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    Bianca SchulzeBy 3 Mins Read Ages 4-8 Ages 9-12 Picture Books
    If You Were Me And Lived In Cuba by Carole P. Roman Dedicated Review

    The Children’s Book Review | November 15, 2017

    If You Were Me and Lived In series, written by award-winning author Carole P. Roman

    The holidays are a great time to celebrate your family and your neighbors—and we don’t just mean your next-door neighbors. This season of celebrations is a wonderful time to encourage diversity, knowledge, interest, and mutual respect. Whether you observe Christmas, Hanukkah, Bodhi Day, Kwanzaa, the Winter Solstice, or any other celebration, we’re thrilled to share these books that allow young readers an opportunity to appreciate differences and see commonalities . . .

    Age Range: 4-10

    About the Books

    If You Were Me and Lived In Italy Interior 2

    It’s never too early to start teaching children about the world around them. Embraced by educators, parents, and children, the series gently and respectfully introduces the subjects of cultures and customs. Parents, grandparents, and teachers alike will love opening their children’s eyes to the world around them in a fun and easy way—and they’ll be happily surprised when they end up learning a few things themselves. It is the simplistic and positive way that award-winning author Carole P. Roman, a former social studies teacher, delivers the text, that makes this series appealing. The books are short and to the point and just what you want when you’re introducing geography and culture to the youngest reading set.

    Ages 4-8 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

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    Praise

    “Every book in the If You Were Me and Lived in … series is like a digestible and kid-friendly piece of Wikipedia, great for kids ages 4-10.” —Bianca Schulze, The Children’s Book Review

    About Carole P. Roman

    Carole P. Roman

    Carole P. Roman

    Carole P. Roman is the award winning author of the nonfiction series of children’s books, If You Were Me and Lived in … . The first title in the collection, If You Were Me and Lived in…Mexico, won the Pinnacle Award for Best in Children’s Nonfiction in 2012. If You Were Me and Lived in…Russia and If You Were Me and Lived in…France were finalists in the Indie Fab Foreword Review Book of the Year. Norway and South Korea have also been named as Book of the Year with Rebecca’s Reads and Children’s Reader’s View Book of the Year. Roman has also found success with her Captain No Beard children’s books. Her debut, Captain No Beard: An Imaginary Tale of a Pirate’s Life, was named a Kirkus Best of 2012, received a Star of Exceptional Merit, and won the Pinnacle Award in 2012. Roman lives on Long Island with her husband and very near her children.

    CarolePRoman.com | Facebook | Twitter | Goodreads | Pinterest

    What to Read Next:

    1. If You Were Me and Lived In … | Carole P. Roman Blog Tour 2016
    2. An Introduction to Civilizations Throughout Time by Carole P. Roman | Series Review
    3. If You Were Me and Lived in Israel: A Child’s Introduction to Culture Around the World | Book Spotlight
    4. If You Were Me and Lived In … the Ancient Mali Empire | Dedicated Review

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    Bianca Schulze is the founder of The Children’s Book Review. She is a reader, reviewer, mother and children’s book lover. She also has a decade’s worth of experience working with children in the great outdoors. Combined with her love of books and experience as a children’s specialist bookseller, the goal is to share her passion for children’s literature to grow readers. Born and raised in Sydney, Australia, she now lives with her husband and three children near Boulder, Colorado.

    118 Comments

    3. Nancy Jachcik on

      This would be a terrific addition to our school elementary library. Children need to know about other cultures. We celebrate Christmas with a family gathering. sharing dinner and gifts. We play games together and have lots of fun!

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    5. Julie Waldron on

      We celebrate Christmas Eve with my family, Christmas morning here at home with the immediate family and Christmas day with my husbands family.

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    8. Lisa on

      I want to win this giveaway because I have family members that would be the right age for these books. We celebrate the holidays with family gatherings, food, and watching movies.

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    11. Darla Peduzzi on

      I would love these to read to my little grandson. We celebrate the holidays with family and friends and a lot of good food.

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    13. Mary Beth Elderton on

      I used to teach at an international school, so multicultural learning is very important to me. I would love to have the resources to pass this along to my grand-daughters.

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    15. Carl on

      We’re pretty low key about the holidays. A few dinners with friends and phone calls with distant family. It’s a quiet time around our house. Thanks.

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    16. Kristen M on

      I tutor refugee students. I would love to share these books with them. They are friendly and curious but rarely have the opportunity to “see” the world.

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    17. Lisa Williams on

      I would love to win this,because it’s a fun way to learn about other cultures and my family would like reading these books.

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    18. Annmarie Weeks on

      I would love to win this for my niece! I love that my sister-in-law & her hubby have introduced our niece to various cultures…and they celebrate all the various holidays of various religions to introduce her to them!

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    19. Rena Walter on

      My granddaughters would love these books, and I would like to donate the $50 to the Carteret County Domestic Violence Shelter

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    20. melanie on

      My kids love to read, especially about other places and other lives of children. We are a diverse family and this is just an amazing series!

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    26. amber lee kolb on

      I would love to win for my girls! My favorite thing about the Holiday season is decorating and spending time with my family 🙂

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    27. Kathy K on

      I would love to win this prize pack for my daughter. She is just showing an interest in geography and other cultures and I think this would be a great way for her to learn more!

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    28. elizabeth miller on

      I would love to win these for a friend of mine that homeschools 4 kids. She is a great person and I try to help her out with stuff whenever I can. We do have traditions such as a Christmas movie binge day, family tree decorating, and Christmas family dinner.

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    32. desiree on

      well my pets and i are alone so we wont be doing nothing but if i win the neighbor has 8 kid form 1 to 16 and im trying to get gift for the boys now and then they can share someof the book

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    33. Pamela Gurganus on

      I want to win this giveaway so I could give the book to my nieces and nephew and use the gift card to buy them more books! They love to read!

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    35. Esperanza Gailliard on

      I celebrate the holiday season with all of my family. We usually eat at home and other days with my sister and her family in Canada.

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    37. Erika on

      I celebrate the holidays with multiple meals with my family. I’m away at college, so going home is definitely a great feeling.

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    38. Carol Luciano on

      It would be a wonderful Christmas gift to share among the grandkids. We gather as a large family for dinner and catching up with everyone. We celebrate the season wholeheartedly.

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    41. nicolthepickle on

      We celebrate Christmas with going to church, presents and a big family meal. I’d like this for my kids. There’s so much to learn about other cultures.

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    42. Yvonne McKenzie on

      Children need to learn about other cultures. It would be an awesome gift for any child. And my grandkids would love this book.
      We celebrate the holidays with lots of baking and watching holiday movies.

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    43. Jean Fowler on

      I would share these books with children of friends who may not be exposed to different cultures. The most important aspect of celebrating the holidays is being together. Family members who live or study thousands of miles apart always come together. Whenever possible, if my daughter is singing we’ll attend her performance. In 2015, she sang the Messiah with the NY Philharmonic at Lincoln Center. My children have accomplished many impressive feats, but I’m most pleased by their extraordinary kindness and compassion.

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    45. Deb E on

      I have the Kindle version of a few of these wonderful books and know they are excellent to teach the kids about different cultures. I’d love to win the whole series and especially as physical books! I live far away from my immediate family so I like to spend the holidays with my work family or church family.

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    46. Jen Dieleman on

      I bake a lot of cookies and drink lots of cider. I also have big family dinners and attend church for Christmas Eve.

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    47. shannon fowler on

      I celebrate differently each year now. My fiancé is a different ethnicity so we do things his way sometimes, and sometimes we do them the way my family did.

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    52. Jennifer Reida on

      I would love to win this for my little. We love to read and we love to learn about new places. We love to immerse ourselves in different cultures.

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    55. Eileen Shinert on

      Truely would love winning these as my grandbabies and I try to make it a nightly ritual to atleast read 1 book before bed. Grandbabies are 3,4,and 7 . Than you for condemning us.

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    56. Mary on

      I love to encourage reading in my grandchildren by giving books at Christmas. I also read to them small ones often. We gather together after the church service on Christmas Eve and read the Christmas story and have a buffet snack type meal. On Christmas Day we join together again and have a big meal and open gifts.

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    58. Janet Keener on

      I would love to win this for my great niece. She seems to have inherited the love of reading from me! We hope to just have a quite, and white, Christmas after a bad and sad year.

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    59. Anne on

      This would be wonderful for my grandchildren. We celebrate with holiday traditions of making latkes, spinning dreidels, and giving little gifts for the grandchildren. This is a real treasure.

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    60. Cassandra S on

      I am a pediatric speech-language pathologist and would love to have more multi-cultural books to add to my library for use in therapy. Books are great for teaching background/world knowledge and provide a great spring board for working on speech, language, and social skills. I love that a donation is part of the giveaway! And the gift card will help buy my nieces Christmas gifts. Thank you for the giveaway!

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    61. Karen Propes on

      These books would be perfect for my Grandkids, when I go over we spin the globe and talk about other countries. I want them to learn about the countries without TV or Radio’s influence. I want them growing up loving everyone. When their friends come over they love our little game. These books would really tell about these places. We celebrate our holiday with large family gatherings, food, and laughter. When we first start decorating we take my ceramic Nativity set and set them off on the road to follow the star. As the month goes on they take turns or both have something to move. On Christmas Eve we read the story from the Bible with all the family around.

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    63. Kirsten K on

      We celebrate by celebrating the birth of Jesus. We open gifts, eat & have lots of family time!! Christmas is my all time favorite Holiday!

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