Poverty and hunger

Format:

Book

Title:

Poverty and hunger

Author:

Spilsbury, Louise author

ISBN:

9781438050195

Edition:

First edition for the United States and Canada.

Publication:

Hauppauge, NY : Barron's, 2017.

Physical Description:

32 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.

Series title(s):

Children in our world.

General Note:

Originally published in Great Britain in 2017 by Wayland.

Contents:

Poverty and hunger -- Who is poor and hungry? -- Why are people poor and hungry? -- The cost of war -- Natural disasters -- Health problems -- Children missing out -- People who help -- Helping farmers -- Improving health -- How schools help -- Talk about it -- How can you help? -- Find out more.

Summary:

An introduction to poverty and hunger answers such questions as what hunger and poverty are, how people around the world are affected by both, and how readers can help them.

Subject(s):

Poverty -- Juvenile literature.

Hunger -- Juvenile literature.

Natural disasters -- Juvenile literature.

Economic assistance -- Juvenile literature.

Genre:

Instructional and educational works.

Illustrated works.

Juvenile works.

Added Author:

Kai, Hanane

Holds:

Available:*

Library	Call Number	Status
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Summary

With our 24/7 news cycle and constant access to the latest headlines, the world can be a scary place. Now imagine you're a child trying to make sense of it all! What does this news mean? How does it affect me ? That's where Children in Our World can help. This beautifully illustrated non-fiction series takes a timely look at today's biggest issues and sensitively explains the crises that dominate the news in an appropriate way for young children. Each book uses relatable comparisons, carefully researched text, and striking illustrations to help kids understand the many difficulties that children just like them face in the world today. Poverty and Hunger discusses the questions "What is poverty and hunger? How do they affect people in countries all over the world?" It helps children begin to understand the way others struggle with these issues and learn about ways they can help. Where issues are not appropriate to describe in words, award-winning illustrator Hanane Kai uses a deft hand to create powerful illustrations that help children visualize the people impacted by poverty, hunger, war, racism, and more. All of the images are sensitively rendered and perfectly suited for younger children. These books are an excellent cross-curricular resource--use them to explore these important issues and tie them into discussions about food, wealth, compassion, empathy, and current affairs. (Ages 6--10)

Author Notes

Louise Spilsbury worked in educational publishing before becoming a freelance author. She has written or co-written over 200 nonfiction books for young people. She has written titles on almost every subject, from science and geography through to world affairs, social issues, art, history, and literacy. These include books in the Tales of Invention series, Ice Age, and the Young Explorer series. She co-writes many of her books with her husband Richard Spilsbury.

(Bowker Author Biography)

Reviews (1)

Booklist Review

*Starred Review* Poverty affects a significant population of children, and this entry in the Children in Our World series aims to explain the complicated topic in a kid-friendly way. Alongside gentle illustrations of a diverse array of children, the text explains not only how poverty and hunger can affect people but also the wide array of circumstances, which are often outside of people's control, that can lead to poverty, such as famine, natural disasters, war, global warming, low-paying jobs, and even systemic poverty. The simplified concepts, straightforward sentences, and illustrations make the tough concepts easy to bear, as does the second half of the book, which focuses on charities that feed the hungry, build hospitals and schools, care for refugees, and offer other assistance to people in need. The resources list includes fiction about children in poverty as well as charitable organizations aimed at helping children make a difference in the fight against poverty and hunger. This is a compassionate, lucid treatment of a sensitive topic that young readers will not only be perfectly equipped to understand but also likely moved to take action, too.--Hunter, Sarah Copyright 2017 Booklist