This non-fiction text describes  a dozen very different school experiences from a dozen different countries scattered around the world.  It begins with a world map labeling the twelve countries to be described within.  Each two-page spread within the body of the book is dedicated to a different country: it includes some basic geographical information about the country, photos, and a description of the personal schooling experience of a specific child from that country.  Within the description, within the context of describing the school, a lot of additional information about the culture of that country is also included.  I really appreciate the variety of settings included: right after reading about a school under a tree in Kenya, with few books, where a school field trip was the first time students had ever been beyond their village, the reader turns the page to learn about an international in Malaysia with over 16,000 books in their library, where a school field trip took students to the Netherlands.  It’s a wonderful opportunity to use the common experience of school to link students to children all around the world.  I just wish they could have managed to include more photos to visually support the textual descriptions of things that will be so foreign to most young readers.