For Every Child a Better World

by United Nations

Book Overview

Written in simple language and short sentences, and with the use of many illustrations, this book attempts to convey the fact that "many children in the world still do not have access to clean water,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9211008638
• ISBN13: 9789211008630
• Release Date: January 2007
• Publisher: United Nations Publications
• Length: 44 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.6" x 11.0"

Customer Reviews

A necessary part of every family library

I bought this book in the UN Geneva Bookstore in 2006 and brought it home to my 3 y/o daughter. It became one of her favorites. It presents 2 page tableaux of alternating good and bad life situations (plenty vs. famine, peace vs. war, health vs. sickness) that a child can understand. The images are rich enough that the reader can create detailed back-stories regarding the people and their situation. While there are clues on the "good" pages as to location, the "bad" images are of indeterminate place. My daughters (now 5 with a new 3 y/o) always asks where these bad things happen, and so she is aware at a basic level of the famine in Sudan and the fighting in Gaza. This book needs to be back in print.