  | Full Text Reviews: School Library Journal - 04/01/2013 Gr 4–6—Child narrators, ranging from 10- to 14-years-old, provide snapshots into their cultures and faiths. Captioned photos, fact boxes, and paragraph-length sidebars deliver additional text. Short chapters emphasize the role of family, worship, festivals, holy places, and traditions. The photography captures the children and their families, showcasing places of worship, foods, practices, and geography. Illustrations and world maps provide readers with context about each religion. Unfortunately, a few volumes have formatting issues; some of the photos run into the gutter, cutting off faces or causing the figures to bleed into the seam, and a handful of images are distractingly blurry. In addition, Judaism discusses only two main branches of the religion (Orthodox and Reform), yet there are many other major modern Jewish movements. Punctuation issues mar Hinduism. - Copyright 2013 Publishers Weekly, Library Journal and/or School Library Journal used with permission. Loading...
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