If the world were a village : a book about the world's people / written by David J. Smith ; illustrated by Shelagh Armstrong.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Toronto, ON ; Tonawanda, NY : Kids Can Press, [2008], c2002.Edition: Updated [ed.]Description: 32 p. : col. ill. ; 32 cmSubject(s):
Contents:
Welcome to the global village -- Nationalities -- Languages -- Ages -- Religions -- Food -- Air and water -- Schooling and literacy -- Money and possessions -- Electricity -- The village in the past -- The village in the future -- Teaching children about the global village -- A note on sources and how the calculations were made.
Summary: Tells us who we are, where we live, how fast we are growing, what languages we speak, what religions we practice and more by imagining the whole world is a village of 100 people.
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"Information updated February 2008"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 32).

Welcome to the global village -- Nationalities -- Languages -- Ages -- Religions -- Food -- Air and water -- Schooling and literacy -- Money and possessions -- Electricity -- The village in the past -- The village in the future -- Teaching children about the global village -- A note on sources and how the calculations were made.

Tells us who we are, where we live, how fast we are growing, what languages we speak, what religions we practice and more by imagining the whole world is a village of 100 people.