If You Were Me And Lived In... ~ Book Review

Last year, I had the opportunity to review several books titled "If You Were Me and Lived In..." by Carole P. Roman. This author has several of these books that are about different countries. My children enjoyed reading through these books and loved learning about other countries.

I was recently offered the chance to review a new book in this series. I chose Australia, because I have always wanted to visit this country. I actually thought of studying missions in college and becoming a missionary to Australia. Maybe one day I will get to visit.

When the book came in the mail, my 3 year old daughter got really excited. "We have other books like that!" She wanted to look at it right away.

This book has beautiful illustrations and is written in an interesting way for children of all ages. I actually learned a few things while reading through the book. I had always pronounced the capital city as "Can- bear- a," but it is actually pronounced "Can-bruh." I love that she puts the pronunciations next to the words. The book begins by telling you, the reader, where the country is located. It also tells about popular boys and girls names, what kind of food you would eat, famous places to visit, and what kinds of games are played. This book also mentioned Australia Day and the history about it.

My 3 year old daughter loved looking at all of the illustrations and loved hearing about Australia. She also loved waving the Australian flag that the author sent us with the book. My other children (8, 10, and 12) also read through the book and liked learning some things about Australia that they didn't know.

This book and all the others in this series are available for $8.99 (at the time of this post).

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If You Were Me and Lived In... ~ Book Review

We reviewed four books by Carole P. Roman. The books we reviewed are as follows:

• If You Were Me and Lived In…Mexico
• If You Were Me and Lived In…South Korea
• If You Were Me and Lived In…France
• If You Were Me and Lived In…Norway 

About the books:

 

If You Were Me and Lived In…Mexico, South Korea, France, and Norway all talk about the capital of the country, where you would take people to visit when they visit the country, what your name may be, and some of the foods you may eat.
              
 

All four of these books introduce children to culture around the world.

How we used the books:

These books arrived the same day we were headed to a fundraiser for some friends who are adopting a little boy from South Korea. We read the South Korea book before heading to the fundraiser to learn more about the culture. Our friends have already adopted one little boy from South Korea who is a year older than my two year old daughter. She loves her friend and really loved looking at the book. I explained to her how this book was about the same area that “L” was born. I also explained that his baby brother was there waiting for him and his parents to go get him. My older children (11,10, and 8) also enjoyed learning more about the place that our friends had (and are) adopting from.

I read through the rest of the books with my 2 year old during the following week. My other children read these books to themselves. We would discuss the different countries that they read about and I would answer any questions they had about the country.

What we thought about the books:

Even though the target age group for these books is Pre-K to under 10, my boys who are 10 and 11 really enjoyed reading these books. They are really easy to read and understand. My 2 year old loved the colorful pictures in the books. My 8 year old girl said she liked reading about how people in different countries live and what they eat. My boys said they just liked reading books and needed something to read, but the books are interesting too.

One thing I really liked about the books was on the last page each book has a pronunciation page of the words that are used in the book. It made it easier to read the book when you could see how the word is suppose to be pronounced. I also liked the picture on the front of each book shows Earth with the country highlighted on the planet so the child can see exactly where the country is located.

These books are geared to younger children, but are enjoyed by all ages. You can purchase the books (South Korea, Mexico, Norway,and France) for under $9.00 each for the paperback version.  They are all also available for Kindle and Nook.

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