Due to a passing in the family a few years ago and my subsequent health issues stemming from that, I was unable to download this book in time to review it before it was archived as I did not visit this site for years after the bereavement. Thank you for the opportunity.

This book puts kids in the shoes of other children all over the world to show them different lifestyles and cultures.

I have been putting off writing review for this cute book for one primarily reason- for past few months I have been trying to formulate my exact thoughts about my confusing sentiments.

To begin, "One Day, So Many Ways" is a cute picture book which educate children about the many variations on daily things people engage in globally. Anything from life essentials, life styles, cultures and so forth, the author illustrates the ideas through wonderful illustrations and simple writing. The concept of the book is great but the execution is a little disappointing.

The book organizes the information through daily lives of children around the world. Each spread focuses on a particular time in a day with pictures of children from about 10 different countries. It's a great way to explain to children how human everywhere follow the same routines daily with slight variations culturally. But too busy within each spread and the cultural context does not sink in well. For example, we have learned children around the world all eat breakfast before going to school but we do not remember which country favors what kinds of food. Another potential problem is the over generalization on any particular culture. Take "lunchtime" as an example, I know the fact children in China do not mostly eat rice with pork nor the American consume pizza and tomato salad on a daily basis. The cultural context is there but overly simplified.

All that being said, "One Day, So Many Ways" is a lovely book to discuss about culture differences but adults interactions are required to make the best use of it. If this book is used appropriately, plenty of fun yet valuable information can keep adults and children busy for hours filled with enjoyment.

Beautifully crafted book from the message to every illustration. We enjoyed looking at the pictures as well as learning with every turn of the page. It is an inspirational book.

One Day, So many Ways was a beautiful book! The illustrations were so fun and colorful, really kept my children's
attention. Sometimes it is hard to accept that people are different and what that means to our lives and world. This book broke down the idea that everyone is different, especially in the every day things. I would recommend this to anyone with children or anyone that reads to children.,although as an adult it was a great reminder of the difference of humans around they world and how beautiful that is.
Thank you NetGalley and Quarto Publishing Group for the advanced copy in exchange for my honest opinion.

The concept of this book was appealing: look into the lives of other children around the world to see what you have in common and the interesting ways in which you are different. As someone who traveled a fair amount before having kids, these are exactly the kinds of things I want my kids exposed to. If you can’t travel with your children (because of their age, a tight budget, or physical limitations, etc.), I believe it’s critical in this global society to expose them to other cultures, other ways of living. It seemed like this book might be a good step in that direction.

While the book does represent a large variety of children from different countries, sharing information about the names they might have, the foods they might eat, and various other experiences throughout their day, it felt overly long for the information it provided. The illustrations were fun, but the format didn’t really work for me. 40 countries are too many to fairly cover in a picture book. Leaving it at maybe 20 countries and providing more in-depth information would have suited better. Because there were so many different countries covered, and each not covered in every section, it felt like little was actually learned about any particular country or culture.

I wanted to love it, but I couldn’t. Readers might be better served finding children’s books from different countries, or children’s books that focused on only a few countries at a time.

This book is great for kids to learn about children in other countries. The book basically goes through one day in the lives of several children from around the world. The colorful pages is what got my attention at first, then as I read it was just so cute that I know for sure my students will enjoy it's!

One Day, So Many Ways by Laura Hall & Loris Lora is a brilliant children's book that looks at how kids do daily things the world over. From Australia to Tanzania, 40+ countries are looked at. Each activity covers a two-page spread that looks at about 10 different cultures. See what kinds of houses children around the world live in, the types of foods they eat for meals, the types of schools they attend, types of things they read, crafts they enjoy, and the things they do for weekend fun, among many other things. At end is section with information about the countries mentioned, giving the flag, name, dominant language, population and a few fun facts.

I found the US examples a little confusing at times. Some gave State name, US. Others gave a city name, US and others used city name, state name and no country. If you didn't already know Alaska is part of the US, you would assume it the country name. Still, that aside, this is a wonderful book and a fun way to teach kids that not everyone does things the same way, and every way is valid. I'm a very big proponent of teaching cultural awareness, the earlier, the better, and will certainly be recommending this book for those with kids. My cubs enjoyed reading it as well, and it prompted lots of questions about the cultures described.

***Many thanks to Netgalley and Quarto Publishing for providing an ARC in exchange for a fair and honest review.

Nice illustrations. Idea is good. How do kids all over the world spend their day. How diverse are their actions. Good book for giving an introduction to various cultures around the world. There are some information about the countries mentioned in the book.

Thanks to netgalley and the publisher for the eARC.

One Day, So many Ways, by Laura Hall, Lorris Lora is a lovely book, for children and parents. I wish it was more resourceful. It connects children and people.

This book looks at how certain parts of the day vary from country to county. It covers subjects like sleeping, friends, sports and even food. It’s a lovely book that many kids will find interesting.

One Day, So Many Ways by Laura Hall, Loris Lora is a book I requested from NetGalley and the review is voluntary. The book goes through the day and shows multiple places, multiple children as they proceed with the day. I like that it shows that kids are basically the same everywhere and yet different in small ways but I felt the pages were just too busy! I like the concept a lot.

This is a good introduction to understand how children live a common day in different parts of the world. We go through the day with them: waking up, eating breakfast, going to school, playing with friends, eating a snack, learning to be quiet, playing sport, making art, homework, family time, helping out, dinner, reading, bed time and dreams.

Unfortunately, there were many incorrect or stereotypical informations in this book. Where are the kids and parents with disabilities? Where are the single dads? Where are the same-sex parents? Most of the time, the mother was the one taking care of the kids, except for weekend and fun activities

The description of France was very caricatural: "French people eat around 30,000 tones of snails per year", knowing that most French people don't eat snails, and that they are mostly eaten by tourists. The Senegal flag was also missing at the end of the book, maybe due to ARC version of the book that I read.

The illustrations were mostly good, with a vintage feel to them, but sometimes they could have been improved: "Ava and Luis meet their mom at the school gates. They cycle home together with bike helmets on", and on the illustration they are not wearing helmets.

It's hard to make a book about one detail of a country without being stereotypical, and I feel like it could have been better.

What a wonderful time to share this book with children! "One Day, So Many Ways" shows young children how their lives are oh-so-similar to those of kids all around the world. Each two-page spread depicts a different part of the day, whether it's home or at school, and what it looks like on an international level. The 2-dimensional illustrations by Loris Lora are bright and engaging. Kids will be drawn right in! Don't miss the world map (at the beginning) and short country descriptions (near the end). Best for kids preK - 3.

Thanks to NetGalley for an advance copy!

This book has a very appealing appearance. There are two page spreads, each with multiple small illustrations and commentary. Every page is vivid, bright and a joy to look at.

One Day So Many Ways is about daily life in a variety of countries. With headings like School, Waking Up, After School Activities, Friends, Family Time, Meals, etc. children are shown experiencing the same activity but within their own unique culture. This is not a deep dive but there is enough to show that life both does and does not vary from country to country.

An example from Learning:

Amazon, Peru

Diego and Maria like geography, where thy look at maps and learn all about volcanoes and mountains.

Galway, Ireland

Aoife is really good at handwriting, and has learnt to write letters to her pen pal during English class.

Nuuk, Greenland

Ebb learns to speak and write in three languages at school: Danish, Greenlandic and English.

This book will give your elementary school child the chance to see that our world is full of amazing experiences.

Thanks NetGalley and the publisher!

Sveglia, colazione, scuola, gioco, merenda, nanna, cena, studio.

In capanne, appartamenti, cottage, igloo, tende, condomini, villette in legno o mattoni.

In riva al mare, su fiumi, nel profondo dei boschi, fra i ghiacci, nel deserto, circondati da foreste.

Una giornata tipica, vista attraverso le attività di bambini di tutto il mondo: dal Giappone alla Colombia, dall'Italia al Kenya, un viaggio meraviglioso che dimostra come, nelle differenze che arricchiscono, siamo tutti uguali.

Bellissimo, spero davvero che arrivi anche qui. <3

This is quite a lovely book. I think this book is great for talking to kids about diversity and how we’re all different and similar at the same time. It’s quite interesting for kids and grown ups alike (at least I learned a couple of interesting things from this book. It’s the kind of book that you can read over and over and possibly try to experience some of the things mentioned: you can get your kids excited about different food, games, or books.

I think some more cities could have been included and there are a couple of spelling mistakes, but overall it’s a wonderful book! I hope there will be another one with some of the missing countries.

I received this book via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thanks!

A colorful and interactive guide for kids. This non-fiction books helps children bridge the cultural gap. Exploring detailed images and explanations, they will learn just how similar and different their daily foods, schools, and activities are to other children across the world.

'One Day, So Many Ways' by Laura Hall with illustrations by Loris Lorca takes on a one day journey into the lives of children around the world.

In this colorfully illustrated book, the reader learns about daily routines from all kinds of different places in the world. From the kinds of houses that children live in to what they eat for breakfast. There are school routines, and the kinds of ways they help out around the house. There are leisure activities and what happens in sports classes. The book shows how we are all different, but more importantly shows how we are all the same.

Obviously, one or two children in one city are going to be pretty much generalizations, but the variety of things and activities is pretty interesting. I loved the bright, colorful drawings of kids doing all the things kids do all over the world.

I received a review copy of this ebook from Quarto Publishing Group-Frances Lincoln Childrens, and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this ebook.

Get a little taste for what a typical school day (and the weekend after) is like for kids all over the world from waking up to how they get to school to what they eat at lunch and what they do after school.

This book does a very good job of presenting a wide variety of countries. Along the way readers get introduced to many different types of housing, foods, school weeks, homework assignments, after school activities, chores, and family past times. Some of these will emphasize how different things can be for kids all over the world while others can emphasize how similar things can be for kids in very different countries. The illustrations are attractive and should pull kids into the story. The title is a little bit of a misnomer because the book actually covers a day of school and the weekend. I found most of the selected activities and foods to be good representations of that country. There were only a few that I felt were odd choices (like the mom in Australia waking up her kids by squirting them with water…I have several Australian friends and I’m pretty sure this is not a normal thing, but kids will take it as normal because they see it in here). But for the most part it was done quite well and this would be a great book to introduce kids to the fact that there are many other people in the world who live both differently and similarly. I did like that in the front of the book is a map showing where each of the countries is located and in the back of the book are flags for each of the countries represented, some stats, and a fun fact. Recommended for curious kids, those studying cultures around the world, and learning about the global community.

I received an ARC of this title from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.