This book looks at the rich diversity of homes around the world. Through simple text and stunning photographs, it introduces children to similarities found in homes in different cultures, and honors differences.

Examines the many types of homes in which people live.

This book explores the concept of homes, and why living things – i.e., animals, humans and plants – need them.

"Step inside homes all over the world. What makes them the same as yours? What makes them different?"--provided by publisher.

This title takes a simple look at the difference between wants and needs with relation to the places where we live. Shelter and warmth are basic needs but we want a lot more from our homes - how many of our wants are really needs?

Colorful and diverse photographs show how people make a home as they eat, sleep, work, play, and love--[back cover]

A roof, a door, some windows, a floor. All houses have them, but not all houses are alike. Some have wings (airplane homes), some have wheels (Romany vardoes), some float; some are made of straw, some of snow and ice. Some are enormous, some are tiny; some are permanent and some are temporary. But all are home. Take Shelter explores the way people live all over the world and beyond--from the Arctic to the Antarctic, from an underground house in Las...

"From apartments and houses to houseboats and yurts-home is where you feel loved and safe. The characters of Sesame Street take readers around the world to learn more about how kids live across the globe."--

Explores items in a house, providing depictions and labels for such items as a bedside lamp, rocking horse, toothbrush, wreath, and dish towel.

A brief introduction to tepees, including the materials, construction, and people who lived in these traditional Native American dwellings.