Summary: This book was about how 7 different children from all around the world live their everyday lives and what their daily routines consist of. All of these children experience different events throughout the day, and they all eat many different foods and participate in various traditions.
Comments: I really enjoyed how the author layed out this picture book and how it focused on the lives of these different children. I learned a lot about how these children experience their daily lives and I found it fascinating to see from these different perspectives. ( )

This story shows children in different countries and how they play. It shows how some traditions may be different from our own but shows similarities in the ideas.
3-7
Informational
Fort Steilacoom ECE shelves

This book is best for children grades 3 and up.
This book is about how people in a bunch of different cultures live their lives from day to day. ( )

Kids from around the globe show how they do things differently. Good book to show multiculturalism

This book highlights a day in the life of seven different children who live in different countries in the world. The book gives examples of where they live, who they live with and the things each kid does throughout the day. This is an informational look at the lives of children in different countries. It's a book that children can relate to because it is about other children. It is interesting to read about their lives and how they are different yet, the same. ( )

Age: primary / intermediate
Genre: informational

This book follows 7 children from different countries during their day. It shows what they typically eat, wear to school, what their family is like, and other aspects of their life. There is an author's note at the end explaining that just how in America not everyone's family looks the same or does the same thing that is the same in other countries. These stories are just to give us ideas of how it is in other countries. It is a great informational book. ( )

This book would be a great introduction to children around the world. Matt Lamothe tells the story of seven children from around the world. Their photographs are in the back. In double-page spreads, he illustrates their homes, families, clothing, meals, schools, alphabets, and routines. He manages this without the book being cluttered. An excellent introduction to children around the world. ( )

This book was about the lives of 7 kids who live all around the world. The book shows us the different chores that each of the kids do, and some of the chores that the children do I wouldn't even think of. The message of the book was that people are different, and live differently than we do but we still all share the sky, the moon, and the stars. I would recommend this to a early middle grades history class. ( )

This book showcases how children from different places around the world do things everyday. ( )

There are various reasons why I loved this book. One thing that I love about this book is the language the author uses. The author of this book utilizes a lot of repetition to emphasize an idea. For example, the author starts off sentences throughout the book with “this is how” to emphasize the idea of different cultures doing common daily activities in a different way. Another example is that the author emphasizes the phrase “this is what” to emphasize common things that occur in every culture in different ways. The repetition of these phrases allows the author to emphasize the pattern in people from around the world doing common daily activities.

Another thing that I love about this book is the illustrations. In this book, the illustrations are very detailed, providing the reader with information that is additional to the actual text. For example, in the beginning when the illustrations show each of the kids around the world, the illustrations show detail in the person’s hair, clothes, and other extra things. This illustration provided more information on the children’s different outfits around the world. In addition, the author provides the readers with a map at the end, identifying where the children were around the world. This illustration further emphasizes the distance geographically between all of the children, providing the readers with additional information. The main idea of this story is that no matter where we come from, or where we live, we are all the same and we should embrace and celebrate all cultures and type of people. ( )

This story takes you to a day in the real lives of seven kids and their family from around the world in Italy, Japan, Iran, India, Peru, Uganda, and Russia. They talk about who they are, where they live, what they eat, how they get to school, what they do at school, and what they do in their free time. They do much of the same things American kids do, although some little details are different. The illustrations are so cool for kids, the pictures of all the different foods people eat around the world. This book offer kids a lot of information on diversity. ( )

This Is How We Do It was a really fun book to read. I loved reading it because it gave me a better understanding of life in other countries. It showed me how they travel to school each day, what their houses look like, what their meals look like, who they live with and different cultural traditions they have in their life. I loved reading this book and finding out more information about the different cultures. I also really like how it was based on real families from different countries and at the end they showed a real picture of each family from each different country. I would use this book in my classroom to talk about the different countries in the world and explain to children how life works in the different countries each day. Definitely recommend this book! ( )

A look at the lives of seven children around the world in Italy, Japan, Iran, India, Peru, Uganda, and Russia. Perfect fit for our IB units at several grade levels as there is a focus on schools, food, families, traditions, customs, homes, games and clothes.

This is fun book about what happens in the lives of seven different children around the world. This book talks about similar things that each child does but the differences in how those things are done. The book shows where they live, who they live with, what they wear, what is for breakfast, how they go to school,who their teacher is, how they learn, how they spell their name, what is for lunch, what games they play, what chores they do, what is for dinner, what they do at night, and where they sleep. This is a great book that relates to kids. ( )

This boy is about the lives of 7 children across the country. ( )

This book emphasizes diversity around the world. It gives an insight on seven different children, from different locations. Although they are in different parts of the world and may do things a little different than one another, they are still under the same sky. Diversity in society is very important, I would recommend this book to others. It's grea book t to introduce cultural differences. ( )

This book shows a look into a day in the life of seven different kids from seven different locations around the world. Each page has a different theme, such as what they eat, where they live, who they are, how they learn, etc. At the end, it says "This is my night sky", showing that although they live completely different lives, they all live under the same sky. This is a great look into how different people in society live and shows lots of diversity to children who may not live in a diverse environment. ( )

A terrific book that looks at the day in the live of seven kids from around the world and how they do different day to day activities such as eating dinner. The illustrations are based on actual families, who we meet on the last page. A good book to show how we are different, but alike in so many ways. ( )

Amazing book that follows a day of children from Italy, Japan, Iran, India, Peru, Uganda, and Russia. Readers can understand traditions, and life in other parts of the wold. Great book for discussions on how people live differently and maybe individual traditions or similarities between cultures. ( )

A primer on the daily routines of children who live in different parts of the world.

The first endpaper shows a map of the world, with the countries that the kids are from colored in orange (the rest are off-white, the oceans are dark blue), and lines connecting a picture of each child's face to their country: Italy, Japan, Iran, India, Peru, Uganda, and Russia.

Most double-page spreads are divided into eight blocks: one block of text (e.g. "This is me," "This is where I live") and one block for each of the seven kids. The arrangement differs from page to page (i.e. the Italian kid is not always in the same upper-left-hand square). The illustrations are quite detailed but not overwhelming; the invite a good long look. The kids introduce their families, their clothes, their food at different meals, their methods of transport, their schools, what they do in their free time, and where they sleep. The last page of the story says simply "This is my night sky" over a full DPS of the night sky with stars and moon. On the following page are photographs of each of the real families, followed by a glossary and an author's note; the final endpaper is the same as the first.

This is a thoughtfully crafted, unique book that can be read many times in many ways: follow one kid through and read it seven times, or spend more time on each page, comparing and contrasting each child's daily life. Though aspects of each child's life may be very different from what the reader is familiar with, their lives are normal to them, and presented matter-of-factly, to normalize difference.

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Re-read March/April 2021 ( )

This book talks describes different cultures. Starts with the introduction of seven children. Each one from a different country. Each two pages are pictures and a little description of their lifestyle. What they eat, how they live, how they dress, their families, how they go to school, how they play, and all kind of activities they do in their country. At the end they are real pictures of the same families. Also in the back of the book, there's a two pages map with the location of those countries. ( )

I picked up this book because it has the same title of an R&B song from the 90's. The book is all about how we are all the same we just do things differently. The book looks at the lives of six different children from the following countries, Italy, Japan, Uganda, Russia, India, Peru, and Iran. The book shows their home life and school life. It also shows what they do at home and school, usually referred to as afterschool activities. Each page as a sentence that starts "This is... with ending such as ...where I live, ...what I wear to school, and ...what I do in the evening." On each of the pages is a picture of each child that shows how they do something. The final page says "This is my night sky" and has one picture for all the children.

The book taught me that our culture has more of an influence on what and how we do things then our race does. My genetic code is probably more similar to the girl from Uganda than any of the other children but my childhood resembles the little boy from Italy more than any of the other children. At the end of the book is a Meet the Families page that shows photos of the children's family. The author is clear on his purpose. He wanted to reveal insights about lifestyles and traditions that may differ from the reader. He is also clear to point out that this is some of the traditions that are unique to these countries, but it dons mean that everyone in the country lives like the child in the book. ( )

Each page focuses on one popular aspect of a typical day and then tells about that aspect from the viewpoint of seven different children from around the world. It gives different cultural and daily life insights.
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When I was a kid, I was fascinated with the very thought of other families having different traditions and routines than my own. I loved going to my classmates' and neighbors' houses and seeing the differences right there. I would have adored This Is How We Do It.

As an adult, I appreciate the book for indulging that same fascination (I've never really lost it!) and for the author's art style, which I enjoyed studying as I read. It's definitely a book I want to have available to share with my nieces and nephews as they grow up.

However, my adult experiences tell me that most (if not all) of the families in this book are fairly well-to-do, or at least according to their community. It makes sense that this is the case - the author collected photographs and stories through the internet and friends-of-friends. But I kind of wish that instead of seeing so many private or otherwise expensive schools and wealthy households, the book featured children of more ordinary means. Lamothe includes a disclaimer that the children aren't meant to represent their entire countries or cultures, but that is what will happen for many readers, and I think it's a bit of a shame.

Another disappointment is how regular all the families are. They all features two parents and may have siblings or not, but that's it, and those parents are all opposite sex. The text refers to the girl from Uganda living most of the week with her grandmother instead, and her family has a housemaid, too! but neither of them count as family in the introduction. I would have liked to see more visible representation of the extended families that I know commonly live together, or parents that are not opposite sex pairs, or aren't pairs at all.

But, though there could be strong improvements to who is represented by the children and their families in the book, it is on the whole a nice glimpse of the diversity and similarity around the world, and I am happy to keep it to look at with my siblings' kids. I really like the art style and the detail in the locations, people, and things that make up daily life for each child. I also really like that many uncommon terms for American children are underlined to show that they are defined in a glossary in the back, so if you don't know what a plantain is or what ethics in Japanese school is, you can find out. ( )