Monday, May 4, 2015

A Country Far Away

My son Juanito is 3 and he loves to listen to stories. I wanted to share a simple story book called A Country Far Away by Nigel Grey!


This story parallels the lives of a boy in the USA with a boy in Africa. In the story, both boys do the same things: help at home, go to school, go shopping with their families, play with friend, and other activities of daily life. The illustrations do a wonderful job of showing the differences in the cultures!


If you have a young child and want to help your child see the differences and similarities between their lives and a child in Africa, I would encourage you to read this book. I also think older children would enjoy it as it could be a great springboard into further research about the Ugandan culture.



All photos are courtesy of Amazon.







About Hannah Hinojosa...Hannah is a long time Compassion sponsor (she was Sherinah's sponsor) and writes about her sponsorship journey at Because of Shamim. In addition to being a wife and mother, she is a part-time math professor and loves to read.

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