Hello World: A Celebration of Languages and Curiosities Hardcover – Lift the flap, September 6, 2016

This is a beautifully made and very cleverly engineered book that gives everyone who picks it up a clearer idea of how many thousands and thousands of people in our world speak languages that most of us have never even heard of! It is an easy way to present some very staggering and enlightening information. It's also wonderful to see the amazing number of different alphabets presented--fun for kids and others who like to play with codes and cryptography. It hints at all the myriad points of view and unique cultural foundations of the vast numbers of people on this planet.It's great to be reminded that your point of view is just one of millions.This fabulous book is very sturdy for a pop-up-window-text kind of book. With care, I believe it will hold up to years of use. I highly recommend that before sharing this book with anyone, a careful adult open each text window on a given page, folding each one up and open. And then sweeping all of them down, carefully, to close them. (You will extend the life and usability of the book greatly by doing this.)It is a real treat! The Atlas-type format is great for looking up whole regions of the world. Your kids might meet or hear about a person from another country or an event in another country, and they can go look at the variety of languages--and even alphabets--in that part of the world. Maybe they'll be inspired to study a different language or listen to music from a place they've never even heard of.I cannot praise this book enough. Every family should have one!I bought this book for a family of 6: ages 45 to 9. I think it is a great choice for anyone who can read and understands the concept of "foreign" languages.

This is a beautifully illustrated book! So much attention to detail. My daughter loves it and finds something new to talk about everytime she reads it.

This book is perfect for my instructional unit on global literacy.

An absolutely wonderful book with endless treasures under each pop-up! Students absolutely love reading over and over!

great gift for global citizens around the world

Hello World: A Celebration of Language and Curiosities by Jonathan Litton is a fascinating and fun read for young kids and adult world wannabe travelers like myself. I absolutely adored this book and found it to be a super fun and quick read.Hello World gets 4.5 out of 5 stars in my book review. I love the concept of the book. I love that the languages are written but also wrote phonetically. I love the tabs/flaps b/c it makes the book more interactive and a fun way to learn the information. Though, the tabs are sometimes a bit cumbersome and difficult to work with.I love the fun facts found through-out the book. I love that there were hieroglyphics as well as sign-language; as far as I know every language was equally and well represented. I love that I learned so many things, such as in Vatican City they speak Latin. I love the pictures and the maps throughout. I love that the pages are a bit sturdier. I love many things about this book, and that is the reason why Hello World scored high. It's a great book and a fun read.The tabs are a little difficult to work with. At first it is difficult to get the tabs up, and then the tabs don't easily lie flat when trying to turn the page. I like to think the more use the book gets the easier it will be to turn pages and work the tabs, but as of now it's a tad annoying. Besides the tabs, I did find a few of the extra facts written throughout the book to be worded a little difficult/awkward.However, these not so fun aspects of the book are minor in compared to the many things I love about the book. Hello World is a fun read, and it would make a great purchase for any elementary school library, and the shelves of a language, travel, maps loving kid.Hello World: A Celebration of Languages and Curiosities by Jonathan LittonRating: 4.5/5 starsBest For: 8 - 12 year olds, 3rd though 6th gradeWorth a Check Out: Yes!Buy It or Not: If you have a kid who loves languages around the world then yes.Read Aloud: Not a book to read aloud, but fun to practice some of the different ways to say hello in languages around the world.Lesson Ideas: World languages, Non-fiction