Who Believes What?

Exploring the World’s Major Religions

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Pub Date Sep 14 2018 | Archive Date Dec 05 2018

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Description

In today’s multicultural cities and interconnected world, understanding different belief systems can help kids appreciate the differences of people they see every day, or people who live on the other side of the globe. This book introduces readers to the five major world religions by population: Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, and Judaism.

Each mini-section opens with a fully illustrated spread representing one religion. Designed in a search-and-find style, the illustrated spreads are busy, bright, and jam-packed with details that show people worshipping among symbolic places, rituals, and objects. A text spread follows, pulling out details from the illustrated page and providing further information about the history, festivals, places of worship, celebrations, religious leaders, and gods of each religion.

Front matter gives broader overall context about religion and each featured belief system, making this a comprehensive go-to resource for introducing religion and global cultures.

In today’s multicultural cities and interconnected world, understanding different belief systems can help kids appreciate the differences of people they see every day, or people who live on the other...


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EDITION Other Format
ISBN 9781771473330
PRICE $19.95 (USD)
PAGES 40

Average rating from 23 members


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A creative and colorful book to teach the children about religion in a multicultural context. Very good source of new vocabulary and cultural references. Amazing work!

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I find that hour enough people take time to really learn about different religions. I think if there was more opportunities to learn about different religions and cultural histories and be able to not judge someone solely based on their religion it would be a more peaceful place. I liked the illustrations and all the explanations about the different religions and why they believe what they do.

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Nice overview of the major religions- Christian, Hindu, Buddhism, Islam, Judaism. It also shares that not everyone belongs to these religions and that some people have none for different reasons. I think it's a good start for kids who are exploring their own beliefs, or who are interested in why other people believe what they believe, similarities and differences, to their own. The book is easy to read, but not dumbed down. 4th grade up will find the book of interest.

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A beautifully written and illustrated book about the major religions: Hinduism, Judaism, Buddhism, Christianity, Islam. An introduction explains what religion is and even explains that not everyone has a religion. Each religion's section includes a bright and colorful 2 page spread jam-packed with details that show how people practice that religion. The next pages pull out details about the history, festivals, places of worship, celebrations, religious leaders, and gods of that religion. This book is easy to understand, FILLED with information and set in a multicultural context. This is an excellent introduction to religions and world cultures in general, for a home or class library.

Thank you Netgalley and Owlkids Books for an advanced copy of this book.

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Colorful and creative way to teach kids about different religions. Good information and great illustrations. Fun book to read with kids. Would recommend this book.

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Oh, how I love this book! It's gorgeously illustrated and the content on each of the major world religious traditions is excellently presented. This book is a MUST have for families of every kind in this religiously pluralistic age. Now more than ever we need books that fairly and factually present the basics of religious groups without bias or judgement. This may be my new baby shower gift. It's not a board book or a picture book, but it is without a doubt a book families will reach for again and again over the years to learn about their neighbors. Thank you for writing this Anna Wills!

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Informative read on the various religions broken down for kids to be able to understand and respect the various beliefs in the world.

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The pictures in this book are very interesting and I felt like the information was very accurate. I appreciated the base level information and I felt like that was appropriate for the intended age group.

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