Where kids go to school is a fun adventure around the world giving a peak into the lives of different cultures. Very interesting.

Where Kids Go to School Around the World is an interesting trip around the globe and a fun way to discover how and where other kids learn. The wide array of places will introduce them to new and eye opening ways of learning.

Where Kids Go to School Around the World by Stepanka Sekaninova and Helena Harastova

This book takes readers around the world to see the daily lives of children going to school. From schools in hospitals or refugee camps, to themed schools like sports focused. It is definitely a great concept and a great learning opportunity. As a teacher, I could definitely see this book fitting in with lots of outcomes in the Social Studies curriculum and could definitely see myself purchasing this resource for my classroom. Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for giving me the chance to read and review this book.

Where Kids Go to School Around the World by Stepanka Sekaninova and Helena Harastova

This book was a fun adventure around the world and a great look into the daily lives of school kids. I didn’t realize there were so many alternatives to regular schooling. From sports schools, to monks training up in the mountains, to children in hospitals and refugee camps. This book truly covered a wide variety of learning institutions around the world. One thing that stood out to me is that so many of us during the pandemic got to experience first-hand what it is like for kids in the Australian Outback to learn remotely. I particularly enjoyed learning about the schools on boats in Bangladesh. That is such a cool concept and it even has a floating playground!

I would like to thank NetGalley, Stepanka Sekaninova, Helena Harastova, and Albatros Media for allowing me to read this advanced copy of Where Kids Go to School Around the World. It was truly a delight to learn about so many new types of schools. Michaela Bergmannova’s illustrations were absolutely adorable and really helped with envisioning what classrooms around the world looked like. I would definitely recommend this book to parents and teachers of school-aged children. It is also a fun read for anyone who likes to learn about different cultures around the world.

The reader is invited to visit 15 schools from around the world and have a peek at how their educational system works.

Kids do attend school all round the world and many types of schools exist. Interesting information on schools located in: Bangladesh, Japan, Finland, the Himalayas, a refugee camp, England, Uganda, in a hospital, Buddhist monastic, Sports, Muslim girl's school, Ballet, Australian 'School of the Air', rainforest, and Montessori school is presented.

The book is educational and even surprising at times. Each chapter has stationed a local child guide and narrator to describe what their specific school is like making the book relatable and friendly to the reader.

This delightful book is a celebration of education and I highly recommend it!

This is such a great concept for a book! Explore schools not just around the world, but in special circumstances. My family especially enjoyed learning about school on a boat, in a refugee camp, and in the rainforest. Each two-page spread shows an illustrated classroom and has about 10 paragraphs highlighting the unique attributes of that particular school. We all learned a lot and look forward to implementing some of the ideas into our own homeschool curriculum!

Thank you to Publisher Spotlight, Albatros Media and NetGalley for providing an advance readers copy for us to review! We loved it.

The authors made some very thoughtful and unusual choices in the fifteen schools presented here. The format is interesting and an adult and a child reading it together could have many conversations based on each school. The information is presented well and the illustrations are lovely.
It's also the kind of book that could pull in a reluctant reader and for this reason, I believe it would be a solid addition to any school classroom library. Additionally, it would be a good book for a family considering a move so that children could see how different one school can be from the next.

As someone whose child was enrolled in school in Japan, I found some small inaccuracies in that section, but not enough to bother me. It's a good jumping off point for any child and adult interested in school systems.

Thank you to NetGalley for an advance copy of this thoughtful book. I'm so glad it is going out in the world!

I received an electronic ARC from Publisher Spotlight, Albatros Media through NetGalley.
Sekaninova brings readers to schools around the world to see how children learn. Each page spread shows a location in a central illustration. Short blurbs (paragraphs) surround this illustration with various pieces of information shared from a student's view. Each is numbered to match something in the drawing so readers have both the text and a visual to learn from. Well written for students and families to learn together.

I really like the idea of this book! There are many great details about schooling around the world. It is a great resource to see how we are alike and how we are different. I enjoyed the layout on each page and the illustrations. I do think the font inside the book, especially the headings is a bit hard to read and the cover is lacking and does not catch the eye very well.

Where Kids Go to School Around the World
by Stepanka Sekaninova; Helena Harastova
Pub Date 20 Jun 2023
Publisher Spotlight, Albatros Media
Children's Nonfiction


I am reviewing a copy of Where skids Go to School Around the World through Publisher Spotlight, Albatros Media and Netgalley:



Around the world children go to school, but there are different types of schools. In this book children are introduced to fifteen different schools, from boarding to Montessori. If you have a child is interested in where kids in Japan or in Himalayas go to school? Would you like to know how a school on a boat works? Or what a school in a rainforest looks like? This book will show you that while some schools are pretty similar to what you know, others can be completely different and surprising.




Each chapter features a local cal kid poses as a guide who introduces us to the type of school or a school system of a certain country or culture. Kids will learn that every nation has its own way of learning and that difference is what makes each culture special.


I give Where Kids Go to School Around the World five out of five stars!


Happy Reading!