Children of the Sierra Madre by Frank J. Staub and Jules Hermes includes interesting text and beautiful photographs showing life for the Tarahumara or as they refer to themselves, the Raramuri people. The Raramuri live a traditional life in the mountains of north western Mexico. Daily life, family, food, homes, clothing, feasts, and contemporary issues such as health and clean water are revealed. My second graders were inspired to further research this group of people.

My expectations were set by the price, and I expected more insights and/or a book I could enjoy reading and displaying, since we adopted our son from Guatemala. The book is written extremely simplistically, to the point that it can be painful to read for anyone with a reading level over fifth grade or so. The photographs are okay, but there is nothing particularly unusual or enlightening about them, and one could find basically the same kind of thing in travel brochures. Overall, it's just way too expensive for what it is.

I recently read this book at the local library, because my husband and I are adopting an infant from Guatemala. I wasn't disappointed by this book at all!! The author travels to Guatemala and it's different regions. He briefly talks about some of the different parts of the country and the people who live there. I really learned a lot, this being my first book I've read regarding Guatemala. The pictures are FANTASTIC!!! They are wonderful and truly show the realism of the people and their country. Although this is a children's book, I would recommend it to anyone who wants to read more about this fascinating country. I plan to purchase (if I can ever find it) this book for my daughter!:)

The world's children collection is great and my most favorite is The children of guatemala. This book made me feel much better when i first saw it.I was sick.The colorful texilites in the mayan village of Todos los Santos britten up the world.I think.I plan to visit Guatemala real soon,and see the children for myself.

the book totally ignores one of the biggest micronesian countries...the Marshall Islands. Could you do Polynesia without Tahiti

This book is a must have for the hundreds of American teachers that come to fill the schools of Micronesia. It covers practically all of the native cultures of the islands, though not very "in-depth". The pictures show the true beauty of the islands and the people - how 'bout a sequel?

We bought this book to take with us on a five-month stay in India, and it was a great resource for our two daughters (ages 7 and 4). The pictures and text are engaging, and the author gives a sense of what life is really like for these kids. He makes a special point of including tribal and Christian children, not just Hindus. Which brings me to the one exception to a glowing review: how in the world did he manage to avoid including a Muslim child?