Around the World!

by Suzanne D. Nimm, Ron Zalme (Illustrator)

Get ready to go around the world with Dora!

Genres: Childrens, Picture Books

24 pages, Paperback

First published September 5, 2006

Reviews

[Shelby Morton · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book has a unique take on reading learning tools. The symbols used in place of only words allows for the young children to begin word recognition. The word is not just a string of letters put together. Instead the word means something that is important to understand the story. Of course by having the word under the symbol it also the students to progress to that level of reading just words too, when they are ready. This technique is similar to how people communicate ideas and words in emojis. These symbols are used to represent words that are needed to understand the conversation. I think that this technique can also be used in elementary education reading lessons.

[Skylar Burris · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is one of those books where your young child can help you "read" along by saying the words in the pictures embedded in the text. This is a little more complicated than some others, because they have to identify several different types of animals that are not the most common known to young children. It introduces kids to four parts of the world. I can barely stand to read it, but my daughter seems to like it. Perhaps it's because she was born in the 21st century, but my daughter kept insisting on calling the world "the neighborhood" when I pointed to the world picture.

[Dolly · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute and fairly typical Dora story - this time Swiper is not the bad guy, but there is a representative from each nation that takes his place to try to do the swiping. Interestingly enough, this book offers no Spanish words or locations.

[Rosanna · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is basically an adaptation of the movie episode "Dora's World Adventure".

My 2 and 1/2 year old had fun with the pictures as key words aspect of the book, and when looking at the book on her own, told herself a version of the story using the pictures as a guide.

[Jeffrey · Rating 3 out of 5]

Simple story with a disturbing underlying thought that there are animals all over the world who want to steal your stuff.

[Miss Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

Dora and her friends are distributing friendship bracelets all around the world and meeting other animals like swiper. Elementary and up

[Helen · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is exactly the same book as Dora the Explorer: Dora's World Adventure, except at an easier level. It has fewer words and adds picture/words for younger readers. Good ideas and exposure to foreign countries!

[Henry Davenport · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great Book for child to read with help.

My daughter ready like this book. She was able to navigate the book and read the book with a little help.

[Erth · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good book

[Jen · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is my least favorite Dora book we have read. There are too many issues for me to name them all. My biggest complaints are this is definitely not an early reader book and it doesn't stay true to basic Dora rules (too many swipers and backpack has like 4-5 items that they need instead of one). It's not an awful book, but out of the many, many Dora books we have read, this is the bottom of the likes list.

[Marilyn · Rating 2 out of 5]

C is in LOVE.