x, 140 pages : 30 cm
A collection of letters and drawings from young people around the world that express their feelings about nature and the environmental problems the world faces
Originally published: Where would we sleep? Random House Australia, 1992

None; Temple, Lannis

Lannis, Ed Temple

Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers

Random House Books for Young Readers

Random House, Incorporated

Random House AudioBooks

New York: Random House

United States, United States of America

[curator]lenscriv@archive.org[/curator][date]20180918180913[/date]

Originally published: Where would we sleep? Random House Australia, 1992.

This book is a collection of letters and drawings created by children, that illustrate what they like to do with nature, their fears about the future of nature, and how they would like to treat nature. The book's author traveled the world and visited schools from a variety of areas, including large, medium, and small cities, country towns, and areas with beautiful scenery. A spectrum of upper elementary children were involved from rich to poor. Chapters contain photographs of children, and reproductions of their letters and paintings. Each chapter highlights a separate country and begins with a short introduction describing the author's experiences. The following countries were studied: Thailand, China (Beijing), Vietnam, Japan (Hiroshima), Nepal, Ukraine, Iran, West Bank, Israel, Ethiopia, Tanzania, South Africa (Johannesburg), Romania, Germany (The Black Forest), The Netherlands, Cuba, Venezuela (Caracas), Brazil, Nicaragua, USA (Dallas), Canada, Cook Islands, Australia (The Northern Territory), Japan (Shikoku), India, China (Tibet), Russia (Siberia), Kuwait, South Africa (Soweto), Mali (Timbuktu), Egypt, Monaco, Germany (Berlin), Sweden, England, Dominica, Venezuela (The Andes), Argentina, Colombia, Costa Rica, USA (Harlem), USA (Alaska), Australia (Sydney), Papua New Guinea, and Antarctica. (LZ)

2023-06-28