Invites readers to travel through the world's twenty-four time zones and steal a glimpse of a moment happening in each one. - (Baker & Taylor)
A multicultural travelogue through the world's 24 time zones invites young readers to explore moments in other regions, from a Santa Fe artist working at his easel and an Inuit boy's training with his sled dogs to a Madagascar lemur stealing treats from a picnic basket to a baby humpback's birth in the Pacific. Simultaneous eBook. - (Baker & Taylor)
In this multicultural travelogue through each of the 24 time zones, young readers are invited to travel the world and experience all the people, places, and things that exist on our planet right now. In every minute of every hour of every day, something wonderful is happening around our world. In Santa Fe, New Mexico, an artist sits behind his easel working on a painting. While at the same time in Greenland, an Inuit boy begins training his first pack of sled dogs. While in Madagascar, a playful lemur is trying to steal treats from a family's picnic, just as a baby humpback whale is born deep in the Pacific Ocean. A perfect read-aloud to help introduce geography and time-telling as well as a celebration of the richness and diversity of life on our planet. - (Cherry Lake Publishing)
In this multicultural travelogue through each of the 24 time zones, young readers are invited to travel the world and experience all the people, places, and things that exist on our planet. In every minute of every hour of every day, something wonderful is happening around our world. A perfect read-aloud to help introduce geography and time-telling as well as a celebration of the richness and diversity of life on our planet. - (Cherry Lake Publishing)
Booklist Reviews
The idea of time being different from one place to the next may be a difficult concept for children to understand, but this global celebration does the trick. The book begins at 6:00 in the morning in San Francisco, where people are just waking up. But in Cape Town, South Africa, it's 4:00 p.m., and a group of children are playing, and in Bangkok, Thailand, it's 9:00 at night, and traditional Thai dancers are in the middle of a performance. Time moves linearly, and the reader travels east to get a glimpse of life in a variety of countries, ending back in San Francisco with the start of a new day. People in the brightly colored illustrations are diverse and sometimes wearing cultural apparel of the country, though those occasionally skirt too close to stereotypes. Some characters aren't human at all, as penguins pose for a picture in the South Sandwich Islands and a moose crosses the street in Anchorage. The message is a good one to take to heart: although the time and location are different, some things, like family, friends, and dancing, remain the same. Copyright 2017 Booklist Reviews.
Horn Book Guide Reviews
This simple introduction to the twenty-four time zones takes readers around the world, stopping in each zone to describe an event or activity concurrently happening ("And somewhere in the world..."). Beckman's gentle illustrations add warmth to the various places, all of which are realistically depicted and filled with smiling faces. Historical and scientific tidbits are appended, along with instructions for making a sundial. Copyright 2017 Horn Book Guide Reviews.
Kirkus Reviews
Time zones are not always easy to understand.This book starts out in San Francisco, California, at 6 a.m. with a yawning city dweller looking out on a cable car. Each page uses the same format with the time spelled out on the top ("It's seven o'clock in the morning") and the phrase "And somewhere in the world…" at the bottom. In between, there is a descriptive sentence usually identifying a city and country (or state in the U.S.) for each zone, traveling eastward. A full-bleed painting, often featuring comical animals as well as humans and sights, illustrates each page. (For most locales, residents are depicted, but occasionally only white visitors are seen, as at the Taj Mahal and South Pole Station). There is a timepiece in each picture to look for. Occasionally there are grown-up jokes. "A girl from Ipanema goes walking on a beach" in Rio. Visual jokes for younger readers also appear. At noon, one penguin in the South Sandwich Islands in the southern Atlantic poses f or another drawing a picture. Famous tourist sites are often the focus. Eventually, the scene returns to San Francisco, but not before a moose nonchalantly walks through the streets of Anchorage, Alaska, at 5 a.m. There are two pages of explanatory material, including instructions for making a sundial. Unfortunately, there is no world map delineating the zones. Straightforward—with a little bit of fun. (Informational picture book. 5-8) Copyright Kirkus 2017 Kirkus/BPI Communications. All rights reserved.
