Back to School Around the World
Children all over the world typically go back to school following their summer holidays. This means that school starts in August or September in the Northern Hemisphere, and January or February in the Southern Hemisphere. But even though many kids start school at the same time, what it means to go back to school may be very different.
In Caracas, Venezuela, children can take a gondola to school. In a remote region of Colombia, children get to school by riding a zip line. In the Philippines, there is a schoolhouse made almost entirely of recycled soda and water bottles. There are floating boat schools in Bangladesh and a school shaped like a giant cat in Karlsruhe, Germany.
To celebrate Back to School Month, here are some great books about different ways to go back to school!
My First Day by Phung Nguyen Quang
Malala's Magic Pencil by Malala Yousafzai
Same, Same, But Different by Jenny Sue Kostecki-Shaw
My School Stinks! by Becky Scharnhorst
The Secret Shortcut by Mark Teague
Off to Class: Incredible and Unusual Schools Around the World by Susan Hughes
Waiting for the Biblioburro by Monica Brown
It's Back to School We Go!: First Day Stories from Around the World by Ellen Jackson
Mermaid School by Joanne Stewart Wetzel
Islandborn by Junot Diaz
School Days Around the World (Around the World) by Margriet Ruurs
Isadora Moon Goes to School (Isadora Moon #1) by Harriet Muncaster
