See Where We Come From!: A First Book of Family Heritage by Scot Ritchie
Published by Kids Can Press on May 4, 2021
ISBN: 1525304976
Pages: 32
Format: Picture Book Fiction
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See Where We Come From!

 

 

In Scot Ritchie’s picture book, he examines traditions from five different heritages as a school is having a festival where students share foods, crafts, and a musical instrument.  Readers learn about the Japanese, The Haida Indigenous peoples, Brazilians, Scandinavians, and the Egyptians.  There are two moms in one family.  Acceptance of all cultures is emphasized.  At the end readers are urged to make their own Heritage Box.  A Glossary is included to help with understanding.  The illustrations are excellent as the children walk together from one house to another through their neighborhoods.  This is a beginning book geared towards the variety of countries from which we have come.

 

Reviewed by Ellen Spring, Oceanside High School, Rockland