Ever wonder what the bedrooms of children all around the world look like? Photographer James Mollison took on the challenging task of traveling all around the world to take pictures of children's bedrooms...their kingdoms! The result is a book!
Just making a text to text connection here, this new book reminds me of one we studied last year...remember
Material World?
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| A fascinating look at the material possessions of families throughout the world. |
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| Where children sleep is a book much like a book we studied last year, Material World. |
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| Jasmine (‘Jazzy’), four, lives in a big house in Kentucky, USA, with her parents and three brothers. Her house is in the countryside, surrounded by farmland. Her bedroom is full of crowns and sashes that she has won in beauty pageants. |
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| Child from Africa |
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| Indira, seven, lives with her parents, brother and sister near Kathmandu in Nepal. Her house has only one room, with one bed and one mattress. At bedtime, the children share the mattress on the floor. Indira has worked at the local granite quarry since she was three. |
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| Child from NYC, USA |
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Below is the link to a slide show with some of the pictures.
I'd love to hear what you all have to say. I for one, am again finding myself very, very grateful for all that I have.
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