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    This Is How We Do It: One Day in the Lives of Seven Kids from around the World
    This Is How We Do It: One Day in the Lives of Seven Kids from around the World
    This Is How We Do It: One Day in the Lives of Seven Kids from around the World
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    This Is How We Do It: One Day in the Lives of Seven Kids from around the World

    By Matt Lamothe

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    Follow the real lives of seven kids from Italy, Japan, Iran, India, Peru, Uganda, and Russia for a single day! In Japan Kei plays Freeze Tag, while in Uganda Daphine likes to jump rope. But while the way they play may differ, the shared rhythm of their days—and this one world we all share—unites them. This genuine exchange provides a window into traditions that may be different from our own as well as a mirror reflecting our common experiences. Inspired by his own travels, Matt Lamothe transports readers across the globe and back with this luminous and thoughtful picture book.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherChronicle Books Digital
    Release dateMay 2, 2017
    ISBN9781452150505
    This Is How We Do It: One Day in the Lives of Seven Kids from around the World
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    Matt Lamothe

    Matt was born in Maine, USA. Jenny was born in Moscow, Russia. His family moved to Alabama when he was in middle school and to Florida when he was in high school. Her family moved to California when she was in middle school and to Illinois when she was in high school. When Matt was a kid, he wanted to be a car designer. When Jenny was a kid, she wanted to be an artist. They both went to art school in Rhode Island. During freshman year, Matt helped Jenny wire a lamp for sculpture class. The lamp was made of lettuce and wilted in two days. “I’ve never made another lamp,” Jenny says. Matt and Jenny moved to Chicago, Illinois, after college. Aside from making children’s books, they fixed up a 100-year-old house. After 19 years in the Midwest, they moved to southern Washington to live closer to mountains and evergreen forests. “I love watching the mist weave through the trees,” Matt says. Matt and Jenny hope to one day visit every state in the United States. They have 12 more to go.

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      I love it cause it has kids from all over the world especially because it has my home country,india??Ariana Tanna,aged 6

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    This Is How We Do It - Matt Lamothe

    Copyright © 2017 by Matt Lamothe.

    All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the publisher.

    Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data available.

    ISBN 978-1-4521-5018-5 (Hardcover)

    ISBN 978-1-4521-5050-5 (epub 2)

    ISBN 978-1-4521-5339-1 (mobi)

    ISBN 978-1-4521-5340-7 (epub 3)

    ISBN 978-1-4521-5341-4 (epib)

    Design by Jenny Volvovski.

    Art direction by Kristine Brogno.

    Typeset in New Century Schoolbook and Brandon Grotesque.

    The illustrations in this book were rendered digitally.

    Chronicle Books LLC

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    San Francisco, California 94107

    Chronicle Books—we see things differently. Become part of our community at www.chroniclekids.com.

    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

    This book wouldn’t have been possible without the help of so many people who contributed their time and effort to the endeavor. I’d first like to thank all the participating families for sharing their lives with me, and trusting me to turn them into illustrated characters.

    I’d also like to thank all the friends, family, and friends of friends who helped us reach across thousands of miles to find these families. So a huge thank you,

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