Around the World in Eighty Poems

Eighty poems, eighty windows — each one looking out on a different corner of the world.

James Berry has assembled a remarkable global anthology of poems that take young readers from the Caribbean to West Africa, from the Himalayas to the Pacific Islands, from street markets to mountain forests. Each poem is a small immersion in a different voice, landscape, and way of being alive in the world.

What Berry understood is that poetry is one of the best vehicles for cultural empathy — it asks you to inhabit a moment, a voice, a particular patch of light or rain. This anthology builds that capacity across eighty different encounters, and the cumulative effect is genuinely expansive.

A beautiful gift for young readers ready to discover that the world is larger, more varied, and more poetic than they imagined. Perfect for six-to-twelve year olds, and just as rewarding for adults reading alongside them.

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NOTE FROM TALESGALORE

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This book is for you if you love

• Anthology
• Hardcover
• James Berry
• Poetry
• World Cultures