Talking Walls: Discover Your World

journey to become citizens of our world. The more we learn about our neighbors and ourselves across the street or across the globe, the more we find points of connection.

We hope the stories in this book will inspire you to ask lots of questions, find more information, and discover more stories.

Talking Walls: Discover Your World introduces young readers to different cultures and different issues around the world by telling the stories of walls and how they can hold a community together or separate it. Featured walls include the Great Wall of China, the murals of Diego Rivera, Nelson Mandela's prison walls, a Holocaust memorial in Poland, Ndebele wall designs in South Africa, Hadrian's Wall in England, and the Peace Lines in Belfast, Northern Ireland.These books will spark the curiosity of young readers as they learn about our world and its amazing diversity.