente en español
Zeppelin: The Age of the Airship MLB: World Series Heroes
Spies MLB: Record Breakers
Terror on the Amazon MLB: Down to the Wire: Baseball’s Great
Disasters at Sea Pennant Races
The Story of Anne Frank Star Wars: Star Pilot
Abraham Lincoln: Lawyer, Leader, Legend The X-Men School
George Washington: Soldier, Hero, Abraham Lincoln: Abogado, Líder,
President Leyenda en español
Extreme Sports Al Espacio: La Carrera a la Luna
Spiders’ Secrets en español
Level 4
Days of the Knights NFL: Rumbling Running Backs
Volcanoes and Other Natural Disasters NFL: Super Bowl!
Secrets of the Mummies MLB: Strikeout Kings
Pirates! Raiders of the High Seas MLB: Super Shortstops: Jeter,
Horse Heroes Nomar, and A-Rod
Trojan Horse MLB: The Story of the New York Yankees
Micro Monsters MLB: The World of Baseball
Going for Gold! MLB: October Magic: All the Best
Extreme Machines World Series!
Flying Ace: The Story of Amelia Earhart WCW: Feel the Sting
Robin Hood WCW: Going for Goldberg
Black Beauty JLA: Batman's Guide to Crime
Free at Last! The Story of and Detection
Martin Luther King, Jr. JLA: Superman's Guide to the Universe
Joan of Arc JLA: Aquaman’s Guide to the Oceans
Spooky Spinechillers JLA: Wonder Woman’s Book of Myths
Welcome to The Globe! The JLA: Flash’s Guide to Speed
Story of Shakespeare’s Theater JLA: Green Lantern’s Guide to
Antarctic Adventure Great Inventions
Space Station: Accident on Mir The Story of the X-Men: How it all Began
Atlantis: The Lost City? Creating the X-Men: How Comic
Dinosaur Detectives Books Come to Life
Danger on the Mountain: Scaling Spider-Man’s Amazing Powers
the World’s Highest Peaks The Story of Spider-Man
Crime Busters The Incredible Hulk's Book of Strength
The Story of Muhammad Ali The Story of the Incredible Hulk
First Flight: The Story of the Transformers: The Awakening
Wright Brothers Transformers: The Quest
D-Day Landings: the Story of Transformers: The Unicron Battles
the Allied Invasion Transformers: The Uprising
Solo Sailing Transformers: Megatron Returns
LEGO: Race for Survival Transformers: Terracon Attack
NFL: NFL’s Greatest Upsets Star Wars: Galactic Crisis!
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A Note to Parents
DK READERS is a compelling program for beginning
readers, designed in conjunction with leading literacy
experts, including Dr. Linda Gambrell, Professor of
Education at Clemson University. Dr. Gambrell has
served as President of the National Reading Conference
and the College Reading Association, and has recently
been elected to serve as President of the International
Reading Association.
Beautiful illustrations and superb full-color
photographs combine with engaging, easy-to-read stories
to offer a fresh approach to each subject in the series.
Each DK READER is guaranteed to capture a child’s
interest while developing his or her reading skills, general
knowledge, and love of reading.
The five levels of DK READERS are aimed at
different reading abilities, enabling you to choose
the books that are exactly right for your child:
Pre-level 1: Learning to read
Level 1: Beginning to read
Level 2: Beginning to read alone
Level 3: Reading alone
Level 4: Proficient readers
The “normal” age at which a child begins to read
can be anywhere from three to eight years old. Adult
participation through the lower levels is very helpful
for providing encouragement, discussing storylines, and
sounding out unfamiliar words.
No matter which level you
select, you can be sure that
you are helping your child
learn to read, then
read to learn!
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Contents
LONDON, NEW YORK, MUNICH,
MELBOURNE, and DELHI
Series Editor Deborah Lock Meet the children 4
Senior Art Editor Sonia Moore
Art Editor Sadie Thomas
U.S. Editor John Searcy
Solomon in Australia 6
DTP Designer Emma Hansen-Knarhoi
Production Georgina Hayworth
Picture Researcher Myriam Megharbi
Jacket Designer Sonia Moore Riku in Japan 12
Reading Consultant
Linda Gambrell, Ph.D.
First American Edition, 2007 Rupa in India 18
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Published in the United States by DK Publishing
375 Hudson Street, New York, New York 10014
Copyright © 2007 Dorling Kindersley Limited
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School Days
Around the World
Written by Catherine Chambers
DK Publishing
Meet the children
All around the world, children go to
school. In this book, seven children will
show you what it’s like to go to school
in their countries.

Samantha from Wharton,
New Jersey, USA
They are all
celebrating World
Earth Day, a day
set aside for valuing
Frida from
the natural world. Santo Tomas,
Peru

They all live in very different
environments but many things about
their school days are similar. They all
play games and they all do math!

Riku from
Francis from
Tokyo, Japan
London, England

Solomon from Sydney,
Aseye [A-say-yay]

New South Wales,
from Accra,
Australia

Ghana [GAH-na]

Rupa from Andhra Pradesh

[AHN-druh pruh-DAESH], India
Now turn the page to begin your
around-the-world school adventure! v

Solomon in Australia
Hi folks. It’s Solomon here in
Australia. I was in a bit of a rush
this morning and nearly forgot
the spinifex grass I needed for
our Earth Day project.
I yanked on my school
sweatshirt, grabbed my bag, and pulled
on my sun hat—all at the same time.
“Where’s your spinifex, Solomon?”
asked Mum, as we were halfway down
the road. Oh no! We returned to get it,
and then raced on to school.
Here I am
with my class.
We are lining
up, ready to go
into school.

I hurried straight to
class. After assembly,
we went outside to
the playground for our
jump-rope lesson. It really
wakes you up!
This is my teacher,
Mrs. Ridings.
Serious stuff
My school is in New South Wales,
which is a state in Australia.
Each state creates its own school
syllabus (the list of subjects we
study) and exams.

Back in the classroom, we had to
present our Earth Day project for news
time—a show-and-tell lesson. We’d all
brought a native plant of Australia to
show the class. My friend Jordan and I
talked about different species of spinifex
grass and how you can use them to
purify water, make glue, start a fire,
and even build a roof!