This highly attractive introduction to a subject that is of real fascination to young children looks at the variety of homes and their relationship to the environment people inhabit in different parts of the world. In a nearly square format, the book is easily handled by children and is clearly and stunningly illustrated with bright colour photographs. It contains contents, a combined index and glossary, and captions to provide experience of the organisational features of non-fiction. It has also been checked by literacy and geography consultants.

 

This book is part of a book series called Starters Series .

There are 24 pages in this book. This book was published 2005 by Hachette Children's Group .

Rosie McCormick taught in a New York elementary school before becoming an editor with publishers such as DK, Kingfisher and Franklin Watts. Now a fulltime writer with two young children she is the author of a number of successful children's non-fiction books.